abstract background: appropriate quality achievement of a phd program requires frequent assessment and discovering the shortcomings in the program. inputs, which are important elements of the curriculum, are frequently missed in evaluations. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the input indicators of reproductive health phd program in iran based on the context, input, process, and product...

introduction: quantitative analysis of medical records is effectiveness factors in hospital policies, assessment of treatment team performance, and improve executive activities in hospital and they are the principle tool for medical audit. despite the importance of evaluation and high cost and time, it was not intentioned enough. this paper review the result of quantitative analysis of medical ...

introduction: balanced scorecard (bsc) is regarded as one of the successful tools in performance measurement. however, it neither absolutely nor comparatively provides the weight of each perspective and indicators related to each perspective. in this study, we applied a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (fahp) to weight the perspectives and bsc indicators in hospital. methods: this applied, de...

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) implemented a swing-bed demonstration and evaluation program for rural communities in the 1970's. The demonstration substantiated the cost effectiveness of providing long-term care in small, rural, acute care hospitals. As a result, Section 904 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-499) authorized the national swing-bed program,...

introduction: to promote the processes of providing medical services, patient's rights and establishing uniformity in treatment policy, the evaluation quality indexes were communicated to all general hospitals in 2002. this study evaluates the implementation of managed care guideline before their communication as evaluation quality indexes of hospitals and their relationship with communication ...

OBJECTIVES In hospitals, the pharmacy information system (PIS) is usually a sub-system of the hospital information system (HIS). The PIS supports the distribution and management of drugs, shows drug and medical device inventory, and facilitates preparing needed reports. In this study, pharmacy information systems implemented in general teaching hospitals affiliated to medical universities in Te...

background performance evaluation is essential to quality improvement in healthcare. the current study has identified the potential pros and cons of external healthcare evaluation programs, utilizing them subsequently to look into the merits of a similar case in a developing country.   methods a mixed method study employing both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniqu...