فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

As a main pillar of the health and social welfare system, hospitals affect the public health status in twoways: (1) Prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services and (2) external effects on society andthe environment. The present study aimed to identify the roles and functions of future hospitals in theworld. The present study was a systematic review in which all studies about the roles and functionsof future hospitals in different countries with a time limit of 2000 to August 2021 were extracted fromforeign 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 utilizedthe STROBE checklists for quantitative studies and SRQR checklists for qualitative studies tocritique and evaluate the quality of qualitative studies. We then extracted their results and classifiedthe content according to the main and subtopics. A total of 16 articles met the inclusion criteria ofthe 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 wayof providing care, funding, staff and patients, technology and information of future hospitals, andthe challenges and barriers of current hospitals. Health service policy‑makers need to pay specialattention to technological innovations and advances as well as changes in the roles and functionsof hospitals and seek to turn the threats arising from external changes into opportunities for betterhospital performances.