Investigating the challenges of physicians\' participation in Accreditation of the hospital from the point of view of physicians working in social security hospitals

Background and purpose: Considering the important role of doctors in the implementation of accreditation standards and the necessity of their involvement in this process, this study was conducted in order to identify the views of doctors regarding the challenges of participating in accreditation programs in social security hospitals in Mashhad. Materials and methods: This study is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical research that was conducted in two hospitals of the Social Security Organization of Mashhad, Iran. in 2022. The participants were 56 full-time working doctors with at least one year of work experience in the hospital. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 26 software. Findings: Among the challenges of doctors' participation in accreditation programs , the dimensions of the motivational mechanism (3.96±0.63) , provision of suitable resources for the implementation of accreditation (3.83±0.78), physician empowerment programs (3.78±0.73) and the role of the quality improvement office in attracting doctors' participation (3.75±0.74) were more important from the doctors' point of view, and  patients' demands (2.90±0.75) and role ambiguity 2.77±0.96), were less important in their opinion. Conclusion: Managers should consider that employee motivation and resource allocation are necessary for the effective implementation of the accreditation standard. Empowering doctors in the implementation of accreditation standards as well as the participation of quality improvement offices to interact with doctors and attract their participation are very important factors

Additional file 2 of Home care nurses’ perception of the challenges they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Additional file 2: Supplement Table2. Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies (COREQ): 32-item checklist

Patient safety in home health care: a grounded theory study

Abstract Background The home environment is designed for living, not for professional care. For this reason, safe patient care is one of the most important challenges of home health care. Despite abundant research on safe care, there is still little understanding of safety issues in home care. Design The aim of the present study was to explain the process of safe patient care in home health care. A qualitative, grounded theory study was conducted based on the approach proposed by Corbin & Strauss in 2015. Method In total, 22 interviews were conducted with 16 participants including 9 home care nurses, 2 home care nursing assistants, 1 home care inspector, 1 home care physician and 3 family caregivers in Tehran, Iran. Four observation sessions were conducted in different homes. Purposeful sampling was used followed by theoretical sampling from August 2020-July 2022. Data analysis was carried out based on the approach proposed by Corbin & Strauss in 2015. Results The results showed that the healthcare members (nurses, family caregivers, patients and home care centers) used the model of safe patient care in home health care based on four assessment methods, i.e. prevention, foresight, establishment of safety and verification. The core variable in this process is foresight-based care. Conclusion The results of this study showed that the key to safe patient care in home health care, which helps to maintain patient safety and prevent threats to safe care, is the foresight of healthcare members, which is essential for identifying threats to safe care considering the many risks of home health care

Additional file 1 of Home care nurses’ perception of the challenges they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study

Additional file 1: Supplement Table1. Saturation grid