Economic evaluation of cost and outcomes of healthcare services: A guide for optimal healthcare decision-making

Factors influencing decision making for healthcare services outsourcing: A review and Delphi study

Background: Outsourcing is considered as one of the tools for organizational development and promotion of productivity by managers. In recent years, outsourcing of healthcare services has become significant. The aim of this study was to identify the most important factors influencing the decision making of outsourcing healthcare services.    Methods: This study is a combined study. F...

Hospital Information System, a Tool for Effective Decision Making of Healthcare Managers

Statistics and information are considered the most important source of power in organizations and the source for all managerial activities. If correct and comprehensive information are readily at hand, incorrect decisions will be reduced to a minimum. The purpose of this study is to review the effects of hospital information system in regards to effectiveness of decisions made by managers. The ...

Metrics and Evaluation Tools for Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organization- and System-Level Decision-Making: A Systematic Review

Background Patient, public, consumer, and community (P2C2) engagement in organization-, community-, and systemlevel healthcare decision-making is increasing globally, but its formal evaluation remains challenging. To define a taxonomy of possible P2C2 engagement metrics and compare existing evaluation tools against this taxonomy, we conducted a systematic review.   Methods A broad search strate...

Making Ethical Decisions. A six-step process should guide ethical decision making in healthcare.

Evaluation of Educational Services Quality for Healthcare Services Management Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Based on SERVQUAL Model

Introduction: Developing a system of higher education regardless of increasing the quality will bring about outcomes such as academic failure, scientific dependency, brain drain, lack of entrepreneurship and poor knowledge generation. Considering the importance of educational services quality, the aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of educational services from the viewpoints of healt...