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.
Akbar Moradi; Zahra Nasiri
Volume 14, Issue 3 , September 2017, , Pages 116-123
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Introduction: Medical centers directly affect the health of the individual and the community; quick and inexpensive access to these centers is important and necessary in urban communities. Site selection of health centers is highly important such that it could improve the well-being of residents and ...
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Introduction: Medical centers directly affect the health of the individual and the community; quick and inexpensive access to these centers is important and necessary in urban communities. Site selection of health centers is highly important such that it could improve the well-being of residents and their health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the criteria for suitable locations with priority for the construction of new treatment centers in Maragheh, Iran.Methods: This research is a descriptive-analytical study carried out in Maragheh in 2017. The information required in this research has been obtained through library resources, field observations and user maps obtained from the city's municipality. Data analysis was performed using ArcGis and the Expert Choice Analytical Hierarchy Process software programs.Results: The criterion of proximity to residential centers with a weight of 0.190 and the distance from the existing treatment centers with a weight of 0.150 had the highest effect on the construction of new centers. Also, by overlapping the layers of fifteen criteria, in the end, different zones including very suitable, suitable, relatively suitable, inappropriate and very inappropriate sites were identified for the construction of new treatment centers.Conclusion: The existing treatment centers in Maragheh were not properly distributed, which could have an important role in the health of the residents of the regions without medical centers. In this regard, the ability of geographical information system (GIS) was determined in selecting a proper site for treatment centers.
