Journal of Education and Health Promotion

The roles and functions of future hospitals in health promotion: A systematic review in Iran

Authors

. Mona Rouhifard
. Abbas Vosoogh‑Moghaddam 1
. Esmaeil Moshiri 2

1 Governance and Health Training and Research Group, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran

2 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran

Abstract
As a main pillar of the health and social welfare system, hospitals affect the public health status in two
ways: (1) Prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services and (2) external effects on society and
the environment. The present study aimed to identify the roles and functions of future hospitals in the
world. The present study was a systematic review in which all studies about the roles and functions
of future hospitals in different countries with a time limit of 2000 to August 2021 were extracted from
foreign databases, including PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, and Web of Science, and search engine,
Google Scholar, as well as Persian databases, including Magiran, SID, and Iran Medex. We utilized
the STROBE checklists for quantitative studies and SRQR checklists for qualitative studies to
critique and evaluate the quality of qualitative studies. We then extracted their results and classified
the content according to the main and subtopics. A total of 16 articles met the inclusion criteria of
the present study. Hospitals can play four roles: stand‑alone, dominant, collaborative, and partner.
Findings were classified into six general groups: the role and mission of future hospitals, the way
of providing care, funding, staff and patients, technology and information of future hospitals, and
the challenges and barriers of current hospitals. Health service policy‑makers need to pay special
attention to technological innovations and advances as well as changes in the roles and functions
of hospitals and seek to turn the threats arising from external changes into opportunities for better
hospital performances.

Keywords

Future hospital
health
performance
role and function
systematic review
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume 12, Issue 8
September 2022
Pages 1-6

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