Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Abstract CONTEXT: The success of the health system research and technology management in the 21st century
can play an important role in advancing the country toward becoming a scientific power.
AIMS: The study aimed to increase knowledge and identify factors affecting the health system
research and technology, as well as to provide solutions for improving the status of health science
and technology.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was an applied and descriptive study conducted in 2018 using
cross‑impact analysis. The factors affecting the Iranian Health System Research and Technology
Management and their influences on each other were identified using an expert panel. The key‑driven
factors were determined using the MICMAC software.
RESULTS: The input, stake, target, resultant, excluded, and regulating factors were identified. The
degree of fill rate the matrix was 58.9%. Financial annex of the health scientific map (S = 206),
roadmap (S = 206), governmental laws and regulations (S = 198), and sufficient governmental budget
allocation (S = 194) earned the highest potential influence scores by 2025. Furthermore, scientific
authority (S = 216), international communication (187), university relationship with industries (S = 187),
and competitive infrastructure (S = 178) obtained the highest potential dependence scores by 2025.
CONCLUSIONS: The success of the Iranian Health System Research and Technology Management
by 2025 requires the development of the financial annex of the comprehensive scientific health map,
the development of the road map, and the allocation of sufficient governmental budget for health
research. Policy‑making in health system research and technology management requires more
attention to these factors and the dynamics of relationships among factors in the model.

Abstract CONTEXT: Iranian National Health Scientific Map is a national plan the implementation of which
remarkably influences the progress of the country, though it is facing challenges in its implementation
phase.
AIMS: The present study has been conducted with the main aim of identifying the challenges facing
the comprehensive scientific health map of Iran.
SETTING AND DESIGN: This is an applied and qualitative study.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study was done in 2017 with the content analysis approach
among experts of research and technology management. Some 18 people were selected and were
deeply interviewed, meanwhile observing the credibility of research.
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data analysis was performed based on content analysis and
using ATLAS.ti software.
RESULTS: Data analysis resulted in the identification of 427 codes, 84 subthemes, and 12 themes.
Twelve themes were specified including policy‑making, management, university autonomy,
quantitative development, consideration of science production chain, designing and monitoring of
science map, finance, qualitative assessment, human resources, research ethics, as well as allocating
attention to the infrastructure and communication.
CONCLUSION: The scientific map of health challenges are indicative of the need for modification
of the scientific map and adhering to solutions in line with the removal of the identified challenges.
Today, paying attention to the solutions capable of meeting such challenges is a must.