background: optimal allocation of resources commensurate with performance improvement is the concerns of all countries including iran. estimation hospitals production function is important in the economic management of hospitals. objective: the aim of this study was to estimate the production function of iranian selected public hospitals as well as analyze the economic behavior in use of hospit...

introduction: organization structure and manpower constitute two basic components of anorganization and both are necessary for stablishing an organization. the aim of this survey was to investigate the type of the organization structure (mechanic and organic) from viewpoint of senior and junior managers in shiraz teaching hospitals and creativity in each of these two structures. methods: in thi...

conclusions relative high number of avoidable deaths indicates that performance of health system was not desirable in kerman during the studied years. examining trend of avoidable deaths showed that these mortalities are increasing although it is not significant nowadays. however, if this trend continues, it will be very alarming for health care authorities in this region. results two thousand ...

conclusions physicians may encounter moral distress during their practice; therefore, the common causes of distress should be identified in order to prevent its occurrence. results results showed that the frequency of moral distress of physicians was 1.24 ± 0.63 and the intensity of moral distress and composite score of moral distress were 2.14 ± 0.80 and 2.94 ± 2.38, respectively. a significan...

introduction: old methods of administrating cannot cover the rapid changes today. these changes redounded new organizations like learning organizations to be formed. the purpose of this research is to study of relationship between the learning organization and organizational commitment among hospital managers. methods: this is a descriptive analytic survey. the population of study was 210 nursi...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: there are many demands for accuracy coded data with purpose of the systemic recording, analysis, interperation and comparison of morbidity and mortality data collected in different countries. therefore the importance of accurate coding cannot be ignore. meaningful and comparative statistics needs accurate and...

background: a cross-sectional analytic method was used to assess health and safety risks that really matter in restaurants of universities and hospitals in the gaza strip, palestine.  materials and methods: a 40-item questionnaire was completed by workers in all university and governmental hospital restaurants in the gaza strip. another 30-item questionnaire was completed by university students...

introduction: in any organization particularly in health care centers, the clients' satisfaction provides the conditions to achieve the pre-determined objectives. one of the ways to get the clients' satisfaction is to follow the clients' takrim plan. to this end, in this article, the clients' takrim plan was studied in health centers affiliated with oil industry organization. methods and materi...

background: today, patient safety is an important issue in providing hospital services. any failure in this area can cause undesirable consequences. objective:  the present study evaluated the status of patient safety culture in educational hospitals of tehran, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study surveyed 205 therapeutic and diagnostic personnel of three tehran hospitals selected using th...

background: patient safety is a serious global public health issue. estimates show that every day many patients are harmed while receiving hospital care. health care staff plays a key role in providing quality and safe patient care, especially physicians who are main members of the medical team and a critical element in patient safety efforts. objective: the current study used a theory of plann...