background & aim: maternal satisfaction of health services is an inherent element of healthcare policies, and quality of midwifery care essentially influences this parameter. this study aimed to evaluate maternal satisfaction of postpartum care and its association with midwifery care at the urban health centers of mashhad, iran in 2012. methods:this descriptive, cross sectional study was conduc...

this descriptive and analytical study was conducted to evaluate quality quality of nursing care by nurses in hemodialysis patients and their knowledge of peritoneal dialysis in hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences.   in this study , 40 nurses graduated with bachelor , master and associae degree were participated. data gathering was accomplished by questionnaire consists...

conclusions nursing process indicators can be used to audit nursing care. such audits can be used as quality assurance tools. results the compliance rate of nursing process indicators was 79.71 ± 0.87. mean compliance scores did not significantly differ by education level and gender. however, overall compliance scores were correlated with nurses’ age (r = 0.26, p = 0.001) and work experience (r...

abstract ba ckground: high level of stress in intensive care unit nurses affects the quality of their nursing care. therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of a stress management program on the quality of nursing care of intensive care unit nurses. materials and methods: this study is a randomized clinical trial that was conducted on 65 nurses. the samples were selected by stratifi...

introduction: health information plays a vital role in managers' decision making and planning. health information in the form of medical records is also useful for caregivers, quality assessment, financial payments, legal measures, education, research and planning. in this study, to examine the managers and personnel's viewpoints about the application of medical records. methods and material: i...

introduction: hospitals performance indicators will help monitoring, evaluation and decision making and therefore must be selected and ranked accurately. the aim of present study is identifying and selecting key hospitals performance indicators. materials and methods: this is a descriptive and mixed (quantitative-qualitative) study. literature review and expert panel has been done to identify a...

conclusions: quality of peripartum care is moderate in lorestan province, therefore, continuous evaluation of quality of care by administrators and hospital staff is essential to improve this quality and will ultimately result in maternal and neonatal health improvement. results: the mean percentages of compatibility with desirable situation were 54%, 57% and 66% in first, second and third stag...

background: quality management is one of the most effective strategies for improving the health systems performance in developed and developing countries. the main goal of this study was identifying the most important aspects of quality management and preparing an appropriate model for health system. method: this research was a comparative study on quality management models in the health system...

background: to evaluate the satisfaction of mothers with the quality of care provided by maternity institutions in east kazakhstan on the basis of the “quality of hospital care for mothers and newborn babies, assessment tool” (who, 2009). methods: this cross-sectional study took place in 2013 and covered five maternity hospitals in east kazakhstan (one referral, two urban and two rural). to obt...

background: the quality of care from the perspective of people with type 2 diabetes using a new model (cqmh) including three dimensions of quality in health care (technical, service and customer quality) was assessed. methods: a cross-sectional survey with a sample of 577 people with type 2 diabetes was conducted. measures were self-reported adherence to national guidelines for technical qualit...