introduction: recently, the accreditation program has been used increasingly by an emphasis on patient safety. in iran, efforts have been made to establish the accreditation program. in 2011, it replaced previous standards of traditional evaluation system. as the impact of accreditation plan need internal self assessment against minimal standards, this study aimed to survey the readiness of sel...

introduction : it is clear that if the discharge process takes less time and the patient leaves the hospital bed earlier, the length of hospitalization, and consequently, the waiting time for admission decreases. therefore, the method of use of treatment facilities is somewhat improved. the hospital discharge process, from when the discharge authorization is issued until the patient leaves the ...

introduction: nowadays, without utilization of information technology, it is impossible to have effective access to required information. inappropriate use of new technology for professional knowledge transmission leads to inadequacy of technology as well as cost wasting. therefore, it is necessary to enhance general understandings about information technology (it) abilities and also end-user n...

introduction: citizenship behaviors are behaviors which are not mentioned directly in the formal rewarding system of organization and often are forgotten and usually are regarded as voluntary; nonetheless, they affect the activities of organization. quality of work life is an important index which can provide enough and beneficial information for management from employees-related major issues a...

introduction: health care organizations, especially hospitals, must focus on patient safety as their main strategy. cultural change is the most important challenge that they are faced with in creating a safe system. the present article aims to improve the patient safety culture with an assessment of the safety in fatemeh zahra hospital, najafabad, iran. methods: this descriptive and cross-secti...