Introduction: One of the key elements of success of health institutions is Standardization. This study introduces the methods and stages of electronic medical records standardization. Methods: The present study is a narrative review of the studies on the stages and methods of electronic medical records standardization. Results: The process of standardization of electronic medical records incl...

In recent years using some methods such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and bone marrow transplantation has increased the rate of success in cancer treatment, however, cancer is taking more victims every day throughout the world. According to the Natinal Cancer Institute of Iran, about 62040 cases were diagnosed with cancer in Iran during 2007of whom 44.19% were female. Usually, invasive therapeu...

Objective: This research was carried out in the first half of the year 1999 to review the performance of Alzahra Hospital in Isfahan and to compare it with the existing standards. Methods: A descriptive - comparative method was used in this research. Data was collected by observation, interview and a check list. The four utilization indexes, including bed occupancy rate, the average length of s...

Inflammatory bowel diseases are a general term for a group of chronic inflammatory diseases with unknown etiology that involve gastrointestinal system. The diagnosis of these diseases is possible with rule out of other diseases because there are not special diagnostic tests for them. Nevertheless, clinical feature of these diseases are very specific and in most cases definite diagnosis are poss...

The subject of Confidentiality is one of the main issues in the relationship between patients' and physicians'; and there are verses in the Koran as well as Hadiths referring to this issue in general. With regard to their ethical duties and the oath they have taken, physicians are obliged to abide by the conditions of the contracts they have signed with the patients' or with related organizatio...