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Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Zahra Madady,
Volume 14, Issue 3 (9-2015)
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Background: Patient safety is one of the key principals to the trust in any health care system nowadays. Medication errors, as a key safety threatening factors, could increase patients’ length of stay and healthcare costs in hospitals and might lead into injury and finally death. Therefore, this study seeks to compare the incidence and proposed solutions of Iran and selected countries in order for preventing medication errors.
Materials and Methods: This applicable study is a review article searching in such databases as SID, IranMedex, Pubmed, and Scopus to identify and select its related papers. At last, 25 studies were considered for this study.
Results: According to the results of studies, shortage of nurses, nurses’ inexperience, job stress, physicians’ handwriting and lack of information on medications were the highly frequent incidence causes. Training courses on medicine dispensing and hands-on training were the most important solution.
Conclusion: Given the existing gap between the medication errors incidence rate of Iran and selected countries, the latter’s experiences such as transparency and responsibility and active role of hospital pharmacies could be utilized by the former.
Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Dr Golrokh Atighechian, Ameneh Saradar,
Volume 16, Issue 2 (7-2017)
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Background: Hospitals directly affected by disasters and crises which will be provided services facing with crises by well-informed and high performing personnel. This study aimed to determine self-efficacy level in disasters among senior managers of hospitals.
Materials and Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytical and applied one which was conducted in all public and private hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2015. Study population was all senior managers of hospitals and data was collected by a researcher-developed, valid and reliable questionnaire. Data analyzed using descriptive and Inferential statistics.
Results: Self-efficacy facing with crisis was assessed on average level (101 out of 130) and high among married men with previous experience in disasters. Also, self-efficacy level reported high among aged and position of ED managers. Nevertheless, there was no significant relationship between self-efficacy and participation in educational course and hospital ICS membership.
Conclusion: Given the relationship of self-efficacy with the aged and prior experience in disasters, these variables should be considered in selecting proper people for these positions. Moreover, having successful experiences dealing with challenges enhances the level of Self-efficacy among managers. Hence, using some techniques such as simulation or providing maneuvers can acquaint managers with the possible conditions facing with disasters.
Yousef Pashaei Asl, Dr Ali Janati, Dr Masoumeh Ghliadeh, Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan , Mohammad Taghi Khodayari, Dr Mohammad Arab,
Volume 16, Issue 4 (2-2018)
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Background: Necessity of development, quantity and quality improvement needs of medical tourists had been unavoidable based on medical tourism growth with its competitive function. This study aimed to determine satisfaction rate of medical tourists referee to Tabriz hospitals to get treatment services.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive and analytical study was conducted on 82 medical tourists referee to all wards of selected hospitals using convenient sampling method in Tabriz city. Data was collected using a-28 items valid and reliable researcher made questionnaire. Cronbach’s Alpha was calculated 0.708. In order to data analysis, SPSS Software version 23 was utilized. Also, Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to assess the association between different aspects of patients’ satisfaction.
Results: Satisfaction rate was obtained in five main aspects including cultural problems (51.88%), structural issue (57.50%), insurance payment system (16.04%), information system and communication channels (41.34%) the economic challenges (50.35%). The information system and communication channels had high effect on economic aspects (p<0.001).
Conclusion: It seems necessary that health policy makers and managers pay more attention to foreign medical tourists and faced challenges correction in order to change Tabriz city to a medical tourism center of excellence and improving regional economic development.
Ali Moradi, Khaled Rahmani, Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Rasoul Yarahmadi,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (5-2018)
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Introduction: Since incorrect selection of a manager might lead to incorrect choices of other members, organizations need to consider this important issue and use well-sought mechanisms for managers’ selection process. Accordingly, this study aims to rank the key factors associated with the selection of operational managers in Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Materials and Methods: This research employed a logical and systematic trend to develop and rank the indicators using fuzzy TOPSIS method. In order for prioritization of key indicators of qualification of operational-level; after reviewing the literature and using experts’ viewpoints , the dimensions of performance have been selected and using, the SMART technique the key criteria were weighted. A validated and reliable questionnaire was used for data collection
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Results: Fifty individuals participated in this study. 37 (74%) and 13 (26%) were male and female respectively. The mean and standard deviation of age of participants were 41.68 and 7.06 years. Literature reviews and related studies indicated 48 indices for choosing qualified managers. Among these, according to the expert’s opinion in management science and managers, 36 indices were selected as key indicators. Based on the FTOPSIS analysis, indicators of higher education in the field of management, compliance time, power of expression, adornment and belief in law and order achieved coefficients as 0.205, 0.204, 0.203, 0.202 and 0.197, rank first to fifth
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Conclusion: According to the results management related education and expertise in technical aspects of organizational management control were at the top of ranking . Results of this study can help medical universities and health service organizations to develop guidelines for selecting their managers
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Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Dr Abolghasem Pourreza, Dr Abbas Rahimi Foroshani , Rahele Maleki ,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (5-2018)
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Background: Hospital managers' success depends not only on internal of the hospital environment, but also on the external. Considering the importance of the social responsibility of hospitals as an external organizational issue, this study aimed to assess the importance of social responsibility and the implementation status of hospitals.
Materials and Methods: This analytical descriptive study was conducted in Kermanshah educational hospitals in 2016. The study population consisted of management team of each hospital in middle and first-line level, of which 150 were selected using census sampling method. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the instrument was confirmed. Data analysis was performed using SPSS20 software, descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The mean score of importance and status of social responsibility implementation were high (86.20 ± 9.98) and moderate (60.62 ± 12.41), respectively. Among the domains, the highest and the least attention were paid to environment (11.65 ± 88.30) and suppliers (13.47 ± 81.48) domains, respectively. The highest level of accountability in patients was (68.87 ± 26/14) and the least was found in organizational processes (14.47 ± 42.02). There was a significant statistically difference in social status according to organizational status and employment type (p <0.05).
Conclusion: The results revealed that the rate of social responsibility of hospitals was moderate. It seems that providing a systematic assessment of managers performance and authorities, functional feedback and using the successful experiences of organizations in the field of social responsibility are necessary.
Dr Alimohammad Mosadeghrad, Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan , Mahdi Abbasi,
Volume 17, Issue 1 (5-2018)
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Background: The success of organizations depnds on their managers’ performance. This study aimed to measure hospital managers’ performance in the city of sari in 2017, Iran.
Materials and Methods: About 294 top, middle and first-line managers working in the hospitals in Sari (including four public, two private and one social security hospital) particaipated in this descriptive and cross-sectional study. A valid and reliable questionnaire was used to assess managers’ performance in eight functions including decision making, planning, organizing, coordinating, leadership, communication, budgeting and control. SPSS software, the 21st version, was used for data analysis.
Results: The mean score of hospital managers’ performance was 3.87 out of 5. Managers scored high in organizing (4.12), leadership (4.06), and decision making (3.97) and low in budgeting (3.27), planning (3.83), and coordinating (3.84). Managers’ performance was linked to their age, marital status, education level, and educational background. Those managers who worked in a position related to their educational background had better performance.
Conclusion: Hospital managers rated their performance as good. Measuring managers’ performance, determining their strengths and weaknesses and applying corrective actions are beneficial to the improvement of hospitals’ performance.
Dr Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Tahere Sharifi, Dr Sara Emamgholi Poor, Dr Mir Saeed Yekani Nejad, Samaneh Esmaeili,
Volume 17, Issue 2 (9-2018)
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Background: Hospital accreditation is assumed as an effective control mechanism for health systems to improve quality and efficiency. Current study thus, seeks to look into the relationship between hospitals’ accreditation and efficiency
Materials and Methods: In order to measure efficiency, hospital inputs and outputs included the ratio of physician and nurse to bed, mortality and nosocomial infection rate and quality of inpatientservices were used. A sample of 554 hospitalized patients selected using stratified random sampling
method. Data gathering instruments were researcher-developed questionnaire and checklists. DEAP and SPSS software deployed to assess correlation between accreditation rank and technical efficiency
Results: Average hospitals’ technical efficiency score was 0.94 indicating an improvement capacityof %5.1 for hospitals efficiency. The mean quality score was 4.13 out of 5( in the range of 3.9-4.3)There was no correlation between hospitals accreditation rank and their technical efficiency
Conclusion: According to the results, it seems efficiency should be also considered in accreditationmetrics. In addition, for measuring efficiency, performance based inputs and specifically outputs tohave reliable results should be chosen
Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Batoul Ahmadi, Baheshte Ebrahimi,
Volume 20, Issue 3 (12-2021)
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Background and Aim: Expenditure in the health sector requires appropriate resources management. This study was conducted to determine the amount of moral hazards associated with the service providers in the medication prescriptions paid by an insurance organization.
Methods: Study population included paid pharmaceutical documents in Tehran province in 2019. 2000 prescriptions for 500 insured people were randomly selected from the database of the organization. Two indicators (the number of suspicious prescriptions based on the incompatibility of a drug with the history of the disease or the drug spectrum of an insured and the number of prescriptions with a financial burden higher than the average usual burden of a normal patient) were matched with transcript data and analyzed with SPSS version 24. An experienced pharmacist was consulted to examine the drug spectrum of all prescriptions.
Results: 5.4% of total prescriptions were incompatible drugs and 6.4% had created extra financial burden. The highest incidence of risks by speciality was related to general practitioners (16 % with a surplus financial burden of 87/500/000 Rials). The highest number and amount of risks in Rials per insured group was related to supervisors (63 % with a surplus financial burden of 26/000/000 Rials). The risk in the military centres’ prescriptions were more than private and governmental centres and it was relatively equal in contracted (48%) and non-contracted (52%) centres.
Conclusion: The abuse in the health service provision is a high risk for health care managers in countries that have health insurance programs which their intelligent tracking reduces many of the insurers’ costs and prevent the shortage of vital medicines.
Hojjat Rahmani, Marzieh Rajaeian, Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan, Mirsaeed Yekaninejad,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (9-2022)
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Background: Human resources determine the quality of performance of health care organizations and are one of their most important competitive advantages. Also, committing is very important to perform their duties. Therefore, it is necessary to recognize the factors that affect organizational commitment. This study aimed to investigate how organizational transparency could affect organizational trust and commitment from the perspective of hospital staff.
Materials & Methods: The present study is an applied descriptive-analytical study conducted on 640 staff members in teaching hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The instruments used were: Organizational Transparency and Trust developed by Rawlins (2008) and Organizational Commitment developed by Meyer and Allen (1997). Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 26 and AMOS.
Results: Organizational transparency dimensions (overall transparency, participation, substantial information, and accountability) had a positive indirect effect on organizational commitment dimensions (affective, continuance, and normative commitment). Additionally, secrecy has a negative indirect effect on organizational commitment dimensions. The relationship between organizational transparency and commitment was also statistically significant, which indicates that organizational trust mediated the relationship between organizational transparency and commitment.
Conclusion: Managers might be able to improve transparency and staff participation in decision-making by taking cognizance of the priorities and information that can be disseminated by hospitals. In fact, increasing organizational transparency expands cooperation and leads to enhancing staff’s organizational trust, and ultimately increases their organizational commitment.
Mohammad Heydaryan Manesh, Aida Asghary, Ebrahim Jaafaripooyan,
Volume 22, Issue 3 (12-2023)
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The provision of virtual health care has currently received ample attention from health systems worldwide, due to the recent conditions and events. Many countries are trying to provide their preliminary visits and a relatively wide range of other care virtually, paving the way towards the introduction of virtual clinics. However, in many countries, this concept has not been clearly defined, and the characteristics that are necessary to use the virtual clinics are still unknown. This perspective has sought to explain the concept of virtual clinics and their characteristics with a brief review of related literature.
