Designing an organizational memory model for reporting the medical errors

Background: The increasing growth in the volume of the data in the organizations and the resultant challenges due to medical errors during the last two decades have made the necessity of reporting and managing medical errors more apparent. Organizational memory (OM) has been known as one of the tools appropriate for implementing knowledge management. The goal of the present study is to design an organizational memory model for medical departments of the teaching and medical centers of Charmahal va Bakhtiyari province in Iran. Materials and Methods: This study is descriptive - applied in nature and its population consisted of the personnel of teachingmedical centers in Charmahal va Bakhtiyari province. Identifying the processes was performed through observation and the required data for identifying and reporting the medical errors was collected through conducting one structured interview with 65 personnel from the medical departments of 5 centers under research. OMs were derived through library research and online search. Based on the results of need-analysis and reviewing of the models, the proposed model was prepared and then was judged and evaluated by the medical professionals through Delphi test technique. Results: The personnel who took part in the study believed if they have access to the data and information required for reporting the medical errors, they will have a better performance (85). they regarded the use of organizational memory as a necessity (98) and enumerated the occurrence of errors, slowness of the work, irregularity, discontent and wonderlessness of the customers as some challenges resulting from human error and system fault (86). Discussions: Organizational memory system which relates organizational knowledge to job functions related to reporting the errors not to recognize the wrongdoer but to prevent error repetition, is one of the requirements of the medical centers which can promote the efficiency and organizational learning

A comparative study on the benefits and challenges of the application of mobile technology in health

Background: The application of mobile technology in the health domain i.e mobile health (mhealth) commonly refers to the use of mobile telecommunication and multi-media technologies for providing health services and public health systems. Some scholars consider mobile health as a subsystem of health technology which, due to the existing conditions, has become more significant compared to other interventions in this field. The present study intends to investigate the global approach on mobile health technology on the one hand, and its benefits and challenges on the other. Materials and Methods: As a comparative-descriptive study conducted in 2011, the present study has tried to explore mhealth technology strategies in public health domain, different types of mhealth interventions and benefits of using mhealth as well as its challenges and obstacles. The data were collected through informational sources such as articles, books, magazines and valid websites. Then, the status of the countries were compared and analyzed as far as the development of this technology is concened. Results:Based on the findings of the study, one of the criteria affecting the development of mhealth is the high penetration of mobile phone. By October, 2011, the estimated number of mobile users has been over 5 billion showing a penetration coefficient of 76. The review of the research on the obstacles and challenges experienced in moving towards the development of this technology by World Health Organization revealed that prioritization and increasing knowledge level are the most significant obstacles in the way to develop this technology. Discussions: Mhealth technology has been provided in most countries with the aim of promoting public health and accelerating the supply of health services. Having a penetration coefficient of over 90 in Iran, it can be predicted that this country can take effective steps towards development of this technology

Assessment of performance indicators in Hospitals University of Medical Sciences based on the standards of the Ministry of Health

Background and amis: One of the main issues in hospitals, to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of hospital beds are how to exploit it . For this indicator, the introduction of performance indicators are computed and compared with standards of health care services can be paid for hospital assessment activities and capabilities. This study compares the performance standards of medical care Chahar Mahal Va Bakhtiari province's health ministry. Methods: This study is descriptive and analytical and trend study in which data were collected from 498 pcs form 2006 till 2012 has been studied. Results: The tables and charts in this review suggest that the bed occupancy index in comparison with the standard country between 2008 and 2009 unfavorable and 2006. 2007 years, 2010 and 2011 in moderate country. Average index hospitalization days in the period, compared with a national standard was satisfactory (less than 3.5 preferred), three performance indicators examined in this study Turnover is the optimal value of this index in the standard state (less than 2 day), which is desirable in the years 2006 and 2007 years, average 2008 and 2009 years were 2010 and 2011 unfavorable. Conclusions Conclusion The performance indicators of hospitals toward optimal health standards have been average

The Relationship between Computer Anxiety and Learning Styles (Sensory-intuitive and Verbal-visual) among Persian University Students

This study was conducted in central Iran among all first-year university students studying engineering courses at Arak University of Technology. All students (No = 310) were included in this study. Instruments used mostly consisted of a computer anxiety questionnaire plus a learning style questionnaire. The data was analyzed by both descriptive and inferential statistics (Mean, Frequency, Standard Deviations, Independent T-test as well as Point Biserial Correlation Coefficient). The results indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between computer anxiety and sensory-intuitive learning styles, in that the students having sensory learning style suffered from computer anxiety more frequently than the student having intuitive learning styles. In addition, there was a statistically significant relationship between computer anxiety and verbal-visual learning style, given that the students having visual learning style suffered from computer anxiety more than the students having verbal learning style. No statistically significant relationship, however, was found between computer anxiety and gender

The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Group Therapy on Psychological Capital in Cardiovascular Patients in Babol

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Psychological capital is one of the positive psychological indices that is defined by the characteristics of optimism, perseverance, positive self-efficacy, and tolerance. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy on psychological capital in cardiovascular patients in Babol. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed among 24 cardiovascular patients who referred to governmental and non-governmental medical centers of Babol in two groups of 12 based on pretest-posttest design. The therapy based on acceptance and commitment was performed for the experimental group in 8 sessions. Participants were re-evaluated one month after the sessions, and psychological capital was evaluated according to self-efficacy, hope, tolerance and optimism subscales. FINDINGS: The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference between the subscales of the psychological capital in the experimental and control groups in tolerance (3.53±0.48 vs. 2.88±0.67) (p6.03) and optimism (40.6±0.56 vs. 2.94±0.66) (p>26.459). CONCLUSION: The present study showed that acceptance and commitment therapy could be considered as an effective intervention in increasing the psychological capital of cardiovascular patients

multi objective optimization of a solar humidification dehumidification desalination unit

In the present paper, a humidification–dehumidification desalination unit integrated with solar system is considered. In the first step mathematical model of the whole plant is represented. Next, taking into account the logical constraints, the performance of the system is optimized. On one hand it is desired to have higher energetic efficiency, while on the other hand, higher efficiency results in an increment in the required area for each subsystem which consequently leads to an increase in the total cost of the plant. In the present work, the optimum solution is achieved when the specific energy of the solar heater and also the areas of humidifier and dehumidifier are minimized. Due to the fact that considered objective functions are in conflict, conventional optimization methods are not applicable. Hence, multi objective optimization using genetic algorithm which is an efficient tool for dealing with problems with conflicting objectives has been utilized and a set of optimal solutions called Pareto front each of which is a tradeoff between the mentioned objectives is generated

Diode-pumped ultrafast Yb:KGW laser with 56 fs pulses and multi-100 kW peak power based on SESAM and Kerr-lens mode locking

A high-power sub-60 fs mode-locked diode-pumped Yb:KGW laser based on hybrid action of an InGaAs quantum-dot saturable absorber mirror and Kerr-lens mode locking was demonstrated. The laser delivered 56 fs pulses with 1.95 W of average power corresponding to 450 kW of peak power. The width of the generated laser spectrum was 20.5 nm, which was near the gain bandwidth limit of the Yb:KGW crystal. To the best of our knowledge, these are the shortest pulses generated from the monoclinic double tungstate crystals (and Yb:KGW laser crystal in particular) and the most powerful in the sub-60 fs regime. At the same time, they are also the shortest pulses produced to date with the help of a quantum-dot-based saturable absorber. High-power operation with a pulse duration of 90 fs and 2.85 W of average output power was also demonstrated