Health Networks in Action: The experiences of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico

Dioselina is a 54-year-old divorcée who has no children and lives alone in a large city. She has been unemployed for a year and just started receiving welfare six months ago. As for her health, she has long-term obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes. In recent months, she began to develop foot ulcers because her blood sugar was not being monitored properly, which is attributable in part to difficulty accessing healthcare services and getting medications and lab tests. If she does not receive rapid treatment and more specialized care for the ulcers, they could worsen and require hospitalization.

A growing number of people who seek health care have stories like Dioselina’s. Healthcare systems in Latin America and the Caribbean face significant health challenges affecting all age groups, which cause premature death and take a heavy social and economic toll.

Taking cues from the Declaration of Astana, nations ...

Health workforce planning under conditions of uncertainty: identifying supportive integrated care policies using scenario analysis

Integrated care presents health workforce planners with significant uncertainty. This results from:

• (1) these workforces are likely in the future to be different from the present.
• (2) integrated care's variable definitions.
• (3) workforce policy and planning is not familiar with addressing such challenges.

One means to deal with uncertainty is scenario analysis. In this study shows some aspects of integration-supportive workforce governance and planning policies that were derived from the application of scenario analysis.Through a mixed methods design that applies content analysis, scenario construction and the policy Delphi method, it's analized a set of New Zealand's older persons health sector workforce scenarios. Developed from data gathered from workforce documents and studies, the scenarios were evaluated by a suitably qualified panel, and derived policy statements were assessed for desirability and feasibility.

EHMA value-based primary care executive workshop

The European Health Management Association (EHMA) is hosting a two-day executive workshop on value-based primary care, on 15-16 February 2021. The workshop will discuss the latest frameworks and experiences on how primary care is evolving in the ever-changing healthcare systems and how services/management adapted to take into consideration the new reality created by COVID-19.

Comparison of experiences from different countries will be discussed, with a specific focus on the Catalan case of CASAP and the Italia Lombardy Region reform based on proactive population health management, Chronic Related Groups (CReGs) and individual care contracts.

Save a spot, participate in the interactive workshop and collaborate with healthcare professionals at all levels within health systems and primary care sector.

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