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IHF Corporate Leadership Council
The IHF Secretariat wishes to provide a neutral platform for wide-ranging discussions on the improvement of healthcare. This neutral setting will allow stakeholders from widely different healthcare domains to meet regularly with hospital leaders and discuss issues of mutual concern. IHF is therefore instituting the Corporate Leadership Council (CLC) to respond to this need. Read more (...)
Positive Practice Environments for Health Care Professionals
The PPE campaign is a joint activity in which IHF is involved. In a global context of health workforce crisis, Positive practice environments (PPE) are cost-effective health care settings that support excellence and decent work, have the power to attract and retain staff and to improve patient satisfaction, safety and outcomes. Read more (...)
MDR-TB Hospitals Managers Training Seminar
The Confederaçao Nacional de Saude (CNS, Brasil) organized, in partnership with IHF and the National School of Public Health (ENSP-Fiocruz), the MDR-TB Hospitals Managers Training Seminar in July 26 to 30 in Rio de Janeiro. Read more (...)
IHF events
IHF 37th World Hospital Congress 2011
The next World Hospital Congress will be held in Dubai, 8-10 November 2011. Read more (...)
WHO Round up
Breaking news on health
63rd session of WHO Southeast Asia Region (WHO-SEARO), Bangkok, 7th-10th September 2010
Dr.Muki Reksoprodjo, member of IHF's Governing Council and representative of the Indonesian Hospital Association, attended the meeting on the 8th and 9th of September as IHF's representative. He reports: Read more (...)
Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention
This document proposes sixteen evidence-based recommendations on how to improve the recruitment and retention of health workers in underserved areas. It also offers a guide for policy makers to choose the most appropriate interventions, and to implement, monitor and evaluate their impact over time. As part of this program, IHF developed a country-case studies-based report, named 'Outreach services as a strategy to increase access to health workers in remote and rural areas' and currently in press. Read more (...)
Performance Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement in Hospitals
The Performance Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement in Hospitals (PATH) was developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe to support hospitals in collecting data on their performance, identifying how they are doing in comparison to their peer group and initiating quality improvement activities. Read more (...)
Health Action in Crisis
Pakistan Floods: more than 200 health facilities damaged out of 1167
At the end of July, heavy rains triggered both flash floods and riverine floods in several parts of Pakistan, resulting in loss of life, widespread displacement and damage. Read more (...)
From international organizations
Comparing price levels of hospital services across countries
This paper, written by F. Koechlin, L. Lorenzoni and P. Schreyer and published in July 2010 (OECD Health Working Paper n°53) presents a new set of comparative prices for hospital services in a selection of OECD countries. The data is novel in that it reflects quasi-prices (negotiated or administrative prices or tariffs) of the output of hospital services. Read more (...)
World Bank eAtlas of the Millennium Development Goals
The World Bank eAtlas lets you visualize, map, and compare the indicators that measure progress toward the Goals, with clear explanations of each Goal and Target: http://www.mdg.collinsindicate.com/ Read more (...)
Hospitals worldwide news
The Case for Electronic Checklists in Hospitals
Recent news stories have highlighted the potential of electronic checklists for improving hospital performance. Catherine Park investigates if the latest technology can enhance hospital efficiency. Read more (...)
Hospital capacity planning: from measuring stocks to modelling flows
The Bulletin of the World Health Organization published recently this article written by B. Rechel, S. Wright, J. Barlow and M. Mc Kee. Drawing on a study of innovative hospital projects in Europe, they argue that hospital capacity planning should not be based on beds, but rather on the ability to deliver processes. Read more (...)
Innovative health service delivery models in low and middle income countries ' what can we learn from the private sector?
This article, written by Bhattacharyya O. and al., was recently published in Health Research Policy and Systems. The study aims to characterize the private sector/social enterprises models and identify areas of innovation that have led to effective provision of care for the poor. Read more (...)
South East Asia
Cost recovery of NGO primary health care facilities: a case study in Bangladesh
This study, written by K. Alam and S. Ahmed and published in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, estimated the cost recovery of a primary health care facility run by Building Resources Across Community (BRAC), a large NGO in Bangladesh, for the period of July 2004 - June 2005. Read more (...)
Asia: When hospitals become casualties
Governments and donors have responded to increasingly frequent and more deadly disasters by boosting funding for response, but investment in preparedness, especially in the health sector, is inadequate, say specialists. Read more (...)
Africa
Cost-effectiveness analysis of clinical specialist outreach as compared to referral system in Ethiopia: an economic evaluation
This study, written by Y.A. Kifle and T.H. Nigatu and published in Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation examines whether clinical specialist outreach is a cost effective way of using scarce health expertise to provide specialist care as compared to provision of such services through referral system in Ethiopia. Read more (...)
Health care in the Algerian desert
The Lancet published an article in June 2010 concerning the 160 000 Saharawi refugees residing in camps in the Algerian desert, where poor living conditions and extreme climates pose challenges to their health. Read more (...)
Europe
Norway rethinks law on use of electronic patients' records
An investigation into the unauthorized use of electronic patient records in Norway has highlighted the need for clearer laws governing patient confidentiality. Oda Berit Riska reports in the Lancet. Read more (...)
Western Pacific
A national health and hospitals network for Australia's Future: Delivering better health and better hospitals
The Government has secured agreement to deliver a National Health and Hospitals Network ' the most significant reforms to Australia's health and hospital system since the introduction of Medicare, and one of the biggest reforms to the federation in its history. Read more (...)
International events
3rd International Conference: Health financing in developing and emerging countries, Clermont Ferrand, France, 11-13 May
6to Congreso latinoamericano de Administradores de Salud, 2-5 de Noviembre, Guadalajara, Mexico
Informaciones: http://www.cucs.udg.mx/nutricion/html/eventos.php?Id=100 Read more (...)
XVI Congreso Internacional: Salud, Crisis y Reforma, Equidad y Exclusión social, 21 de Octubre, Buenos Aires
Como todos los años desde 1995, los actores del sector celebrarán su cita anual en donde se plantean las temáticas más importantes para la realidad de la salud en el país. El evento, organizado por la Cámara Argentina de Empresas de Salud (CAES) y reconocido en el país y toda Íbero-Latinoamérica, tendrá lugar en el Hotel Sheraton Libertador, el 21 de octubre. Read more (...)
International conference on Public Health and Palliative Care, Dhaka, 21st, 22nd and 23rd January 2011
Organised jointly by Bangabandu Sheikh Mujid Medical University, Dhaka, the Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kerala, India and the University of Bath, UK. Read more (...)
International Meeting of Health Leaders, Madrid, 24-26 November 2010
Physicians' Competence and International Hospital Accreditation: The European perspective, November, the 16th , Brussels, Belgium
Organizations that seek accreditation through Joint Commission International (JCI) are required to have a Human Resource department that is capable of evaluating the competence of those that care for patients. According to the JCI standards, HR management should help guarantee the high levels of quality necessary to maintain an environment that is safe for patients. This complex function consists of many processes, including needs assessment, selection, education and training, and evaluation. Of these, the most critical, demanding, and problematic process is the evaluation of healthcare professionals. Read more (...)
Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
UK Health Links Conference 2010: Shaping the future: Growth, Impact and Innovation
A platform for learning from the experiences of practitioners, the UK Health Links Conference 2010 will explore good practice in health and development, examine the innovative ways in which Links are addressing the challenges in global health and look at the benefits of linking to UK health professionals. Read more (...)
Health, Crisis and Reform: Equity and Social Exclusion. Buenos Aires, October 2010, 20th
Camara Argentina de Empresas de Salud (CAES), International Annual Congress Read more (...)
First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are pleased to announce the First Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) - Science to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage. Read more (...)