Statistics and information are considered the most important source of power in organizations and the source for all managerial activities. If correct and comprehensive information are readily at hand, incorrect decisions will be reduced to a minimum. The purpose of this study is to review the effects of hospital information system in regards to effectiveness of decisions made by managers. The ...

 Background and Objectives: Hospital bed utilization is influenced by various factors, which may be categorized into patient-related, physician-related, and administration-related issues. It could be argued that the causes of inappropriate hospital bed utilization would be perceived differently by the clinicians and the patients. Given the unique role of clinical practitioners in quality of car...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: use of a computerised system improves the effectiveness and efficiency of a medical record department on condition that managers and medical record staff design it according to needs. methods: the present investigation was an applied-descriptive study. a checklist was provided from professional texts, article...

this study was designed to present and compare iranian hospitals` performance applying ratio analysis technique.this cross-sectional survey was conducted to present an instant image of 139 iranian hospitals` performance status applying ratio analysis as one of the non parametric technical efficiency assessment methods in 2008. data was collected using nine dimensional questionnaires supported b...

purpose : to quantitatively evaluate cataract surgeries performed between 2000 and 2005 at farabi eye hospital , tehran university of medical sciences methods : this retrospective study aimed at patients who had cataract and underwent surgery at farabi eye hospital , tehran from 2000 to 2005. one week per season per year was randomly selected after excluding the first two weeks of the persian y...

hospital libraries are libraries for the use of patients and employees that are managed by hospitals or interested organizations. these libraries provide knowledge- based information services in the field of medical sciences and health. this paper note is based on library and descriptive method and reviewing the previous literature about hospital libraries was written in persian. so evaluation ...

background : the use of antibiotic prior to surgery is widely accepted. the who has recommended the use of atc/ddd (anatomical therapeutic chemical / defined daily dose) for the analysis of drug utilization.the aims of the present study are 1) to analyze the assessment of prophylactic antibiotic usage prior to surgery, 2) to assess the drug administration based on antibiograms and 3) to compare...

introduction: patient safety and its requirements fulfillment are today one of the useful valuation indicators in healthcare organizations. thus, patient safety culture and its promotion are referred to as one of the most important issues raised in the country. the present study aims to examine the effective factors (personal and organizational) in patient safety culture from the point of view ...

road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death and disability in the world. so, the aim of current study was investigated the epidemiologic survey of road traffic injuries in patients admitted in al-jalil hospital in aq-qala. this study was conducted on 5774 patients during 2007-2012, to evaluate the profile of 2784 injury patients due to road traffic accidents, admitted in al- jalil hosp...

background: the success of any organization depends on  the efforts and job satisfaction of its employees. the aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting job satisfaction among the staff of teaching hospitals in hamadan, iran. methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study on 350 staff members of 5 teaching hospitals in hamadan. subjects were selected by stratified random s...