Mohammadkarim Bahadori1, Ehsan Teymourzadeh1, Ramin Ravangard2, Mohammad Saadati3. 1. Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran. 2. Health Human Resources Research Center, School of Management & Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , Shiraz, Iran. 3. Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , Tabriz, Iran.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to determine accreditation effects on Iranian military hospital health service quality through nurses' viewpoints. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The paper is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. Sampling drew from a hospital nurse census ( n=160). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze participant demographics and nurses' views. Linear regression analysis determined the independent variables' overall effect on the accreditation quality results dimension (dependent variable). FINDINGS: From the nurses' viewpoints, accreditation effects on services quality mean score was 3.60±0.61. Linear regression analysis showed that leadership and quality management were identified as the most important accreditation quality predictors. The R2 value (0.698) showed that nearly 70 percent of the dependent variable changes were affected by the independent variables. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: This study gives hospital managers a deeper insight into accreditation and its effects on military hospital service quality. Military hospitals benefit from military organization such as hierarchy and command chain, so managers should employ these characteristics to adopt appropriate policies to promote human resource management as a competitive advantage. Furthermore, results will guide public and private hospital managers on how to manage organizational variables that benefit from accreditation. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Accreditation was introduced as a hospital quality improvement program. However, implementing accreditation programs should be cost-effective. Hospital managers and employees should feel that accreditation can improve service quality. Nurses had positive viewpoints about accreditation and its effects on military hospital service quality.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to determine accreditation effects on Iranian military hospital health service quality through nurses' viewpoints. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The paper is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. Sampling drew from a hospital nurse census ( n=160). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze participant demographics and nurses' views. Linear regression analysis determined the independent variables' overall effect on the accreditation quality results dimension (dependent variable). FINDINGS: From the nurses' viewpoints, accreditation effects on services quality mean score was 3.60±0.61. Linear regression analysis showed that leadership and quality management were identified as the most important accreditation quality predictors. The R2 value (0.698) showed that nearly 70 percent of the dependent variable changes were affected by the independent variables. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: This study gives hospital managers a deeper insight into accreditation and its effects on military hospital service quality. Military hospitals benefit from military organization such as hierarchy and command chain, so managers should employ these characteristics to adopt appropriate policies to promote human resource management as a competitive advantage. Furthermore, results will guide public and private hospital managers on how to manage organizational variables that benefit from accreditation. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: Accreditation was introduced as a hospital quality improvement program. However, implementing accreditation programs should be cost-effective. Hospital managers and employees should feel that accreditation can improve service quality. Nurses had positive viewpoints about accreditation and its effects on military hospital service quality.
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Keywords:
Accreditation; Effectiveness; Health and safety; Military hospital; Quality management