Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan
Department of Health Management & Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
[ 1 ] - Recent Iranian Health System Reform: An Operational Perspective to Improve Health Services Quality
The operational management of healthcare services is expected to directly touch patient experiences. Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME) for the first time, as such, has sought to improve the operational management of healthcare delivery within a reform agenda by setting benchmarks for ‘number of visit per hour’ and waiting time in outpatient clinics of about 700 affiliated...
[ 2 ] - Potential Benefits and Downsides of External Healthcare Performance Evaluation Systems: Real-Life Perspectives on Iranian Hospital Evaluation and Accreditation Program
Background Performance evaluation is essential to quality improvement in healthcare. The current study has identified the potential pros and cons of external healthcare evaluation programs, utilizing them subsequently to look into the merits of a similar case in a developing country. Methods A mixed method study employing both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniqu...
[ 3 ] - Leadership challenges in health care organizations: The case of Iranian hospitals
Background: Effective leadership is a vital component of health care systems and has an extensive range of functions in improving organizational effectiveness and efficiency. This study aimed at exploring leadership challenges encountered by leaders in Iranian hospitals. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted on a purposeful sample of 27 members of hospital management team ...
[ 4 ] - Efficiency measurement of health care organizations: What models are used?
Background: Literature abounds with various techniques for efficiency measurement of health care organizations (HCOs), which should be used cautiously and appropriately. The present study aimed at discovering the rules regulating the interplay among the number of inputs, outputs, and decision- making units (DMUs) and identifying all methods used for the measurement of Iranian HCOs and criticall...
[ 5 ] - ارزیابی میزان اهمیت و وضعیت اجرای مسئولیت اجتماعی از دیدگاه شبکه مدیریتی بیمارستانهای آموزشی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کرمانشاه
Background: Hospital managers' success depends not only on internal of the hospital environment, but also on the external. Considering the importance of the social responsibility of hospitals as an external organizational issue, this study aimed to assess the importance of social responsibility and the implementation status of hospitals. Materials and Methods: This analytical descriptive stud...
[ 6 ] - خطاهای دارویی پرستاران، علل و راهکارها (یک مطالعه مروری)
Background: Patient safety is one of the key principals to the trust in any health care system nowadays. Medication errors, as a key safety threatening factors, could increase patients’ length of stay and healthcare costs in hospitals and might lead into injury and finally death. Therefore, this study seeks to compare the incidence and proposed solutions of Iran and selected countries in order ...
[ 7 ] - اثر ارزیابی فناوری سلامت بر بهبود کیفیت مراقبت سلامت: مرور نظام مند شواهد
Background and Aim: Given the increasing growth of new technologies in health care and their rising cost, the necessity of concentration on assessing new technologies and their potential role in quality of health care is more crucial. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of health technology assessment (HTA) in improving healthcare quality and offer the best evidence for decision m...
[ 8 ] - اثر طرح تحول نظام سلامت بر شاخصهای عملکردی بیمارستان های دانشگاهی استان همدان
Background and Aim: A New Health Reform Plan consisting of seven programs was initiated in Iran in mid-May 2015 aiming to reduce the out-of-pocket payments, improve the public’s health, and promote the public health indicators. This study was conducted to determine the effect of the Plan on the performance indicators of Hamedan university hospitals. Materials and Methods: In this longitudina...
[ 9 ] - Comparative Study of Hospitals’ Transparency in Eight Countries
Comparative Study of Hospitals’ Transparency in Eight Countries Hossein Bouzarjomehri1, Ali Akbari-Sari2*, Ebrahim Jafari-Pooyan3, Yasaman Herandi4, Soheila Rajaie5 1M.Sc. in Healthcare Management, Health Economics and Management Group, Faculty of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Professor, Ph.D. in Healthcare Management & Health Policy, Health Economics and ...
[ 10 ] - The Cost of All Types of Dental Services Presented by Farman Farmaeian Comprehensive Health Services Center at Tehran University of Medical Sciences using Activity-Based Costing Method in 1397
The Cost of All Types of Dental Services Presented by Farman Farmaeian Comprehensive Health Services Center at Tehran University of Medical Sciences using Activity-Based Costing Method in 1397 Ebrahim Jafari Poyan1, Sara Emamgholipour 1, Mobarake Alipanah Dolatabad 2, Pedram Nourizadeh Tehrani 3* 1Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medi...
[ 12 ] - Performance of quality improvement offices in hospitals: Challenges and Approaches
Introduction: Identifying the challenges of Quality Improvement Offices (QIOs) not only helps in planning the quality of hospital services and in trying to provide a suitable solution to solve the problems of these offices but also plays an important role in strengthening the offices and increasing the quality of clinical and non-clinical services of hospitals. This study aimed to investigate t...
[ 13 ] - Management of Covid-19 Crisis in Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hospitals: Challenges and Strategies
Background and Aim: The strategies of hospitals in confronting the Covid-19 crisis is extremely important in the control and management of this epidemic. Exploring the challenges and suitable strategies for controlling biological epidemics in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) hospitals might pave the way for better management of possible similar crises in the future. Materials and ...
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