IHF News
37th World Hospital Congress
Post Dubai Congress
The biennial World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation (IHF) is the unique forum for leaders of national representative organizations in the health care sector to share and exchange strategic knowledge, information and ideas in health systems management, finance and delivery. The 37th edition of the Congress was held 8-10 November in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the first city in the Middle East and North Africa region to host the biennial World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation since its foundation in 1929. Read more (...)
Governing Council Meetings and General Assembly Highlights
Governing Council members met on the 7th of November in Dubai as a pre-congress kick-off to discuss potential membership status changes, the IHF headquarter relocation, and reviewed the program for the General Assembly. Discussion surrounding membership status was lively and concerned how IHF organizes representation and how IHF co-opts countries. IHF's CEO also gave a report on the selling of IHF's headquarters in Ferney-Voltaire, France and the Governing Council unanimously approved the sale ofand relocation to offices in Geneva, Switzerland. As such, it was mentioned that progress is being made on developing a new Swiss constitution for IHF and streamlining its activities in preparation for the move. Feedback from the Audit and Finance Committees provided recommendations to adopt a model for sliding membership dues. The meeting ended with the Council approving applications for membership from the Hajj Medical Center and Atieh Hospital from Iran and wishing a farewell to departing Governing Council members: Dr. Pitan, Prof. Lapsley, Dr. Lai, M. Vincent, and M. Madani. All of them were congratulated for their active contribution to the development of IHF both at large and in their respective countries and regions. Read more (...)
International Relations and Activities
Hospital Management Asia 2011
The 10th Annual Hospital Management conference was hosted in Singapore. Having grown for several years, this conference's success has been due to a combination of growth in participation and the high level of attrition for those having participated in past editions. IHF has continuously supported this event and been involved in sessions dedicated to decision makers. Read more (...)
Hospital World 2011: Strategic Options for the Hospital Market
The 8th edition of the joint IHF-MCC meeting on, 'Strategic Options for the Hospital Market,' took place in Berlin on September 22nd and 23rd. Read more (...)
Lilly MDR?TB Partnership ' Final Year of Phase II (2008-2011)
The Lilly MDR?TB Partnership, established in 2003, is comprised of more than 25 health organizations, academic institutions and corporations with the goal of combating the expanding global crisis of MDR-TB through the training of health care professionals, providing access to medicines and raising awareness. Read more (...)
Events
IHF Hospital and Healthcare Association Leadership Summit (By invitation only)
38th World Hospital Congress
?Theme: "?Future Health Care: The Possibilities of new technology" Read more (...)
WHO Round Up
Evaluating large-scale health programmes at a district level in resource-limited countries
This article, written by Theodore Svoronos & Kedar S Mate, is published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 89, Number 11, November 2011. Read more (...)
The Work of WHO in African Region 2010
The World Health Organization has defined its contribution to the global health agenda in its Medium Term Strategic Plan 2008-2013 (MTSP). The MTSP articulates 13 Strategic Objectives (SO) and Organization-Wide Expected Results (OWERs) for each SO. The MTSP is being implemented through three biennial Programme Budgets and related operational plans formulated for the periods 2008-2009, 2010-2011, and 2012-2013 respectively. Read more (...)
UNITAID Annual Report 2010
UNITAID was officially launched on 19 September 2006 in New York at the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly. UNITAID'S mission is to help increase access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis for people in developing countries by using market leverage to lower prices and increase availability of appropriate high-quality drugs and diagnostics. UNITAID raises funds from long-term sustainable and predictable sources, principally through a levy on airline tickets. Read more (...)
From International Organizations
A System of Health Accounts
Since 2006 OECD, EUROSTAT and WHO collaborated intensively to revise the System of Health Accounts methodology with the expertise and inputs of health accountants across the globe. This process culminated in the publication of new manual in October 2011: A System of Health Accounts 2011. Read more (...)
Exploring the role of economics in prioritization in public health: what do stakeholders think?
This article, written by Ceri J. Phillips et al. is published in the European Journal of Public Health, Volume 21, Number 5, October 2011. Read more (...)
Health at a Glance 2011
This sixth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems. For the first time, it also features a chapter on long-term care. Read more (...)
Hospital and Health Services Worldwide News
How Can Managers in the Hospitals in the Home Units Help to Balance Technology and Physician-Patient Knowledge?
This Article, written by Gabriel Cepeda-Carrión et al., is published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), Volume 23, Number 5, October 2011. Read more (...)
Improving Access to Medicines for Non-Communicable Diseases in the Developing World
This report, written by Soeren Mattke et al., is part of the RAND Corporation occasional paper series. Read more (...)
International Profiles of Health Care Systems: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nor...
?This publication, written by S. Thomson, R. Osborn, D. Squires, and S. J. Reed., is published in The Commonwealth Fund, November 2011. Read more (...)
Strengthening Primary Care: Recent Reforms and Achievements in Australia, England, and the Netherlands
This study, written by Sharon Willcox, Geraint Lewis, and Jako Burgers, is published in the Commonwealth Fund 1564 Vol. 27 Read more (...)
Africa
Health Situation Analysis in the African Region. Atlas of Health Statistics 2011
Basic data and statistics are at the core of all health systems. Without them, it would be impossible to analyse evidence and extract action-orientated knowledge for decision making. Read more (...)
Americas
A New Brazilian Committee for Incorporation of Health Technologies and its Impact on Public Health System
This topic is addressed in a report in the journal Revista de Saúde Pública, Volume 45, Number 5, October 2011, published by the Public Health Faculty of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Read more (...)
Europe
Determinants of Patient Satisfaction: a study among 39 hospitals in an in-patient setting in Germany
This Article, written by Tonio Schoenfelder et al., is published in the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), Volume 23, Number 5, October 2011. Read more (...)
OECD Reviews of Health Systems ' Switzerland
This report reviews Switzerland's health system. It provides an update to the information and analysis presented in the Review of the Swiss Health System published by the OECD and the WHO in 2006, with a particular focus on three issues: health workforce, health insurance markets and governance of the Swiss health system. Read more (...)
Reforming a highly regarded but costly health system
This chapter is part of the OECD's Economic Surveys: Austria 2011. Read more (...)