regenerative medicine has an exciting role in the treatment of disorders and conditions where there is an irreversible damage to a tissue or an organ or in immunodeficient state. stem cells which have the potential to differentiate into specific types of cells, offers a new concept of regenerative medicine to treat spectrum of diseases including infections. Infections are one of the cause of hi...

introduction: health care organizations, especially hospitals, must focus on patient safety as their main strategy. cultural change is the most important challenge that they are faced with in creating a safe system. the present article aims to improve the patient safety culture with an assessment of the safety in fatemeh zahra hospital, najafabad, iran. methods: this descriptive and cross-secti...

Some employers are implementing reference-pricing benefit designs, which establish limits on the amount they will pay for some procedures covered by employer-sponsored insurance. Employees are required to pay the difference between the employer’s contribution limit and the actual price received by the hospital. These initiatives encourage patients to select low-price facilities and indirectly e...

The path that led to the formal opening of Celje Hospital 120 years ago had its beginnings in a medieval town almshouse. Years of commitment to institutionalising inpatient treatment finally led to results in 1887 when the new Giselle's Hospital, named after the emperor's daughter, was solemnly opened by the heir to the throne, Archduke Rudolph. Since its establishment- in addition to the promo...

BACKGROUND Hospitals as key actors in health systems face growing pres-sures especially cost cutting and search for costeffective ways to resources management. Downsizing is one of these ways. This study was conducted to identify advantages and disadvantages of different methods of hospital' downsizing. METHODS The search was conducted in databases of Medlib, SID, Pub Med, Science Direct and ...

background and objectives: enjoining good and forbidding (egfe) evil are two fundamental topics in islam. many verses and narratives underscore the social, religious and political duties implied by enjoining good and forbidding evil. after all, these two divine treasures have been neglected because of indulgence and forgetfulness. the prime reason for this negligence seems to be the obliviousne...

BACKGROUND Guidelines recommend that all health care professionals should be able to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including the use of an automated external defibrillator. Theoretical knowledge of CPR is then necessary.The aim of this study was to investigate how much theoretical knowledge in CPR would increase among all categories of health care professionals lacking training i...

BACKGROUND All major hospital facilities in the state of Utah have employee vaccination policies. However, the presence of healthcare worker vaccination policies in outpatient oncology clinics was unknown. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this article are to identify oncology outpatient employee vaccination policies in Utah and to identify what consequences, if any, are present for unvaccinated e...

von Bonsdorff, Monika E. Intentions of early retirement and continuing to work among middle-aged and older employees Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2009, 86 p. (Studies in Business and Economics ISSN 1457-1986; 83) ISBN 978-951-39-3673-0 (PDF), 978-951-39-3644-0 (nid.) Finnish summary Diss. The purpose of this study is to investigate personal, health, work, and work-related psychological f...