background and objectives: angiography remains as the gold standard for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the aim of this study was to assess the quality of angiography services in shahid madani hospital, tabriz, iran.   methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 in shahid madani hospital. a sample of 203 cvd patients who had received angiography services was surveyed....

Pharmaceutical performance is a critical factor in the hospital operation. Hospital pharmacyactivities require retrieving, processing, comparing, and updating the information. Dashboards arenew tools that can track key performance indicators by displaying information to managers in orderto improve the performance of the hospital pharmacy. We conducted this study to determine t...

Pharmaceutical performance is a critical factor in the hospital operation. Hospital pharmacyactivities require retrieving, processing, comparing, and updating the information. Dashboards arenew tools that can track key performance indicators by displaying information to managers in orderto improve the performance of the hospital pharmacy. We conducted this study to determine t...

The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of USAID. SUMMARY Complications of unsafely-performed abortions remain an important contributor to maternal mortality in Peru. Emergency treatment of abortion complications has long been provided by facilities of the national Ministry of Health (MINSA). However, quality of care is poor and services ar...

The re-engineering of primary healthcare (PHC) is regarded as an essential precursor to the implementation of National Health Insurance in South Africa, but improvements in the provision of PHC services have been patchy. The authors contend that the role of well- functioning rural district hospitals as a hub from which PHC services can be most efficiently managed has been underestimated, and th...

OBJECTIVE To examine the opinion of patients of an occupational diseases hospital on the quality of provision of occupational medicine services in Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 189 patients were interviewed using a 13-item survey about their jobs and workplaces. RESULTS The overall results of this study were as follows: 80.4% of the patients stated that physicians were located at...

BACKGROUND Deliberate self-harm (DSH) is a significant public health problem, representing a major burden in terms of morbidity to the individual and health-service utilization. While clinical guidelines suggest good practice for the short-term hospital management of DSH, there remains considerable variability in the way that services are provided. METHOD A systematic review of the literature...

PROBLEM Although international guidelines specify the central role of the health sector in providing comprehensive care, including HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), after sexual assault, in both industrialised and developing countries there are many challenges to providing timely and comprehensive services. DESIGN A nurse driven model of post-rape care was integrated into existing hospital...

conclusions the duties of social workers have been defined in the three domains of psychosocial health, psychosocial treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation. results the findings of the research indicate that social work headquarters have had a weak performance in introducing social work as a specialized profession. their performance in establishing relationship with scientific centers has be...