Background and objective: The location of facilities is of great importance in healthcare and is of interest to researchers due to its importance. In this regard, a large proportion of classic location-allocation models concentrate on solving problems in an exclusive environment (non-competitive), but this assumption is rarely true in reality. Methods: At...

BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) guidelines emphasize the importance of patient education to improve quality of life and avoid exacerbations. Longitudinal evaluations of structured management of COPD in primary care are lacking. AIM To evaluate the impact of primary care asthma/COPD clinics on exacerbations, hospitalizations, and associated costs in COPD. METHODS This...

Abstract Introduction: Social capital has potential effects on reproductive health and childbearing behaviors. However, there is limited information about its relationship with childbearing. Objective: This study aimed to explore female healthcare providers' experiences of childbearing based on the social capital theory. Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted from July ...

BACKGROUND Access to healthcare services has an essential role in promoting health equity and quality of life. Knowing where the places are and how much of the population is covered by the existing healthcare network is important information that can be extracted from Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and used in effective healthcare planning. The aim of this study is to measure the geogra...

Advances in wireless communication and mobile devices have increased the use of computer technologies in healthcare environments, making possible a wide range of efficient and powerful solutions. Ubiquitous computing concepts meet healthcare principles, enabling physicians to connect to and use healthcare systems almost anytime, anywhere, and by using any device. For years, medical activities s...

Aspergillus spp. are ubiquitous environmental fungi that are increasingly recognized as a cause of severe illness and mortality in immunocompromised patients. More than 60 outbreaks of healthcare-associated invasive aspergillosis have been described in the English literature. Information gained from outbreak investigations, especially control measures, form the basis for current guidelines to p...

The scope of a healthcare institution's infection prevention and control/healthcare epidemiology program (IPC/HE) should be driven by the size and complexity of the patient population served, that population's risk for healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and local, state, and national regulatory and accreditation requirements. Essential activities of all IPC/HE programs include but are not l...

BACKGROUND & AIM Nurse's mistakes usually have a strong effect on the patients trust and satisfaction in the health services systems, and it can also lead to stress and moral contradicts among nurses. This study has aimed to survey the rate of nurses' mistakes, according to documents in the Isfahan Province during 2007-2012. METHODS The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sampl...