decentralization is the process of dispersing decision-making closer to the point of peripheral area, service or action. basically decentralized governance, if properly planned and implemented, offers important opportunities for enhanced human development. the studies about this issue in different countries show that most of the decentralizations have been implemented in european countries and ...

in 2014, a series of reforms, called as the health sector evolution plan (hsep), was launched in the health system of iran in a stepwise process. hsep was mainly based on the fifth 5-year health development national strategies (2011-2016). it included different interventions to: increase population coverage of basic health insurance, increase quality of care in the ministry of health and medica...

background one of the main objectives of health systems is the financial protection against out-of-pocket (oop) health expenditures. oop health expenditures can lead to catastrophic payments, impoverishment or poverty among households. in iran, health sector evolution plan (hsep) has been implemented since 2014 in order to achieve universal health coverage and reduce the oop health expenditures...

the ministry of health and medical education of iran, along with the country movement towards achievements of iran's vision 2025 put compilation of the health system reform plan on its agenda. in this article, we are trying to show the method we used for developing this plan and how this method considered the general condition of the country along with maintaining the standards of scientific an...

based on iran by 2025 defined vision, we must to receive the first grade of science position in south western asian region. thus we need to have a comprehensive evaluation program.a comprehensive who health research system analysis (hrsa)- based evaluation system was developed to evaluate the hrs in iran. this article has explored the results of the five-year evaluation (2003-2008) and aims to ...

preparing long term reformatory plan for the health system, like other macro plans, requires guiding principles which is according to the values, and as a bridge, connect the ideals and values to the goals. this study was designed with the purpose of explaining the values and principles of health system, and as a pre-requisite to compilation of iran's health system reform plan at 2025.the docum...

electronic health record (ehr) is a repository of patient health information shared among multiple authorized users. as a modern method of storing and processing health information, it is a solution for improving quality, safety and efficiency of patient care and health system. however, establishment of ehr requires a significant investment of time and money. while many of healthcare providers ...

in recent years, the main focus of health sector reforms in iran is the family physician and referral system plan. fundamental changes in the goals and strategies, has increased the necessity of the need to reform the organizational structure. this study tries to review and summarize all cases about the organizational structure of iran and its challenges in primary health care system.this study...