[Relationship between organizational culture and intellectual capital among managers of Imam Khomeini relief foundation [IKRF] deputy for support and health; 2010]

Investigating the effect of intellectual capital on an organization's ongoing processes is a way of determining its weaknesses as well as appropriate strategies which help managers to make decisions. The main purpose of this study was to confirm intellectual capitals through improving organizational culture among staff managers of IKRF-deputy for support and health. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study that was conducted in 1389. The respondents were selected among staff managers of IKRF-deputy for support and health [N=50]. Data collection was a questionnaire which consisted of three parts developed by the researcher. Data analysis was performed with SPSS version 16 with the help of descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test. Most of the top and middle managers enjoyed an average organizational culture [top managers=58/3%; middle managers=78/3%]. The intellectual capital of most managers of this study was below average [mean=2.23]. Finally, with respect to the entire managers-both top and middle-, there was a significant relation between organizational culture and intellectual capital [P<0/001]. Taking into account the significant relation between OC and IC and also the point that organizations try to apply appropriate human resources it becomes further important to improve managing intellectual capitals. In this respect, organizational culture is the most basic substructure

[Study of psychological empowerment in hospitals of Qom province, Iran]

It is necessary to study employees' empowerment components to realize the empowerment process and enhance the organization's capacity to make empowerment atmosphere. Employee's viewpoints and attitudes affect organizational decision making and also their cooperation, partnership, and job satisfaction. Current research was done to study the empowerment components of the employees of the hospitals of Medical University of Qom in year 2011. This study was done using descriptive cross-sectional method on 365 employees of the hospitals of Qom University of Medical Sciences. The samples were equally selected from the hospitals using a stratified random method. The research tool was a questionnaire consisting of 15 closed-answer questions plus demographic characteristics. Data analysis was done using descriptive and analytical statistics. Independent t-test and analysis of variance was used to determine the intergroup differences. The amount of the hospital employees' empowerment components with a mean of 3.89 was in good condition. Also, the employees' attitude toward this category was different. There was a significant difference between men and women's attitude toward job meaningfulness. There was no significant association between psychological empowerment indices and age, academic discipline, education level, and the type of unit or ward's activity with confidence interval of 95% [p>0.05]. There was also a statistically significant association between employees' work experience and the component of sense of effectiveness. According to the results of this study, the amount of empowerment components in the employees of hospitals of the Qom University of Medical Sciences was in acceptable level. Therefore, it is suggested that university managers pay more attention to employees' capabilities for assigning more responsibilities to them, and make much effort by their programming to make an empowerment atmosphere, so that their high empowerment level will be their strength point

Factors Application survey of E-Health system in Iran

Backgrnund: '1-hc nirrr of this study was 1t-1 identify risk ractors to expand Elsctronic Heah h Systctem the provlljngc comprehensivcr nodcl aspects in lriln laterials and Mathods: This qtud: applicd as dtscriptivc cottiparative. Thc mctllods used as conlitatites tudy was undertaken with lhc approval uf Mcthcmatics. Cuunticsb ased studics. including Australin. Gcrmany, Japnn. Swcdcn. Britain. Turkcy and lran applicxl in this rcscarch. Due tu lhis comparative study viithnut any sarnplc size, the cuunrrics only seleclcd as an inibmation sources. There suihnc luded four sliigc's: history and pnr mms of the issues in Iran thrwgh the and recnrds. coumprthcnsive studics iif cllealth syskm were selectcd Itrrough the country the buuks and intcmct search appmach, The initiiil project proposal and ultinately lidatioil xhcrnc Scini - Dclphi technique were conducted in lhc final plan, Results: I'he finditgs indicacd hat the priurilics to establish of the elect runic hcaltll rrcurris inclutlcd electronic pcrsotral health prufilc, patient ID. clcctmnic health card arid the adcquacy of the center, incrcasjng investmcnl it1 the infurmaliton echnolugyclc ctrnricg islratinn appuintmcrtsf inr paricnts, nedicalc lcctrcrnic writt cn ordcrs. and curnnnicioant nc warks orming GP-s pmc CC TSI medical systcrn. The Nalionsl Telemedicinc was the cilmrnnn goal or all these trillcgns ust infomation technulogy in a health care system as a patient based. Thc fundamental urclcctronic hcallh included physical networks, lcgal inhstnlcturcs. training; pscparatton, and impictnentation urc-tJcaM uptratims. E-Hcalth deploymen1 mcthd- includtd dwtrnnic hcallh records, elcctratic llealth cads. rernotf medical seniccs and health portals. Conclusion: The tlwtrorlic health strategy in lrim is much rnorr get eralized: and a ctrtain term ul' strategy has not heell dctcnnincd. Informaicrn technolugy fudamrnlailr an is cui1p1rx and ambiguous. Dzfccts in thr. ccrminunicntion infrastncut rcs in the country are includcd lack of ndcqurlc tclccon rnunicaiotc so verag in some parts of the country; mcanwllile, thcrc: is the lack of access to pruwr Intenlet: sped in Inany pmls or thc country. Thc lack of irnprraivela w to rapid Jcvelopmcnl uT e-health and taken them m ttrajnr priorit its might need cril ture and eclucalioti based. 'l'hcrc ir; inability lo use skilled proficient technologist in health arc3 due to financial cnnstrainrs. There is nu specific existing algorithm to financing e-heallh systenc urrently. Technical standards in hcalrh scwices havc not developed researchew' cxpmtatian. By using this reconrnended mudcl tnight be suppuscd to resolve all the defects.

role of Tehran's hospitals capability in development of medical tourism

Medical tourism is an opportunity for hospitals to fuel growth by tapping the potential of the international patient marketing. Some countries have specifically considered the need of the 21st century that man to fully benefit from the topic of [medical tourism] to use the available opportunities in their countries. The aim of this study was to develop of medical tourism through capability of the Tehran's hospitals. This research is a practical in the aim used of correlations as in method. In this regards 4 hospitals in Tehran city which were active in the medical tourism area with a high number of foreign patients collected. The participants were 63 doctors and nurses worked in these hospitals. The Questionnaire was researcher made including 6 Likert scale points [5 = very much, 4=much, 3=mid, 2=little, 1 = very little and 0 = none] as the data collection tool. Validity was confirmed by using the expert opinion professional and the reliability was approved by obtaining a Cronbach alpha of 0.859. SPSS software was used for statistical analysis and Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to measure the associations between variables. The results showed that medical equipments had the best status with the mean score of 3.9 and information applying and communication techniques recorded the lowest scores with the mean of 1.7. The correlation between average revenue of foreign patients and medical equipment status followed by costs of services was 1 score with a positive significant correlation [P = 0.000]. Using the advance of medical equipments with high international technology and standards make a clear statement in the field of medical services fees, and making the competitive costs is the great benefit to develop medical tourism

[ effect of the presence of full time gynecologist on length of stay among inpatient of gynecology ward in Yazd social security hospital, 2008]

The lack of resources and optimum utilization of available resources is the main challenge for the management at all hospital. One of the suggested solutions for this problem is to reduce average length of stay of hospital. The main goal of this study was to determine the effect of the presence of full time gynecologist on the patients length of stay in gynecology ward in yazd social security hospital. This study started with intervention of the presence of full time gynecologist in hospital and analysis of its effect on the reduction length of stay of patient in gynecology ward in yazd social security hospital. This study was performed at 3 months before [2007] and 3 months after [2008] intervention. This analysis was carried out with calculation and comparison of average length of stay index of 3 physician before and after intervention. The average length of stay index in cesarean section before intervention was 2.55 days and after that 2.22 days. The average length of stay index in patient with Social Security insurance before intervention was 1.98 days and after that 1.77 days. The Presence of Full Time Gynecologist had significant effect on Length of Stay among Inpatient of Gynecology Ward [p=0.001]. The finding showed that the presence of full time professional physician has reduced the length of stay in hospital. By using this method, the efficiency of hospital beds will increase and so lake of hospital beds in Iran can be solved

[Performance evaluation of the total quality management model [ISO 9001: 2000] in social security organizations' hospitals in Tehran province, Iran]

Today the issue of quality improvement in health care organizations has become more important than before, but the effectiveness of various quality management models remains questionable. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the performance of the Total Quality Management model [ISO 9001: 2000] implemented in Social Security Organizations' hospitals in T.ehran province. This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study implementing applied manner. Data were collected in brain storming committee of quality managers and experts and were analyzed with inferential statistics. After implementation of ISO 9001: 2000 standards in the investigated hospitals, the rate of improvement on human resource affairs, customer satisfaction, important administrative activities, and relationship with suppliers, finance, and marketing processes were as follows: 61.24%, 60.41%, 57.91%, 50.31%, and 45.8% respectively. The average rate of improvement for all of the hospitals together over the five stated dimensions was 55.13%. Implementation of ISO 9001: 2000 standards promoted a lot of the organizational processes in the investigated hospitals. However, the rate of success is far from the ideal level and it is highly recommended that the investigated hospitals put more time and attention on continues improvement of the processes in their organizations specially on the financing and marketing procedures and relationship with suppliers companies