Hojatolah Gharaee

• PhD
• Faculty Member at Hamedan University of Medical Sciences

Background: Due to the limited number of valid and reliable tools available to measure the opinions of service recipients regarding the quality of Primary Health Care (PHC), the aim of this study was to develop and validate a patient-centered questionnaire to measure the quality of PHC services. Methods: The initial questionnaire was designed throu...

Population aging has become a significant phenomenon in the 21st century due to rising life expectancy and declining fertility rates. The global elderly population, estimated at 727 million in 2020, is projected to double by 2050, with developing countries facing a greater proportion of elderly residents. This demographic shift will impact various...

Purpose A healthcare unit's effectiveness largely depends on how well its interprofessional teams work together. Unfortunately, the strategies used to improve these teams often lack substance. This study analyzed these strategies and found a performance gap. Design/methodology/approach This study took a unique mixed-method approach, systematically...

Background: Many healthcare organizations are adopting new forms of work organization that provide their employees with greater flexibility and independence. This is especially important in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to examine how healthcare professionals' perception of working from home affects their performance. Method: This...

Introduction The effectiveness of a healthcare unit is largely dependent on how well its interprofessional teams work together. Unfortunately, there are often shortcomings in the strategies used to improve these teams. To address this issue, a study was conducted to analyze the performance gap in the area of strategies for promoting work teams in h...

Objective: The National Mental Health Services (N-MHSs) in Iran was integrated with Primary Health Care (PHC) in 1988. This study aimeds to analyze the policy of integrating N-MHSs in PHC, focusing on the analysis of the current situation, pathology, and the existing challenge. Method : This qualitative research was conducted in 2020 using a case s...

Background: Polypharmacy is a significant patient safety concern. Objectives: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy, its continuity and associated factors, and common medication classes among a large outpatient population in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Methods: A retrospective prescription data analysis was performed....

The present study aimed to develop a Public-Private Partnership framework for managing the Adverse Health Effects of Environmental Disasters using the drying lake Urmia case study in Iran. This is a qualitative study with grounded theoretical approach. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using content analysis. To fo...

Aim: The aim of this paper is to introduce the experience of applying public-private partnership (PPP) in providing primary health care (PHC) in East Azerbaijan Province (EAP), Iran. Background: Moving toward the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) involves using of all health-related resources. Certainly, one of the key strategies for achieving UHC...

In June 2014, the first Health Complex was established in the suburban area of Tabriz, a northwest city of Iran. Health Complexes, as one of the decentralized models, have been formed based on universal health coverage principles. However, nearly two years after commencing work in the province, Health Complexes experience a high turnover of health...

Nursing is an independent discipline and a branch of medical sciences. Its mission is to provide the necessary health, treatment and rehabilitation services at the highest level to ensure, maintain or improve the health of society. Davis et al. (2005) emphasized the importance of measuring patient care quality. In their study, a standard questionna...

Background Through designing a surveillance system, steps to policy making and designing measures needed to reduce the potential risks of environmental disasters on human health could be taken. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a model for Environmental Disasters Diseases Surveillance System (EDDS) to monitor Adverse Health Effects (AHEs) of E...

Introduction: Given the expansion of public-private partnership (PPP) policy in the provision of primary health care to the elderly in different countries, this study aimed to investigate the experiences and achievements of PPP in this field using a scoping review approach. Methods: This scoping review study was conducted in 2019 following the Ark...

Background: Although the main burden of the Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) is on the health sector, compared with other sectors, no clear definition is available about its role in the prevention of the RTIs. So this study has been performed to define the role of the health sector in the prevention of RTIs -before the incidence. Methods: In this qu...

Background and Objectives Action research has become popular in health system research and problem solving. The aim of this study was to introduce the concepts and applications of action research in health system. Material and Methods This study reviewed the related documents and literatures in Persian and English Language by comprensive search in...

Background and Aim: One of the most effective ways to cope with the financial constraints of health system, especially in developing countries, can be to engage the private sector in the form of a public-private partnership (PPP). Hence, the purpose of the present study is to introduce PPP as a general policy to increase the effective participation...

Introduction: Safety has been neglected in primary health care (PHC). A review of the literature shows that a comprehensive and specific framework to assess the safety of the service recipients (SRs) in PHC has not yet been developed. Therefore, this study aimed to design and validate a framework for assessing the safety of SRs in PHC. Methods: Th...

Background Patient safety culture is an important factor in determining hospitals’ ability to address and reduce the occurrence of adverse events (AEs). However, few studies have reported on the impact of nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture on the occurrence of AEs. Our study aimed to assess the association between nurses’ perception of p...

s Background Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PEC) is a fundamental property of prevention of Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs). Thus, this sector requires a system for evaluation and performance improvement. This study aimed to develop quality indicators to measure PEC for RTIs. Methods Following the related literature review, 14 experts were interviewed...

Background: In May 2014, Iran launched the most far-reaching reform for the health sector, so-called Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP), since introduction of the primary health care network, with a systematic plan to bring about Universal Health Coverage. We aimed to analyze the time to first all-caused rehospitalization and all-caused 30-day rea...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the Health Evolution Plan (HEP) on Health System Responsiveness (HSR) in hospitals of Hamadan, Iran. Data were collected before and after the implementation of the HEP by interviewing hospital inpatient referrals about factors relating to responsiveness. The difference between the mean resp...

Background Given the challenges of governments to deliver primary health care (PHC), engaging private sector in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) can be effective policy. The aim of present study is to review the experiences of implementing PPP policy in PHC. Methods This scoping review study was conducted in 2019 using the framework pr...

Background Achieving universal health coverage requires health systems oriented to primary health care (PHC). The private sector may be a crucial resource for countries’ work on universal health coverage. One of the most effective ways to engage the private sector in health system is Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Since, published experiences ab...

Purpose Successful application experiences on public-private partnership (PPP) in different countries, suggest that PPP could be an option in road traffic injury (RTI) prevention. The present study aims at investigating the applicability of PPP policy in RTI prevention in Iran based on the experts’ perspectives. Methods This is a qualitative study...

Introduction: Patient safety culture is an important factor in reducing hospitalchr('39')s adverse event and improving patient safety. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between patient safety culture and adverse events in hospitals of Hamadan city. Methods: The present study was a descriptive-analytical study which was performe...

Background Due to the limited resources of the public sector, the presence of the private sector as an auxiliary to the health sector, to mitigate adverse health effects (AHEs) caused by environmental disasters, seems necessary. Therefore, the present study aimed to develop a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework for managing AHE of environmen...

Introduction: Recently, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is one of the most common causes of mortality all around the world. Achieving the high Quality of Life (QOL) is considered to be important for these patients. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to investigate the quality of life among patients with CVD in Tabriz Province. Methods: T...

Introduction: Spiritual Health Services is care of individuals, focusing on personal beliefs, core values, significant relationships, meanings, and behaviors around which we understand our lived experience. Despite the irrefutable effect of spiritual health on overall human health, the purpose of this study was to develop and validate a framework f...

Background: This study aims to analyze the public-private partnership (PPP) policy in primary health care (PHC), focusing on the experience of the East Azerbaijan Province (EAP) of Iran. Methods: This research is a qualitative study. Data were gathered using interviews with stakeholders and document analysis and analyzed through content analysis. R...

Background: Emotional intelligence (EI) is very important factor to guide managers in a way that leads to access long and short-term organizational goals. The aim of this study was to detect how much emotional intelligence effect on health centers performance. Study design: This is a correlational/analytical study and due to providing some opera...

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The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence of Employees and Their Perception of Organizational Justice in Yazd Hospitals Abstract Introduction: Organizational perceived justice means the perception of employees about the fairness of the organization's actions in relation to them. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship be...

Background: Given the rapid pace of changes in community health needs and the mission of healthcare organizations to provide and promote the community's health, the growing need to increase health system responsiveness to people as a key element of observance and fulfillment of justice is felt more than ever. Objectives: This study was aimed at...

Introduction: This study aimed to identify the challenges of risk management in the context of clinical governance in selected hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This study was implemented in two phases: qualitative step and quantitative step (survey). The first step was conducted using in-depth interviews an...

Introduction: Improving the safety culture in health care centers has implemented as Key strategy to improve patient safety in health care. Safety culture assessment has been recommended as a strategy for patient safety. In this regard, hospitals that has implemented patient safety friendly hospital initiative (PSHFI) are as an umbrella that underl...

Emotional intelligence has been defined as the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and action. The objective of this study was the examination of relationship between employees' emotional intelligence and corporate social responsibility in hos...