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Baki Hashemi S M M. Identifying and prioritizing effective factors in the demand for inter-hospital transfer of patients. jhosp 2022; 21 (1) :66-75
URL: http://jhosp.tums.ac.ir/article-1-6509-en.html
Graduated with a PhD in public administration, majoring in public policy and decision-making, Semnan University. M.baki@semnan.ac.ir
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Background: thousands of people die or suffer from irreversible damage due to lack of timely and adequate services in medical centers. This research seeks to identify and prioritize factors affecting the demand for patient transfer and provide the most effective measures to facilitate this process.
Materials and Methods: This research is combined in terms of method and inductive research in terms of type of research. The population of study is the senior and middle managers of Guilan University of Medical Sciences who were selected as a sample member using purposive sampling method. The factors affecting patient transfer demand were identified using qualitative data obtained from exploratory studies, then these factors were prioritized using fuzzy Delphi method.
Results: In the first part, a set of factors affecting the demand for patient transfer were identified, and in the second part, the importance and priority of these factors were determined. The results of the research showed fourteen main factors, including disproportionate distribution of specialized human resources, ineffective planning, inefficient management, and inefficiency of human resources.
Conclusion: Inefficient organizational processes and organizational structures along with real needs have been identified as reasons for patient transfer demand,which requires special attention of supervisors and management of organizational development and administrative transformation of universities. It seems that the formation of a special monitoring and planning working group to remove obstacles in a centralized manner at the highest organizational level and a special look at the reports of the care monitoring center as the most effective measure can be used to manage the dispatch process, planning, Monitor and remove obstacles.
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Type of Study: Original Article | Subject: کیفیت خدمات و ایمنی بیمار در بیمارستان
Received: 2022/05/11 | Accepted: 2022/08/15 | Published: 2022/09/9

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