BACKGROUND The increasing demand of health care services and the complexity of health care delivery require Health Care Organizations (HCOs) to approach clinical risk management through proper methods and tools. An important aspect of risk management is to exploit the analysis of medical injuries compensation claims in order to reduce adverse events and, at the same time, to optimize the costs ...

BACKGROUND Today, indexes regarding longevity and life expectancy have increased; the most important issue now is how to spend time loving or in other words quality of life. OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to evaluate effective indexes on quality of life related to health in western Iran in 2013. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional research, 918 families were selected among differ...

BACKGROUND Clear aligner treatment (CAT) has been cited as a safe and comfortable orthodontic procedure for adult patients. However, the available evidence is scarce. OBJECTIVE To perform a systematic review of the existing literature in order to assess periodontal health during CAT. SEARCH METHODS AND SELECTION CRITERIA Pubmed, Pubmed Central, National Library of Medicine's Medline, Embase...

background: hundreds of patient education materials i.e. pamphlets are annually published in healthcare systems following their design, correction, and revision. aim: to design and evaluate patient education pamphlets based on readability indexes and their comparison with literacy level in society. method: the average literacy level among 500 patients admitted to two training hospitals in bojnu...