introduction: although significant development in the field of medicine is achieved, sepsis is still a major issue threatening humans’ lives. this study was aimed to audit the management of severe sepsis and septic shock patients in emergency department (ed) according to the present standard guidelines. method: this is a prospective audit on approaching adult septic patients who were admitted t...

background: cushing's disease is the most prevalent cause of endogenous adrenocorticotrophic hormone hypersecretion. the aim of this study was to document the current clinical practice pattern in the management of cushing's disease by iranian endocrinologists to determine their opinions and compare them with the current clinical practice guidelines.    methods: an eight-item questionn...

introduction: the purpose of this study was determine the application of knowledge management among the staff members of central, faculty, and hospital libraries at tabriz university of medical sciences (tabriz, iran), based on hissig model. hissig model consists of four processes including knowledge creation, storage, sharing, and application. methods: this descriptive survey included all of t...

conclusions the findings of this study support concern about inadequate knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding chronic pain management. we believe that further education and practical training will be needed for adequate pain management. background pain can adversely affect every aspect of a patient’s daily activity, and consequently, it has a great influence on the quality of life. studi...

in the developed countries, many organizations are regarded as knowledge-based businesses in which knowledge management is necessary. today, this science is changing into integral activity of business in organizations. one of the concerns of knowledge management is its implementation.many companies and organizations which try to start knowledge management don’t ensure that the best approach is ...

abstract personal knowledge management has been developed in various fields such as knowledge management, personal information management, communication psychology and philosophy of science, management, communications, and so a lot of research to a few experimental or approved about (pkm) is a research that the original data is just a few pages. so research in this area seems to be very focused...

aim of the present research was to design a proper model for management of knowledge in environmental organizations of country. in study of the model, suitability of the proposed model was researched by asking views of directors, deputies, managers of groups and scientific board members of environmental organizations of country. for this purpose, with review of research literature, insight pro...

introduction: organizational memory (om) is a tool for implementation of knowledge management. the objective of this study was designing an om for medical records (mr) departments. methods: this descriptive study was carried out in 2007. the study population consisted of all employees in five teaching hospitals in tabriz. process and required knowledge identification was performed through quest...

the paper seeks to identify starbuck's experience in using social media, understand how social media is linked to customer knowledge management, and assess how social media services could have contributed to starbucks success. starbucks demonstrates versatility to engage customers and support different part of customer knowledge management strategy through various social media platforms, such a...

introduction: direct and rapid access to information is one of the main necessities of the users in new technological world. nowadays, information users, particularly medical information in which rapid access is of necessity, do not have enough time to search and access to information. therefore, the present study aimed to determine strategies to access required information as soon as possible....