background : performance of a health system is of great importance since it is the major means for improving health. until now, various methods have been proposed for assessing the performance of the health system. the method proposed by world health organization is based on three major goals of the health system: health improvement, accountability, and equity in financial contribution. equity ...

National level experiences, lessons learnt from the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) era coupled with the academic evidence and proposals generated by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) together with the economic arguments and recommendations from the World Bank Group’s “Essential Surgery” Disease Control Priorities (DCP3) publication, provided the impetus for political commitment...

background : quality management is one of the most effective strategies for improving health system performance in developed and developing countries. this research was a comparative study on quality management models in health system of several countries. the main goal of this study was to identify the most significant dimensions of quality management and propose appropriate model for health s...

the ministry of health and medical education of iran, along with the country movement towards achievements of iran's vision 2025 put compilation of the health system reform plan on its agenda. in this article, we are trying to show the method we used for developing this plan and how this method considered the general condition of the country along with maintaining the standards of scientific an...

in india, over the last decade, a series of stewardship failures in the health system, particularly in the medical profession, have led to a massive erosion of trust in these institutions. in many low- and middle-income countries (lmics), the situation is similar and has reached crisis proportions; this crisis requires urgent attention. this paper draws on the insights from the recent developme...

there are a lot of researches in the world about attacks on information systems (is). although there have been many attempts to classify threats of is’s especially in health information systems (his), it is still necessary for all health organization to identify new threats and their sources which threaten security of health care domain. the main aim of this paper is to present a research agend...

achieving the millennium development goals has proven to be a real challenge. providing evidence on cost-effective interventions did not prove to be sufficient to secure the trust of national authorities, health care providers and patients. introducing change in a health system requires a good understanding of the relationships between the actors of the system. social network analysis can provi...

conclusions there are advantages in applying accrual-based accounting in the public sector which certainly depends on how this system is implemented in the sector. results developed countries have implemented accrual-based accounting and utilized the valid, reliable and practical information in accrual-based reporting in different areas such as price and tariffs setting, operational budgeting, ...

introduction: over the past few decades, two revolutionary approaches have emerged as a new form of medical education: electronic medical education and web-based medical education. a number of well-known medical institutions, such as harvard and johns hopkins used a wide range of cyberspace capabilities to increase their competitiveness. researchers have expressed that cyberspace will change he...