JOURNAL OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATICS
Year:2021 | Volume:8 | Issue:4|Papers Count:8

Introduction: Healthcare is a vital and unavoidable sectorto which the government must pay attention to, especially in delivering quality service to care seekers. Adoption of technology can help improve public healthcare performance. This study examined the possibilities of improving public healthcare with the help of E-government by considering the correlation and relationship among telehealth application, health information management software, electronic-based training, and healthcare performance. Methods: The study adopts a cross-sectional research design to achieve the aim of the study. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from one hundred and five (105) nurses in a public hospital in the study area. Data were collected and analyzed using SPSS 23. Regression and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to test the hypotheses. Results: The findings revealed that telehealth application had a relationship with healthcare performance. It also showed that health information system software had a significant relationship with public healthcare performance. Finally, it revealed a positive relationship between electronic-based training and public healthcare performance. Conclusion: The study concludes that e-government is a veritable tool that can improve public healthcare performance. Therefore, it is recommended that the government should invest in technology to improve health sector performance in the country. Both health workers and the general public should be orientated on the need to embrace technology in the country's health sector to improve their performance.

Introduction: The main objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of abusive supervision on turnover intention among healthcare employees. A model has been developed and tested which explains how abusive supervision affects the employee turnover intention directly and through emotional exhaustion and how employees’,personality traits (employee resilience and future work self-salience) moderate the relationship between these variables. Methods: With a sample of 375 front-line employees who work in private hospitals of Mashhad, data were collected through questionaries with a Likert scale. The face validity and structural validity of the questions were tested, and then data were analyzed using IBM-SPSS-AMOS 23. 0 software. Results: The findings demonstrated that abusive supervision affected the turnover intention (P=0. 17, t=3. 93) and emotional exhaustion (P=0. 29, t=5. 28). Emotional exhaustion impacted turnover intention (P=0. 67, t=12. 46) and also played a mediating role in the relationship between abusive supervision and turnover intention (P=0. 19, t=4. 86). Moreover, employees’,resilience was found to mitigate the relationship between abusive supervision and emotional exhaustion (sig=0. 022, t=-2. 29), while future work self-salience increased the likelihood of turnover intention among the employees who experienced abusive supervision. (sig=0. 027, t=2. 22). Conclusion: The findings showed that the supervisors’,behavior had a significant impact on the employees’,feelings and actions. However, this impact was not equal for all the employees, and their personality traits played an essential role. It can be concluded that if health care organizations attempt to control abusive supervision by properly training the supervisors, they will have less emotionally exhausted employees with lower turnover intention. Moreover, hospitals should be aware that enhancing the employees’,resilience benefits the organization by decreasing emotional exhaustion, while future work self-salient employees negatively impacted the health sectors by increasing turnover intention.

Introduction: One of the major challenges of weight loss diet therapy is following the counseling sessions until achieving the desired outcome. It has been shown that social support can improve the session attendance and while online social networks are among the cost-effective tools that can provide social support, their effect on follow-up rates has not been examined. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of using online social networks as a supplementary tool for a weight loss program on the follow-up rate. Methods: This was a parallel three-armed randomized controlled trial. In this study, 113 overweight and obese females, who attended a clinic to receive the usual care for weight loss, were recruited and randomly assigned to one of three study groups: The Control group which only received the usual care, the Interactive group that joined an online group on the WhatsApp platform, and the Non-interactive group that received daily messages via the WhatsApp platform. Chi-square test was used to test the difference of follow-up rate between the study groups. Results: After one month, 31. 1-35. 3% of the participants attended their second session, with Interactive group having the highest rates. After two months, the interactive group had the highest follow-up rate (26. 5%) which was significantly higher compared to the control group (8. 9%) (P=0. 037). Conclusion: Providing an interactive online community, besides the routine diet therapy, may have a positive effect on the session follow-up rate. However, more studies are needed to investigate this effect in the long term. Trial Registration: The original protocol of this study is registered at the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials (irct. ir, identifier IRCT20181017041368N1).

Introduction: In today's world, agility is cousidered as a vital factor influencing organizational performance due to business inconsistency and various organizational potentials. On the one hand, the organization has recently realized the high importance of customers to the organization that can have substantial impacts on the organizations using their knowledge and behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of structured knowledge on organizational performance regarding organizational agility and customer knowledge management. The impact of three factors, including knowledge acquirement, knowledge conversion, and knowledge application, on organizational performance regarding the role of customer knowledge and agility were taken into account. Methods: This is a practical study using descriptive data collection in a survey research mode. The structural-equations method was also the analysis method used in the current study. The statistical population of this research included the entire personnel of Faghihi Hospital in Shiraz, Iran. The research data were collected through standard questionnaires, including 25 questions, distributed among 248 personnel considering the Morgan Table, and the collected data was analyzed using PLS. Results: According to the findings, the procedure of knowledge acquirement did not have a significant impact on organizational performance. Furthermore, structured knowledge had a significant impact on positive customers’,knowledge and awareness amongst the various structured knowledge components. Moreover, the knowledge application process had a significant and positive impact on the customers’,knowledge management in the organization. Conclusion: This study contributes to the literature by being the first to investigate the mediating role of structured knowledge on organizational performance regarding organizational agility and customer knowledge management.

Introduction: COVID-19 rapidly spread globally. Until now, no effective treatment has been provided. Thus, preventive activities such as mask-wearing and social distancing are a priority. This study aimed to measure mask wearing and physical distance adherence after the second wave of COVID-19. Methods: In this Web-based survey, 1100 staff members participated. We used an online platforms called Porsline for data collection. Online data included demographic characteristics and staff member’, s viewpoints about mask wearing and physical distance in their communities. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’, s correlation test. Results: Finally, 1100 participants (584 men) aged 23-66 years filled out the questionnaire. Most of them believed that mask wearing was increased in the community, but with a variety in different places. The lowest percentage of increasing mask wearing was in the park (67. 1%) and the highest percentage was among people referring to government offices (86. 1%). The lowest percentage in increasing adherence to physical distance was among users of private cars (56. 3%) and the highest percentage was among civil servants (74. 8%). Physical distance was also increased, although less than wearing a mask. Conclusion: Although mask wearing and adherence to physical distance in community have increased, they have not been developed. On the other hand, it seems that the heath system should pay more attention to physical distance.

Introduction: Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) is one of the several methods available for learning and teaching. Peer learning is an educational approach, in which people from the same social groups who are not professional teachers help each other to learn. This crosssectional study aimed to evaluate the education system through peers in clinics in Shiraz, Iran in 2010. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study aimed to assess the effect of PAL on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students in the pediatric and surgical departments of Namazi Hospital affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed using the SPSS 22 software. Results: This study was conducted on 100 participants: 70 in the pediatric group and 30 in the surgical group. Among the participants, 60% were female and 40% male. The results revealed a significant difference between the two departments regarding the quality of education, interaction, and time management. Yet, it should be noted that a large number of participants had not participated in the introductory sessions. Conclusion: Defining the standard model of clinical education as well as making revisions during the training period are among the criteria for improving the quality of clinical education. Due to the excellent quality of education, interaction, and time management in the pediatric ward compared to the surgical ward, hospital managers are recommended to make the most of the experiences and strengths of this ward. Financial support can also help improve the quality of clinical education.

Introduction: Despite the availability of various vaccines to prevent Covid-19, the individuals' awareness of this disease is essential. Social networks, as one of the important information media, can meet this need. In this study, an attempt was made to examine the students’,awareness of Covid-19 through social networks. Methods: The present study was conducted in 2 stages. At first, a narrative review was done about the effectiveness of social media in coronavirus pandemic. At the second phase, a descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 384 students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences using simple sampling method in 2020. After determining the validity and reliability, we designed a questionnaire using PorsLine website and the link was sent to the students by WhatsApp. The questionnaire included 25 questions (4 questions were about demographic data and the others were related to the level of knowledge and respondents’,agreement to use social networks in COVID-19 disease). Finally, the results were analyzed using SPSS. Results: The review of previous studies showed the diverse role of social networks in preparedness, response, and recovery of public health threats. Also, the results showed high levels of the respondents’,agreement to use virtual networks in Coronavirus pandemic. 69. 1% of the students emphasized that social networks, especially Instagram, is the first source of receiving information about mortality, symptoms, methods of transmission, and prevention of COVID-19. Also, according to the results, more than 90% of the participants were more inclined to use social networks during the pandemic. Conclusion: Popularity of virtual technologies in health industries provides opportunities regarding health issues pandemic. Such environments provide opportunities for the policymakers and health managers to monitor the level of the public's awareness about Covid-19 and make the best decision to control this worldwide threat.

Introduction: The use of various information technologies such as smartphones has substantially increased in recent decades and has directly affected human health. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between self-compassion and symptoms of psychosomatic disorders mediated by smartphone addiction in university students. Methods: This research was applied in terms of purpose and correlational descriptive study in terms of the data collection method. The study population consisted of all students studying in the academic year of 2020-2021 at Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, among whom 254 individuals were selected using convenience sampling. The data were collected using Neff ’, s Self-Compassion Scale, Somatic Symptoms Experiences Questionnaire (SSEQ), and Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS),the collected data were analyzed using path analysis. Results: The results showed a direct relationship between self-compassion and smartphone addiction (β, =-0. 32, P=0. 001) and a significant relationship between smartphone addiction and symptoms of psychosomatic disorders (β, =0. 34, P=0. 001). Smartphone addiction was directly associated with symptoms of psychosomatic disorders in the participants (β, =-0. 11, P=0. 041). In addition, smartphone addiction fully mediated the relationship between selfcompassion and symptoms of psychosomatic disorders (β, =-0. 28, P=0. 001). Conclusion: According to the results, the proposed model had a good fit. Therefore, authorities can organize training programs to improve self-compassion in young people, thereby helping them overcome their smartphone addiction. This can consequently reduce symptoms of psychosomatic disorders in these individuals.