Designing Iranian hospital organizational charts: Global comparisons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitals should have effective and efficient organizational charts to face the changing healthcare environment. Thus, for this purpose, the present study seeks to compile an organizational chart for Iranian hospitals.

Materials and methods

The present study was conducted in two phase overview and qualitative (using focus group discussion). In the overview phase, the organizational charts of hospitals were analyzed in terms of complexity (i.e., degree of horizontal and vertical separations), and the initial hospital organizational chart was developed based on the results. Subsequently, experts were interviewed in a focus group discussion to finalize and validate the initial organizational chart.

Results

The final organizational chart was designed to contain

SUBMITTER: Amini-Rarani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10971672 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature