Evidence-based performance measurement (a case study of Tehran medical sciences teaching hospitals)

Abstract

Hospital evidence is considered a new and fundamental component in the field of health and treatment services, and among all the services provided in medical environments, it is of particular importance because, systematic and comprehensive research, increases knowledge and develops organizational decisions to establish, implement and develop new policies in the field of health. This research has been done to design an evidence-based performance evaluation model for teaching hospitals of medical sciences in Tehran. The present research is descriptive-interpretive with a mixed approach. The studied population includes 6208 employees of medical sciences teaching hospitals in Tehran and a sample of 362 people were studied. In the current research, semi-structured interviews were used to collect data in the qualitative part and a questionnaire in the quantitative part. The analysis of the findings was done in the qualitative part with MaxQDA software and in the quantitative part with EXCEL, SPSS, and LISREL software. In total, 13 main variables were identified as effective factors in the evidence-based performance system of Tehran medical science teaching hospitals, and it was found that there is a significant relationship between each of these factors.

Keywords

• Evidence-based practice
• teaching hospitals
• medical sciences