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Roohollah Askari, Hamid Reza Dehghan, Mohammad Amin Bahrami, Fatemeh Keshmiri,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (7 2011)
Abstract
Background: The hospitals are the most significant providers of health care services. According to more health funds spending by hospitals, economic management in hospitals is necessary. Determining the causes and rates of insurance under reimbursement bills was the objective of this study.
Materials and Methods: This research is a descriptive cross-sectional survey was done in 2008. The samples of study were the al records' patients who undertaken of social security insurance system in the teaching hospitals of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science. The data complied in SPSS 16 software and then analyzed.
Results: In this study, 9.8% cases of all hospitalization bills were deducted. The highest rates of under reimbursement bills was in Afshar hospital (12.7%), followed by burn hospital (12.5% ), Shahid Sadoughi hospital (10%), and Shahid Rahnemoon hospital (8.2%). The highest rates of under reimbursement bills imposed to the surgeon fees (28.4%), treatment fees (15.06%), and medicine (14.3%) costs. However assistant surgeon fees had no under reimbursement. The most important causes of under reimbursement were defects in the insurance records of patients and noncompliance with insurance organization regulations.
Conclusion: Training of human resources and optimized use of hospital information systems could be helpful to hospitals for reducing insurance reimbursement to ultimately improve hospitals to financial statements.
Dr Roohollah Askari, Naeimeh Keyghobadi, Fateme Jafari Nodoushan, Dr Sima Rafiei,
Volume 16, Issue 3 (11-2017)
Abstract
Background: One of the main principles in comprehensive care giving in nursing is spirituality and spiritual care which has been addressed to have a crucial role in providing more effective treatment in patients. This study aimed to assess nurses’ attitude toward spirituality and spiritual care in hospitals affiliated to Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in 2016.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted among 133 nurses employed in three selected teaching hospitals affiliated to Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in 2016. Data collection was performed through a two- section standard SSCRS questionnaire (The Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale) including spirituality (n=15 items) and spirituality care (n=8 items). To data analyze SPSS software version 22 was utilized. Significance level was set less than 0.05.
Results: The mean score of attitude toward spirituality and spiritual care were calculated relatively 31.15±7.89 and 21.05±5.5, respectively. Furthermore, there was a significant statistical association between nurses’ attitude with gender (p=0.01) and job category (p=0.03). given that, there was no significant association between age, educational level, employment and marital status.
Conclusion: Based on study findings, attitude toward spirituality were more desirable compare to spiritual care among nurses. Thus, more training and awareness can have affecting effects on clinical care and treatment quality potentially in spite of positive attitude toward spirituality.
Noushin Kohan, Fatemeh Keshmiri, Roohollah Askari,
Volume 21, Issue 3 (12-2022)
Abstract
Background: It is expected that graduates of healthcare management have the necessary skills to perform various managerial and administrative positions. This study was carried out with the aim of designing and compiling an evaluation framework for students based on educational standards in the internship period.
Materials &Methods: The current study was conducted in four phases: In the first phase, in order to identify the problem and assess the needs, the existing curriculum and topics were examined, as well as the studies conducted in this field. In the second phase, the perspective of the stakeholders was used to complete and modify the initial framework. In the third phase, worksheets for registering internship learning activities were prepared for students and a checklist of educational and learning objectives, personal and management skills, and skills for developing professional qualifications was compiled. Finally, a specialized panel was used to determine the type of formative and final exams.
Results: The problems and challenges of internships can be investigated in 4 areas: inappropriate planning of the course, faculty, group - professors and hospital. In designing the evaluation tool, 9 criteria were taken into consideration. Also, tests designed in a compilation framework were used as formative tests and reasoning tests were used as final tests.
Conclusion: The compiled framework can be used as a valid and comprehensive tool to evaluate the practical competence and capabilities of healthcare management students during the internship period.
Hasan Fatahi, Seyyed Mohammad Waziri, Mahyar Souri, Mohammad Hossein Askarian,
Volume 22, Issue 2 (9-2023)
Abstract
Background and purpose: The emergency department of a hospital is akin to its heart, where smooth operations can save many lives. This research aims to reduce patient waiting time in the emergency department using simulation techniques.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted cross-sectionally in 2019 at the Qaim Hospital in Mashhad. The study focused on accurately modeling the patient flow process in the emergency department using simulation techniques and Arena software. Key performance indicators such as patient waiting time, number of discharged patients (system output), length of stay, resource efficiency, and improvements in the emergency department were evaluated.
Results: The simulation model's results indicated that the laboratory, specialist doctor examination, and pharmacy departments had the longest waiting times in this department, respectively.
Conclusion: To reduce patient waiting times and improve conditions, the most effective and cost-efficient solution is to add a laboratory technician to the laboratory department during the [15-23] shift at Qaim Hospital in Mashhad, which is projected to decrease patient waiting times by 66 minutes.
Roohollah Askari, Hassan Jafari, Arefeh Dehghani Tafti, Neda Futuhi Tafti,
Volume 23, Issue 1 (5-2024)
Abstract
Background and purpose: Nurses, as the closest healthcare providers to patients, hold significant popularity and trust. Strengthening their competence in spiritual care is critical in ensuring holistic healthcare delivery. This study aimed to evaluate the spiritual care competence of nurses working in selected teaching hospitals of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd in 2023.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 262 nurses employed in three selected teaching hospitals (Shahid Sadoughi, Shahid Rahnamoun, and Afshar hospitals). Data were collected using the Standard Spiritual Care Competence Questionnaire (SCCS) and analyzed through ANOVA, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and Spearman's correlation coefficient using SPSS version 21 software.
Results: The overall mean score and standard deviation of spiritual care competence among nurses were 83.9±18.2, indicating an optimal level of competence. Among the dimensions of spiritual care competence, the "personal support and consultation with the patient" dimension scored the highest (18.8±5.2), while the "communication" dimension scored the lowest (7.3±1.6). The highest overall competence score was observed at Shahid Rahnamoun Hospital (88.5±17.7)
Conclusion: While the overall competence in spiritual care among the nurses studied was favorable, the low score in the communication dimension highlights the need for workshops focused on effective nurse-patient communication. Developing these skills can significantly enhance nurses' roles in improving patient health outcomes.
