Health Information management
Ahmad Rezaee; Akbar Hedayati
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Introduction: Competency approach is one of the practical approaches in various fields of education and jobs, which by accurately determining the required competencies of people in order to achieve multiple educational and professional goals, and identifying the behavioral indicators that determine the ...
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Introduction: Competency approach is one of the practical approaches in various fields of education and jobs, which by accurately determining the required competencies of people in order to achieve multiple educational and professional goals, and identifying the behavioral indicators that determine the competencies of employees in different professions are one of the necessary processes in this matter, and the present research was conducted with the aim of Identifying the competency indicators of administrative staff of medical centers.Methods: The current research is practical in terms of purpose; In terms of approach, it was done qualitatively and by thematic analysis method.The participants were employees of the administrative department of medical centers, which reached theoretical saturation with 16 people using the purposeful sampling method. The research instrument was semi-structured interview and the collected data was analyzed by coding and identifying the network of themes. The validity of the research results was confirmed with the criteria recommended by Lincoln and Guba.Results: In the current research, the findings were identified and classified in two dimensions: general competencies (with 4 components and 28 indicators) and professional competencies (with 3 components and 21 indicators). General competencies include (administrative skills, scientific skills, interpersonal competencies, personal and individual competencies) and professional competencies including (primary medical specialties, job competencies; knowing of standards and guidelines).Conclusion: Managers and heads of different departments of medical centers can use the findings of this research in order to increase the productivity of administrative department employees in the field of recruiting, retaining and assessing employees' competencies.
Health Information management
Seyyed Mahdi Hosseini Sarkhosh; Mohammadreza Zahedi; Mehrdad Kazemzadeh
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Introduction: With the prevalence of COVID-19 in the world and the sharp increase in deaths due to it, hospitals are in dire need of changing their situation and raising their preparedness in the face of the crisis. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to prioritize the factors related to the readiness ...
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Introduction: With the prevalence of COVID-19 in the world and the sharp increase in deaths due to it, hospitals are in dire need of changing their situation and raising their preparedness in the face of the crisis. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to prioritize the factors related to the readiness of hospitals against COVID-19.Methods: In this descriptive-survey study, first, by reviewing the literature, factors related to hospital readiness were extracted. Then, in order to validate these factors and reach the consensus of the expert group (40 physicians and nurses involved in the front line of the corona), the Delphi method was used. Finally, the identified indicators were ranked and prioritized using the SWARA (Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis) technique.Results: The literature review and Delphi method led to the identification of 18 indicators related to hospital readiness, the most important of which were the number of staff, medical equipment, education and work experience, emergency network and manpower readiness, respectively.Conclusion: Considering the severe vulnerability of hospitals to possible corona peaks, based on the results of this study, the condition of hospitals can be evaluated from five perspectives: hospital building, medical equipment, communication equipment, transportation and personnel, and necessary measures should be taken to eliminate their shortcomings.
