introduction: increasing numbers of chronic patients who need permanent support and staff members who are exposed to daily psychological stress highlight the need for hospitals which consider health promotion programs as a key service. health promotion program was introduced by the world health organization (who) in 1990 and has ever since been implemented by many countries throughout the world...

the existence of an organization depends on communications and this is an area that managers spend most of their time on. therefore, recognition of communication skills accompanied with its implementation is among the essential parameters of successful management in any organization. in this study we decided to determine the relationship between managers' communication skills and health of orga...

conclusions the results showed that the use of information technology in hospitals had several effects on some aspects of organizational strategy such as organizational knowledge, medical economics, and organizational decisions. in order to set up the governance of information technology in health system, it is necessary to involve managers and personnel alike in redesigning information systems...

introduction: many studies have focused on the need of health systems to educated physicians in the clinical prevention, research methodology, epidemiology and health care management and emphasize the important role of this training in the public health promotion. on this basis, shiraz university of medical sciences (sums) has established md/mph dual degree program since the year 2012. methods:...

the current paper studies the relationship between organizational spirituality and organizational health in the department of culture and islamic guidance consisting of 168 employees. data were gathered using two questionnaires. the validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by the academic and organizational experts, and the reliability was tested using cronbach's alpha. the collected d...

background: one of the most important goals of health care organizations is measuring and improving the quality of health care and reduction of adverse events. objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the degree of observance of the who surgical safety checklist at two hospitals in tehran. materials and methods: during this analytic cross-sectional study the degree of observance and th...

childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. the problem is global and is steadily affecting many low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings. the prevalence has increased at an alarming rate. globally, in 2013 the number of overweight children under the age of five years old, is estimated to be over 42 million. close to 31 mill...