Authors
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Doctoral student in Health and Medical Services Management, Faculty of Management, Azad Islamic University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
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Health Services Management Department, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Health Economics Policy Research Center, Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Healthcare Management, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
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Department of Health Policy, Faculty of Management and Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Department of Healthcare Management, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: Evidence-based performance evaluation is the main issue
in all organizational analyzes in healthcare, especially hospitals. The
aim of this study is to evaluate evidence-based performance of
Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospitals.
Research method: The current research is applied, qualitative with a
mixed approach. To identify and extract the components, an open
interview was conducted with 14 experts familiar with evidencebased performance evaluation of teaching hospitals of Tehran
University of Medical Sciences. The experts were selected using the
snowball method, and the selection of experts continued until
theoretical saturation was reached. Thematic analysis method was
used to analyze the data from the interviews.
Findings: Evidence-based performance evaluation was presented in
the form of thirteen main components. The approved components in
this research were: clinical effectiveness, staff requirements,
strategic planning, organizational mission statement, patientcentered, human resources empowerment, satisfaction,
accountability governance, support services, service quality and
safety, hospital management, accountability, Central employee.
Conclusion: Considering that it was found that the impact factor of
all evidence-based performance evaluation components is
acceptable, therefore, the managers of teaching hospitals of Tehran
University of Medical Sciences should pay attention to the use of
this research in order to create appropriate infrastructures for
evidence-based performance evaluation.
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