Showing 7 results for Teaching Hospital
Bahram Delgoshyii, Leyla Riahi, Monika Motaghi,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (9-2010)
Abstract
Background: The purpose of the present study was to compare quality of working life in Kashan teaching and non-teaching hospitals and to determine its relationship with knowledge mamangment.
Materials and Methods:the study was descriptive in nature.The statistical population comprised of middle and senior managers at Kashan teaching and non-teaching hospitals.The data were collected using a valid Likert style questionaire (Very little to very much).Data analysis was carried out using SPSS.
Results : Worke space gained the highest score among another parameters (3.64 in teaching hospitals and 3.47 in non-teaching hospitals.Material facilities scored the lowest in teaching hospitals (2.7). Job designe also attained the lowest score in non-teaching hospitals (2.81).
Democracy showed the strongest correlation with knowledge management in teaching hospitals (r=0.83). There was a strong correlation between education and knowledge management in non-teaching hospitals (r=0.69).
There was a strong correlation between quality of working life and knowledge managment both in teaching and non-teaching hospitals (r=0.92 and r=0.83), respectively.
Conclusion : Based on the fidinges of the study, paying special attention to participation in decision-making and education could play a crucial role in improving work life quality.
Mahmoud Nekuei Moghaddam, Azadeh Taghavi Rad, Saeedeh Hakimipour, Milad Shafiei, Gholamreza Goudarzi,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (2-2011)
Abstract
Background: The world is changing continually and organizations as the subsystems of the world should be adapted with these changes by helping to develope of creativity and innovation.This study to evaluate the relationships between conflict management styles and creativity of staff in training hospitals in Kerman province.
Materials & Methods:This is a cross-sectional study from aspect of descriptive -analytical. For gathering data, the standard questionnaires of conflict management for managers and creativity for staff applied. The participants in the study were all disciplinary managers from selected hospitals in one group and all disciplinary staff of selected hospitals in another group.Data analysis used in SPSS software.
Results:The results showed that there is a significant and opposite assosiation between enforcing styles and negotiating styles between managers (P<0/05, r= -0/187) and creativity of staff (P<0/05 , r= -0/155) . Meanwhile, there is a significant relation between marital status and educated staff and their creativity. This research reveales that avoiding styles applied among men is less than women.
Conclusion: To develop creativity of staff and managers should decrease using of enforcing and negotiating styles to solve the conflicts in hospitals.
R Khodayari, S Tourani, A Qaderi, M Salehi, H Jafari,
Volume 9, Issue 3 (2-2011)
Abstract
Background: Medical tourism is an increasing industry that patients travel to abroad for receiving health care services. The countries which are successful in this industry have global accrediting quality. This research is aimed to access capabilities of selected hospitals in Iran University of Medical Sciences in attracting medical tourists according to JCI patient-oriented standards.
Materials & Methods: This research is a descriptive, cross-sectional study that carried out in Hasheminejad, Rajaie and Motahhari hospitals. To collect data patient-oriented checklist of JCI standard used. Data analyzed by using descriptive statistic techniques.
Results: The results showed the high rates of consideration is related to medication management and standards used (84/5%), and anesthesia and surgical care standards (80%) that both of them are related to Hasheminejad hospital and also patient and family rights standards (47/5%) are low rates of considerations that are related to Motahhari hospital. Generally, the mean rates of consideration in Hasheminejad (71/8%) are more than Rajaie hospital (67%) and these hospitals are more than Motahhari hospital (62/3%).
Conclusion: Generally, the selected hospitals had rather readiness and possible and appropriate capabilities in attracting medical tourists. Some standards (access to care and continuity of care, patient and family education, assessment of patients, anesthesia and surgical care) were appropriate and some of them were insufficient (patient and family rights, care of patients and patient and family education). According to identify strengths and weaknesses of the hospitals in medical tourism, they could use SWOT analytical model to increase their capabilities.
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Volume 16, Issue 1 (4-2017)
Abstract
Background: The emergency department is as heart of hospital and is one of the first points of contact for patients with health care system are facing a variety of challenges. This study aimed to explore the challenges of emergency departments in teaching hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods: This study was carried out through a qualitative approach and phenomenology method in 2013 in Mashhad, Iran. Twenty nurses and two emergency medicine specialists were recruited from four teaching hospitals in Mashhad Iran using purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using conventional content analysis approach according to colaizzi with MAXQDA 3 software.
Results: The results of this study indicated that challenges of emergency department lay in
Three main aspects including: "challenges in Human resources"(personal characteristics, professional characteristics and human resource limitations), "nurses' dissatisfaction"(less quality hospital hoteling and services for staff, disproportion between the workload and salaries, Lack of support from nurses) and " challenges in human resources management "(Structural challenges, the performance challenges and challenges in human resource management). Each theme included several category and subcategory that explain various aspects of the challenges in emergency department.
Conclusion: Human resource limitations, nurses' dissatisfaction and poor management were the most important challenges. Providing adequate human resources, support of nurses and determination guidelines and process for nursing care can reduce these challenges in hospital emergency departments.
Mobin Sokhanvar, Dr Alimohammad Mosadeghrad,
Volume 16, Issue 2 (7-2017)
Abstract
Background: Organizational culture has a crucial role in hospitals’ productivity. The success or failure of strategies and plans in organisational change depend on organizational culture. This study aimed to examine the organizational culture of Tehran hospitals in 2014.
Material and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was carried out in 18 hospitals (public, private and semi-public hospitals) that were selected out of 114 hospitals of Tehran using quota- randomized sampling method. About 696 employees in diagnostic, curative, administrative and logistic departments participated in the study. Data was collected through a valid and reliable questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS20. Spearman, U Man- Whitney and Kruskal- Wallis statistical tests were applied.
Results: The mean score of organizational culture was 3.62 out of 6 (moderate). There was a significant relationship between organizational culture and the type of hospitals (p=0.002). The mean score of organizational culture was higher in Private and Semi-public ecurity hospitals respectivey. Attention to details and customer orientation dimensions were high in public and semi-public hospitals and private hospitals respectively. The most and the least mean score of organizational culture was related to administrative and support services units.
Conclusion: Organization culture was evaluated in moderate status in hospitals of Tehran city. Thus, it is recommended that hospital managers improve hospitals 'organizational culture specially in creativity, innovation, integration and teamwork dimensions using organizational engineering culture plans.
Fariba Asadi, Seyyedeh Sara Afrazandeh, Maryam Ebrahimi,
Volume 17, Issue 3 (11-2018)
Abstract
Background: One of the hospitals’ goals is providing high quality of health for patients and patient satisfaction is one of the indicators of quality of health care in hospitals in all countries. The present study aimed to evaluate patients’ satisfaction about performance of health transformation plan in teaching hospitals affiliated to southern Khorasan province in 2016.
Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional, descriptive-analytic one which 410 patients admitted to seven public hospitals of south Khorasan province were evaluated using a standard questionnaire on patient satisfaction during one month. Data analysis was performed by SPSS22 software using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: level of 51.5% patients ‘satisfaction was assessed high, 37.1% in a good, 9.9% moderate and 1.6 low level. Regression analysis revealed that average score of satisfaction with education level and economic situation had a significant association (p <0.05) which patients with higher education level and better economic status had less satisfaction. There was no significant relationship between other demographic variables and satisfaction level.
Conclusion: According to study results, it can be concluded that the health transformation plan can achieve its goals and success regarding patients’ satisfaction and patient costs reduction due to patients' perspective. In order to increase patients’ satisfaction, paying more attention to welfare and nutrition and evaluating satisfaction in other groups (nurses, physicians and personnel) recommended.
Seyed Masoud Mousavi, Sajjad Bahariniya, Aisa Mardani, Najmeh Baghian,
Volume 22, Issue 4 (1-2024)
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Organizational commitment among nurses, a critical aspect of hospital workforce management, is influenced by various factors, including job attachment. This attachment fosters motivation and commitment, which ultimately enhances the quality of healthcare services. This study investigates the relationship between organizational commitment and job attachment among nurses working in selected teaching hospitals affiliated with Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd in 2022.
Methods: This descriptive-analytical study involved all nurses at Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd. A sample size of 298 nurses was determined using Cochran's formula. Data collection was conducted using the Job Descriptive Index (JDI) by Edwards and Kilpatrick (1984) and the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) by Allen and Meyer (1990). The data were analyzed using the Chi-square test with SPSS version 21 software and structural equation modeling via LISREL software.
Results: Among the nurses surveyed, 43.17% reported being satisfied with their jobs, while 40.17% exhibited organizational commitment. The findings revealed a significant relationship between job attachment and organizational commitment (P<0.001). The average scores were 3.75 ± 0.76 for the affective dimension, 3.97 ± 0.26 for the continuance dimension, 3.65 ± 0.36 for the normative dimension, and 3.74 ± 0.93 for overall job attachment.
Conclusion: The significant direct relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment highlights the importance of managerial focus on enhancing job satisfaction to increase employee responsibility and commitment. Managers should prioritize factors that improve job satisfaction as a means to strengthen organizational commitment.
