2017
DOI: 10.4314/ejhs.v27i6.11
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Health care managers’ perspectives on the sources of evidence in evidence-based hospital management: A qualitative study in Iran

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Evidence-based management (EBMgt) has been developed as a management framework for improving the quality of management decisions. To use that, we need to identify the source of evidence in decision-making. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the sources of evidence in managing hospitals. METHODS: Qualitative methods were used to explore the sources of evidence and to identify hospital managers' attitudes towards evidence-based management. A series of semi-structured interviews (n=4… Show more

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“…The highest mean scores were observed for “social/interpersonal factors.” “Interest and willingness to scientific management principles” had the highest mean scores among all 42 facilitators. Findings of the this study were generally consistent with the previously reported research claiming that nursing managers’ viewpoints of organizational support and a favorable learning environment developed their knowledge, skills, and confidence to interpret research evidence into practice (Brown, Wickline, Ecoff, & Glaser, ; Janati et al., ; Majdzadeh et al., ; Majid et al., ; Malik, McKenna, & Plummer, ; Melnyk et al., ; Pagoto et al., ; Wallis, ).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…The highest mean scores were observed for “social/interpersonal factors.” “Interest and willingness to scientific management principles” had the highest mean scores among all 42 facilitators. Findings of the this study were generally consistent with the previously reported research claiming that nursing managers’ viewpoints of organizational support and a favorable learning environment developed their knowledge, skills, and confidence to interpret research evidence into practice (Brown, Wickline, Ecoff, & Glaser, ; Janati et al., ; Majdzadeh et al., ; Majid et al., ; Malik, McKenna, & Plummer, ; Melnyk et al., ; Pagoto et al., ; Wallis, ).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…Evidence‐based management (EBMgt) has been expanded as a new management model for improving the quality of healthcare organizations’ decisions (Janati, Hasanpoor, Hajebrahimi, & Sadeghi‐Bazargani, ; Melnyk et al., ). The idea for EBMgt is derived from evidence‐based medicine (EBMed) that argues for the use of scientifically proven findings to guide practices in medicine and now nursing.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Concerning the sources for the use of evidence in decision-making in HSM, studies have cited numerous sources, most notably scientific and specialized evidence such as research, articles, academic reports, published texts, books, and clinical guidelines (45,69,70). After scientific evidences, using the opinions and experiences of experts, colleagues, and managers (49,52,55,64) as well as the use of census and local level data (55,64,71), and other sources such as financial (71), political (49,55) and evaluations (55,72) data were cited.…”
Section: Inquiringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, it is essential that two sectors work together to solve these problems through employing each other's capabilities. Over recent decades, there has been vigorous intention toward expanding new models for organization and management, especially in health services organizations 7,8 . Many models emphasize the role of public -private partnership in the health sector.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%