introduction: applying quality management systems can be useful for the development of health care organizations standards, services, quality improvement and costs reduction. the purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility of applying quality management system iso9001/2000 in hospitals affiliated with medical sciences universities from managers' viewpoints. methods and materials: it...

purpose: body image is a person’s body shape in his/her mind. negative body image is associated   with low self-esteem, depression, eating disorder and body dimorphic disorder. the aim of   this study was to investigate the role of body image on sexual performance of married women   nurses in tehran.   materials and methods: in this correlation study, 200 married women nurses working in public ...

background: patient satisfaction has a key role in reducing side effects and patient complaints. it also increases the efficiency of treatment. this study was performed to investigate patient satisfaction from health services provided by educational hospitals in isfahan, iran. methods: in a descriptive study, 350 outpatients in educational hospitals of isfahan were non-randomly evaluated in 200...

background and purpose: providing health services in health centers is a challenging and risky job. so that, realization of quality, performance, efficiency, and fairness in the provision of such services needs a proper condition to ensure that the stress experienced by the personnel is minimized. the present study is a survey of the factors effective on job stress among the nurses working in t...

In 1753, the year his Treatise of the Scurvy was published (1,2), James Lind was invited to become the Chief Physician of the Royal Hospital Haslar, then only partially built. However, he declined the offer and George Cuthbert took the post. A few years later the invitation to Lind was repeated. On this occasion Lind accepted, and took up the appointment in 1758. In a letter sent that year to S...

background: nursing is naturally a stressful job. stress in nurses can cause depression, isolation from patients, absence and decrease in their qualification. this study aimed to determine the causes of job stress in nurses of kashan, iran. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, 189 nurses from kashan hospitals of different wards were studied. the information collection tool was ...

background: it is important to set up hospitals, since they play a key role in providing health care services based on the budget allocated to the health sector. objective:  this study evaluated factors militating against the establishment of hospitals in iran. it also emphasized the importance of health care services. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 using a qualitativ...

introduction: the healthcare sector is one of the areas affected by information technology (it). due to the importance of it in hospitals and factors affecting its use, the present study was conducted to investigate the human factors affecting the use of it among managers of university hospitals in shiraz, iran. methods: this applied and analytic study was conducted in 2014 in 7 university hosp...