Iran hospital accreditation standards: challenges and solutions.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the challenges of Iranian hospital accreditation standards and provide solutions.

Design: A qualitative research design was used in this study. Open and semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2018.

Cost-effectiveness of Eplerenone in treatment of cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review.

No clear evidence is available on the cost-effectiveness of eplerenone in treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Thus, the present study aimed at systematically reviewing studies that have investigated this issue. This systematic review study was conducted in 2016.

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Pediatric Scorpion Stings: A Report From Southern Iran.

Objective: Scorpion stings are a major public health problem in many countries, particularly in pediatrics. Children are more susceptible to severe clinical manifestations of envenomation. The aim of this study is to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of pediatric scorpionism in Hormozgan province of Iran during 2012.

Comparison of quality of life between myopic patients with spectacles and contact lenses, and patients who have undergone refractive surgery.

Purpose: The present study aims at investigating and comparing the vision-related quality of life of myopic persons who wear spectacles or contact lenses with those who have undergone refractive surgery. It also compares the vision-related quality of life of these two groups with that of emmetropes.

Method: In this study, the questionnaire of evaluation instrument of refractive error in quality of life (NEI/RQL-42) was used to compare the quality of life between 154 myopic patients with spectacles and contact lenses, and 32 patients who have undergone refractive surgery.

Pathologic Analysis of Control Plans for Air Pollution Management in Tehran Metropolis: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: The centralization of human activities is associated with different pollutants which enter into environment easily and cause the urban environment more vulnerable. Regarding the importance of air pollution issue for Tehran metropolis, many plans and regulations have been developed. However, most of them failed to decline the pollution.

Right place of human resource management in the reform of health sector.

Background: In this paper the real role and place of human resource (HR) in health system reform will be discussed and determined within the whole system through the comprehensive Human Resource Management (HRM) model.

Method: Delphi survey and a questionnaire were used to 1) collect HR manager ideas and comments and 2) identify the main challenges of HRM. Then the results were discussed in an expert panel after being analyzed by content analysis method.