establishing of total quality management in any organization including emergency medical services need to an appropriate tool to help developing, implementing and evaluating of quality programs. the objective of this study was to develop a valid and reliable tool for self assessing enabler criteria of iran ems centers according to european foundation for quality management (efqm) model.the stud...

background: osteoporosis affects quality of life and may lead to depression in women. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of zoledronic acid (za) treatment on depression and quality of life (q o l) in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (po). materials and methods: a total of 88 newly diagnosed women with po were included in this study. all patients were treated with once-y...

introduction: medical libraries and information centers, as service organizations, need standard tools and methods to be able to measure and increase quality of their services, so as to be able to meet the needs of their users in support of the improvement of the performance of their parent institutions. methods: one of the available standard tools of quality measurement is the european foundat...

One way to meet the challenges in creating a high performance organization in health care is the approach of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). The Foundation is in the tradition of the American Malcolm Baldrige Award and was initiated by the European Commission and 14 European multi-national organizations in 1988. The essence of the approach is the EFQM Model, which can be ...

background and objectives: there is a growing tendency in iran’s health sector for adoption of standard excellence models for improving quality in healthcare organizations. the european foundation of quality management (efqm) model is a widely used framework for continuous quality management within healthcare facilities. the purpose of this article is to extend the view of current status of qua...