health care system is organized to achieve more efficiency as well as developing public equity and providing access to the first, second and third levels of services. family physician is in the first line of the health care system; in other words, family physician is the health system’s goalkeeper. according to classification of health services, gaining access to specialized services becomes po...

The introduction of information technology (IT) in physician organizations and practices is a source of great interest to physician leaders and policy makers. In this article, the authors describe what may be the nation's largest pay-for-performance program, its performance metrics, and incentives for the implementation and use of IT in medical groups and independent physician associations (IPA...

background: medical complaints affect a large number of the physicians. apart from them being a waste of time, money and energy, lawsuits can be source of great stress for the physician. so far, no survey of medical complaints has been conducted in kermanshah. this study examines complaints processed through kermanshah medical council between 2001 and 2005. methods : in this descriptive study, ...

being contemporary with avicenna and rhazes, abu maher shirazi was born in shiraz the 10th century ad. he was known as the rst inuential physician in shiraz in the islamic period and his students, such as haly abbas, called him a great scientist. concerning his signicant impact on medicine in this era, abu maher shirazi is a good candidate for the title “the founder of shiraz medical doctrine”.

although iran has a deep history about 10000 years, its role in development of science in general and medicine in particular is yet to be known. there are several factors responsible for this, namely the destruction of a good number of ancient persian manuscripts and books. furthermore, lack of interest found among contemporary researchers seems to add to this anonymity. one way to compensate f...

al-akhawayni bukhari(?-983 ad), great 10th century persian physician, in his extant book entitled hidayat(guide) discussed different aspects of some neurologic diseases that include prevention, clinical findings, treatment, and sometimes prognosis. without doubt, al-akhawayni’s knowledge on neurology, in addition to his familiarity to the works of his predecessors is obviously indebted to his e...