Environmental Scanning Model in Health System and Implementation Steps: A Scoping Review.

Background: Various studies have highlighted the usefulness of environmental scanning in assessing community needs and developing programs and policies. We aimed to find the most practical model of using such scanning in the healthcare literature.

Methods: We conducted a scoping review based on the PRISMA guideline to ensure a comprehensive and systematic approach in 2023.

A Fuzzy BWM-TOPSIS Framework for Identifying and Prioritizing Measures to Overcome Obstacles to the Regionalization of Iranian Healthcare Services.

Background: One of the most effective strategies to improve the access of community members to health services is to regionalize health services. The purpose of this study is to examine and prioritize measures that could help to counteract obstacles and problems in implementing the regionalization of healthcare in Iran.

Methods: The study relied on a mixed research method, including qualitative and quantitative phases.

Investigating the access barriers to oral and dental health services for children from the perspective of parents attending the health centers of Kerman.

Background: Oral health plays a key role in people's overall health. Dental caries is the most important problem in children's oral health. Despite significant advances made in the area of oral health around the world, there is inequality in access to oral health within Iran and abroad, and this is considered a public health challenge.

A national survey of Iranian general population to estimate a value set for the EQ-5D-5L.

Objectives: The main aim of this study is to estimate a national value set of the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire for Iran.

Methods: The composite time trade-off (cTTO) and discrete choice experiment (DCE) methods; and the protocol for EuroQol Portable Valuation Technology (EQ-PVT) were used to estimate the Iran national value set. 1179 face-to-face computer-assisted interviews were conducted with adults that were recruited from five Iran major cities in 2021.

Insurance and Improving Its Strategic Purchase in Iran.

As in most countries, patients, health care providers, and insurance organizations are key components of the health care system in Iran. High rates of growth and development in today's financial markets, have made the insurance industry with its unique calculations and models, a prominent player in this specialized economic sector.

Evidence based practice among healthcare providers: a cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Nowadays health systems in most of the countries are trying to build their healthcare provision system based on scientific knowledge based evidence. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a crucial factor for quality improvement focusing on compliance with clinical standards. The purpose of this paper is to assess evidence-based knowledge and skills among healthcare providers in Qazvin hospitals in 2016.

Evidence- based medicine performance among health care providers in Iranian hospitals: A nationwide survey.

Evidence- Based Medicine (EBM) refers to the ability and skill in the use and integration of the best evidence obtained from repeatable bias-free clinical trials with the patients' preferences and conditions. Considering this fact that few large-scale studies have been done in this field in Iran, the present study aimed at comprehensively reviewing the status of EBM performance among health care providers in Iranian hospitals. This cross-sectional study was conducted during 2014 and 2015.