93 research outputs found
Assessment of Emergency Response of Teaching Hospitals Affiliated to Iran University of Medical Silences against Disasters
No full textBackground & Objectives: In case of disasters, hospitals as one of the first centers to admit casualties, need to be well prepared. Emergency response of hospitals to deal with disasters is essential to success in providing qualified emergency services. The aim of this study was to evaluate emergency response of teaching hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences against disasters.
Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 14 teaching hospitals affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2017. To collect data, hospital emergency response checklist provided by WHO (2011) with 90 questions in 9 domains (command and control, communication, safety and security, triage, surge capacity, continuity of essential services, human resources, logistics and supply management, and post-disaster recovery), was used. Data were analyzed using descriptive tests by SPSS version 15.
Results: Mean score of emergency response of the hospitals against disasters was 56.93. The highest and lowest levels of response were related to human resources (63.57) and Materials and inventory management (57.03), respectively.
Conclusion: Planning and providing a systematic framework to deal with disasters is essential, and the major role of hospitals in providing services should not be ignored, it should be considered as a priority in planning and budgeting for disasters.
Key¬words: Emergency response, Hospital, Disasters, Iran University of Medical Sciences
Citation: Seyedin SH, Hasanpoor E, Hasanzadeh E, Sheikhy-Chaman MR. Assessment of Emergency Response of Teaching Hospitals Affiliated to Iran University of Medical Silences against Disasters. Journal of Health Based Research 2018; 4(2): 159-67. [In Persian
Evidence-Based Nursing Management: Basing Organizational Practices on the Best Available Evidence
No full textThe Relationship between Organizational Justice and Turnover Intention: A Survey on Hospital Nurses
No full textIntroduction: High organizational justice and its factors are associated with reduced turnover intention. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between organizational justice and turnover intention among hospital nurses. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, analytical study was conducted on 135 nurses working in Labafi Nejad Hospital in Tehran, Iran, 2015. The data were collected using Beugre's (1998) questionnaire of organizational justice questionnaire. To analyze the data, Pearson’s correlation and ANOVA tests were performed using SPSS, version 20. Results: Mean organizational justice and turnover intention scores were 68.85±7.67 and 47.8±12.47, respectively. Among the different types of organizational justice, the highest mean score was pertinent to interactional justice (75.24±16.68). A significant inverse correlation was observed between turnover intention and organizational justice (r=-0.36), interactional justice (r=-0.38), and procedural justice (r=-0.36), while no association was noted between turnover intention and systemic and distributive types of justice. Furthermore, there was no link between demographic variables, organizational justice, and turnover intention. Conclusion: Considering the prominent role of organizational justice in personnel’s intention to leave their job, and given high costs of recruiting and training new staff, managers should pay especial attention to promoting justice and employees’ satisfaction and enhancing stability in their organizations by reinforcing positive attitudes in the employees
Patient safety improvement with the patient engagement in Iran: A best practice implementation project.
No full textBackgroundPatient engagement in patient safety is aimed at increasing the awareness and participation of patients in error-prevention strategies. The aim of this project was to improve the patient safety with the patient engagement within the local context of a maternity hospital by implementing best practice.MethodsA clinical audit was conducted using the JBI Practical Application of Clinical Evidence System tool. The current project was conducted in surgical ward of Shahid-Beheshti maternity hospital, Iran. The sample size was 46 patients and 46 healthcare practitioners for both the baseline and follow-up. In phase 1, four audit criteria were used and a baseline audit was conducted for this project. In phase 2, barriers to compliance were identified, and strategies were adopted to promote best practice. In phase 3, a follow-up audit was conducted.ResultsThe results showed varying levels of compliance with the four criteria used in this project. The criterion 1, which was related to training of healthcare practitioners on how they can support patients, has the highest compliance at 87% in baseline and follow up data collection. Furthermore, compared with the baseline data (criterion 2 = 52%; criterion 3 = 37%; criterion 4 = 61%), compliance with criteria 2, 3, and 4 notably improved at 85, 76, and 92%, respectively.ConclusionsThe present project successfully implements patient engagement in Iran and reveals varying results on compliance and the increasing knowledge of healthcare practitioners and patients on evidence-based patient engagement in order to improve the patient safety. The used strategies can facilitate implementation of evidence based procedures in clinical practice
Health care managers’ perspectives on the sources of evidence in evidence-based hospital management: A qualitative study in Iran
No full textNurses’ Perspectives on the Impact of Marketing Mix Elements (7Ps) on Patients’ Tendency to Kind of Hospital
No full textBACKGROUND: Marketing mix (7Ps) is a critical concept in healthcare management and health marketing. Hence, this study was conducted to investigating the role of 7Ps on patients’ disposition to the kind of hospital from nurses’ perspectives.METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was used in 2015. The study was conducted in one state in Iran (Mazandaran). The statistical population included nurses (n=235) in public and private hospitals were selected randomly through the list. Data were collected by questionnaire and were analyzed using SPSS software (version 22).RESULTS: The results showed that 38.6 percent of nurses were males and the others (61.4 percent) were females. Their mean age was 31.0±7.1 years, and the majority of them belonged to the 30-40 age group. The mean work experience of them was 11.42±6.5years. The findings showed that there were significant differences between nurses’ perspectives in public and private hospitals about the effect of 7Ps elements on patients’ tendency to the public and private hospitals (p<0.05).CONCLUSIONS: According to the results, the officials of public hospitals should take more attention to the elements like product, place, promotion, people, physical assets and process management more than the past because these elements cause that the patients are disposed to the private hospitals while the government make more investment in public hospitals
Using the Methodology of Systematic Review of Reviews for Evidence-Based Medicine
No full textSystematic Review of Reviews without abstract. Authors' invited you to read the whole review article since it is short
Barriers to Medication Adherence among Hypertensive Patients in Deprived Rural Areas
No full textBACKGROUND: Poor adherence to medication regimen leads to poor health outcomes, increased medical costs and increased death rate due to hypertension. The aim of this study was to evaluate baseline barriers to medication adherence among hypertensive patients in deprived rural areas.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 238 hypertensive patients living in deprived rural areas of Iran. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of demographic information, Morisky medication adherence scale and the barriers to medication adherence that were reliable and valid.RESULTS: The results of the study showed that medication adherence was significantly decreased and had a significant positive correlation with gender and economic status, while it had a negative correlation with age. Medication Adherence had a positive correlation with the duration of hypertension, while it had a negative correlation with the number of medications used and concurrently with other diseases.CONCLUSIONS: Based on the present study it can be concluded that enhanced knowledge about illness and treatment in rural communities is improves the medical adherence. Financial supports along with the reduced number of prescribed drugs are also found to be the determining factors in the medical adherence. 
Evidence-based management – healthcare manager viewpoints
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Purpose
Hospital manager decisions can have a significant impact on service effectiveness and hospital success, so using an evidence-based approach can improve hospital management. The purpose of this paper is to identify evidence-based management (EBMgt) components and challenges. Consequently, the authors provide an improving evidence-based decision-making framework.
Design/methodology/approach
A total of 45 semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2016. The authors also established three focus group discussions with health service managers. Data analysis followed deductive qualitative analysis guidelines.
Findings
Four basic themes emerged from the interviews, including EBMgt evidence sources (including sub-themes: scientific and research evidence, facts and information, political-social development plans, managers’ professional expertise and ethical-moral evidence); predictors (sub-themes: stakeholder values and expectations, functional behavior, knowledge, key competencies and skill, evidence sources, evidence levels, uses and benefits and government programs); EBMgt barriers (sub-themes: managers’ personal characteristics, decision-making environment, training and research system and organizational issues); and evidence-based hospital management processes (sub-themes: asking, acquiring, appraising, aggregating, applying and assessing).
Originality/value
Findings suggest that most participants have positive EBMgt attitudes. A full evidence-based hospital manager is a person who uses all evidence sources in a six-step decision-making process. EBMgt frameworks are a good tool to manage healthcare organizations. The authors found factors affecting hospital EBMgt and identified six evidence sources that healthcare managers can use in evidence-based decision-making processes.
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Evaluating visit quality in plan of health sector evolution in Iran: A local survey from Tabriz
No full textBackground and aims: Quality of visit services is a decisive aspect of patient-physician communication that its inadequacy can negatively influence the diagnosis efficiency. The aim of this study was to survey visit quality at provincial level during plan of health sector evolution in Tabriz. Methods: A sample of 540 patients who referred to the outpatient clinics (Sheikh Al Raeis of Tabriz Province) in North West of Iran was randomly selected. Data were collected by a researcher-made checklist and summarized using descriptive statistical methods. Results: The average visit time was found to be 8.52 minutes, which is significantly lower than the minimum average of 15 minutes approved by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME). The average of waiting time was found to be 101.57 minutes for patients. The results showed that the structural quality was found to be 51.36, process quality was found to be 62.69 and outcome quality was found to be 50.82. Conclusion: Visit length was shorter than other developed and developing countries. If the consultation process in health care delivery to patients is incorrect or incomplete, the following process will be without quality and security. This study showed that visit time is short and waiting time is very long
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