PROBLEM Diabetes is a major, growing health problem often managed in primary care but with suboptimal control of risk factors. DESIGN A large-scale quality improvement collaborative implemented in seven waves. SETTING General practices and Aboriginal medical services across Australia. KEY MEASURES FOR IMPROVEMENT Percentage of patients in each health service with haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C), ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: health care organizations have begun applying six sigma methods into their operations. on the other hand, the difficulty of using indicators to compare health care providers in a meaningful way has led to an increased focus on using information about “adverse events”- that is , events that should not happen i...

Background: Health is a national priority and it is always a duty of the government to establish a good and fair health system. The National heath care system reform program and evaluation of health system reform plan funding these programs were enforced by the Honorable Minister of Health and Medical Education on May 5th, 2014. Given the importance of this issue, the present study was conduc...

background: obesity is a major problem in both developed and underdeveloped countries. the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a physical education program (pep) on promoting health belief model (hbm) scores, increasing physical activity (pa), and reducing obesity among iranian high school students. methods: this quasi‑experimental study was accomplished at four high schools that...

It is important for occupational health to justify the impact of health promotion programs on job satisfaction, which is associated with work-related outcomes. The aim of this study is to estimate the effects of lifestyle modification activity implemented by the community on job satisfaction, and to analyze the factors which contributed to the improvement of workers' job satisfaction. A lifesty...

Background & Aims: Full-time Practice is one of the main objectives of Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) and a priority in Iran 5th development program. The aim of this study was to explore the perception of the chancellors at Iran universities of medical sciences, regarding the challenges, possible negative consequence and their suggestions for improving the implementati...

public health management is a pillar of public health practice. only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. with this in mind, the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has developed an innovative program called improving public health management for action (impact) which aims to address th...