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Mohammad Reza Zabihi, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Mohammad Reza Ghamari , Mohammad Hanif Asadi,
Volume 9, Issue 1 (5-2015)
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Background and Aim: Due to the changing environment of hospitals and the necessity of providing services for patients in the shortest possible time and at an acceptable quality and cost, it seems to be necessary to utilize the maximum intellectual capacity of the organization to enhance agility in hospitals. The aim of this study is, in fact, to investigate the relationship between organizational intelligence (and its components according to the Albrecht model) and organizational agility in hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.

Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in 2013 on 408 hospital employees seleced through stratified sampling method. To collect data on organizational intelligence, the Albrekht standardized questionnaire was used and to gather data on organizational agility, a questionnaire designed based on Goldman model was employed. For data analysis and hypothesis testing, the SPSS software version16, Pearson correlation, t-test, Anova, and regression techniques were applied.

Results: The results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between agility in hospitals and organizational intelligence ( components : Appetite for change, heart, knowledge deployment, performance pressure, strategic vision, shared fate, and alignment and congruence). The determinants of agility were mainly strategic vision, performance pressure, and a lignment and congruence.

Conclusion: The results of the study showed that dynamic strategic planning in hospitals and developing educational programs of organizational intelligence aiming at employees' and managers' awareness could lead to an increase in the agility level of hospitals and provision of effective services for patients.


Khalil Ali Mohamadzadeh , Amene Darabi , Mehrnoosh Jafari ,
Volume 11, Issue 3 (9-2017)
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Background and Aim: Organizational agility is regarded an important factor for hospital effectiveness. Considering the necessity of hospital effectiveness, focus on organizational health can ensure the future success of an organization. This study mainly aims to determine the relationship between organizational agility and organizational health in hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU).
Materials and Methods: This is an applied, descriptive-correlational research. The population of the study included all SBMU hospital employees. The 375 members of the sample were selected based on Morgan and Krejcie table. The sampling method was multistage. Data collection tool was the questionnaires of organizational agility and organizational health. The questionnaires were valid based on the expert’s judgment, and Cronbach's alpha reliability value of the questionnaires was 0.88. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation, regression, and t-test), using SPSS software.
Results: The correlation between organizational agility and organizational health was positive and significant (r=0.66, P<0.05). A significant difference was observed between mean organizational agility and mean reference (-0.43, P<0.05) and also between mean organizational health and mean reference (-0.55, P<0.05).
Conclusion: Hospital managers need to work hard to promote organizational agility so that in addition to obtaining competitive advantage, they can improve organizational health by giving an appropriate and timely response to changes and taking advantage of the obtained opportunities.

Reza Safdari, Majid Alikhani, Foziye Tahmasbi, Zohre Javanmard,
Volume 14, Issue 1 (3-2020)
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Background and Aim: The incidence of osteoporotic fractures, which leads to morbidity and mortality in the elderly, is increasing worldwide. Mobile health application could empower patients to engage in managing their own health. This has a significant impact on improving health outcomes in chronic diseases. For this reason, this study was conducted to develop a mobile-based self-management application for patients with Osteoporotic fractures.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-developmental study, initially, the data required in this research were collected through searching in library resources, clinical guidelines and application review. Then, a questionnaire was applied by physician to validate and determine the significance of these elements and the rational design of application was provided with the obtained elements. Finally, the application was developed in Android Studio environment and then evaluated.
Results: The main application parts include: Disease prevention information, fracture risk assessment tool and information for self-management in osteoporotic fractures care which was divided into two parts: Hip fracture and other fractures. Moreover, provides functions like exercise program adjustments, reminders and patient records. The application functions were evaluated and was able to meet the expectations.
Conclusion: This is a mobile application with validated content and can be used to help patients with osteoporotic fractures to manage their disease and to obtain self-management skills.

Mohammad Reza Mehregan, Shahrokh Yousefzadeh, Ali Reza Hatam Siahkal Mahalle,
Volume 15, Issue 2 (5-2021)
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Background and Aim: The overall goal of the medical department is to develop and manage an efficient and effective supply chain. Intrinsic instability and unpredictability of treatment needs to require a flexible supply chain. Agility reflects the hospital's response to environmental changes, and agile hospitals are able to provide appropriate services to the patients. Hospital supply chain management agility needs to find the main aspects affecting the relationship and communication between them and to analyze the dimensions together. The purpose of this study was interpretive-structural modeling and analysis of dimensions of agile hospital supply chain management.
Materials and Methods: The research design combined descriptive - survey exploratory approach to the future. The population study were doctors, nurses and staff at the University of Medical Sciences. The Delphi technique was used to determine the dimensions of agility and the interpretive-structural modeling approach was used for analysis and modeling. Mick Mac software was used to analyze the dimensions of agility.
Results: The final model of agile hospital supply chain management with 16 dimensions had 8 levels, which was at the highest level of cost reduction and at the lowest level of organizational leadership commitment. The results indicate that leadership commitment is the foundation of supply chain agility in the hospital. Knowledge management variable had low impact and effectiveness and was known as a secondary leverage variable. The results showed that most agile supply chain management aspects of the main causes of complex communication and interaction, and the importance of agility in the hospital of the show. 
Conclusion: The analysis and interpretation of functional from the aspect of Impact and Influence of agility dimensions in hospital environment Showed that, Dimensions of strategic planning, human resource development and staff skills training, human resource management and employee satisfaction, process management, process integration and organizational transformation, flexibility, organizational communication development and information management integration, service quality management and continuous improvement, acceptance of new technology and new ideas, speed of service, patient  understand and satisfaction, monitor, find best responds demand and market sensitivity in the strategic area are located and They cause model instability and With high impact and high influence, They play an important role in the agility of hospital supply chain management.



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