Determinants of Evidence Use in Academic Librarian Decision Making

Factors Influencing Professional Nurses’ Acceptance and Use of Mobile Medical Apps in Ghana

The use of mobile medical apps in clinical settings has recently received considerable attention. While some practitioners are using this technology to optimize decision making, others, on the other hand, are indifferent about its usage. Therefore, this study has utilized a modified UTAUT2 model to determine factors that influence the acceptance and use of mobile medical apps among professional...

The Use of Evidence by Decision-Making Committees

استفاده از مدیریت مبتنی بر شواهد در مدیریت بیمارستان‌های دولتی ایران: یک پیماش ملی

Background: Evidence-based Management (EBMgt) has been developed as a management model to improve the quality of management decisions. Hospital managers’ decisions can have a significant impact on service effectiveness and hospital success. Hence, this study aimed to survey sources of evidence among public hospitals' managers for decision-making in Iran.   Materials and Methods: This cross-se...

Use of Cost-Effectiveness Data in Priority Setting Decisions: Experiences from the National Guidelines for Heart Diseases in Sweden

Background The inclusion of cost-effectiveness data, as a basis for priority setting rankings, is a distinguishing feature in the formulation of the Swedish national guidelines. Guidelines are generated with the direct intent to influence health policy and support decisions about the efficient allocation of scarce healthcare resources. Certain medical conditions may be given higher priority ran...

The effect of increasing positive mood and academic enthusiasm on decision-making power in interaction with information

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of increasing positive mood and academic-emotional, behavioral and cognitive enthusiasm on the decision-making power in interacting with information in technical engineering male students of Noushirani University. Method: The research method is descriptive and correlational. The statistical sample in this study is 70 available s...