scholarly journals Citizen–State Collaboration in Combating COVID-19 in China: Experiences and Lessons From the Perspective of Co-Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 777-783
Author(s):  
Ting Zhao ◽  
Zhongsheng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Health System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Formal Channel ◽  
At Home

From the perspective of co-production, this article examines how Chinese citizens and governments worked together in fighting against COVID-19 in a health emergency context. Based on observations, as well as analyses of policy documents and self-organization cases, this article shows that Chinese citizens and governments collaborated through three different channels in fighting against the virus, but different channels produced different results. First, through residential committees, Chinese governments successfully mobilized most citizens to comply with stay-at-home orders, contact traced and isolated suspected cases through existing networks within the communities. Second, as a formal channel for state–society interaction during the crisis, government-organized nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) failed in bridging demands of the health system and contributions from citizens. Third, self-organizations emerged as a key informal channel for citizens to fight against the virus. The experiences and lessons learned in this citizen–government collaboration in combating the virus may offer some implications for other settings.

scholarly journals 22.F. Workshop: What makes for resilient health systems? Evidence from the State of Health in the EU country profiles

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
The State ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Health System Strengthening ◽  
New Work ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The European Commission's State of Health in the EU (SoHEU) initiative aims to provide factual, comparative data and insights into health and health systems in EU countries. The resulting Country Health Profiles, published every two years (current editions: November 2019) are the joint work of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the OECD, in cooperation with the European Commission. They are designed to support the efforts of Member States in their evidence-based policy making and to contribute to health care systems' strengthening. In addition to short syntheses of population health status, determinants of health and the organisation of the health system, the Country Profiles provide an assessment of the health system, looking at its effectiveness, accessibility and resilience. The idea of resilient health systems has been gaining traction among policy makers. The framework developed for the Country Profiles template sets out three dimensions and associated policy strategies and indicators as building blocks for assessing resilience. The framework adopts a broader definition of resilience, covering the ability to respond to extreme shocks as well as measures to address more predictable and chronic health system strains, such as population ageing or multimorbidity. However, the current framework predates the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic as well as new work on resilience being done by the SoHEU project partners. This workshop aims to present resilience-enhancing strategies and challenges to a wide audience and to explore how using the evidence from the Country Profiles can contribute to strengthening health systems and improving their performance. A brief introduction on the SoHEU initiative will be followed by the main presentation on the analytical framework on resilience used for the Country Profiles. Along with country examples, we will present the wider results of an audit of the most common health system resilience strategies and challenges emerging from the 30 Country Profiles in 2019. A roundtable discussion will follow, incorporating audience contributions online. The Panel will discuss the results on resilience actions from the 2019 Country Profiles evidence, including: Why is resilience important as a practical objective and how is it related to health system strengthening and performance? How can countries use their resilience-related findings to steer national reform efforts? In addition, panellists will outline how lessons learned from country responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and new work on resilience by the Observatory (resilience policy briefs), OECD (2020 Health at a Glance) and the EC (Expert Group on Health Systems Performance Assessment (HSPA) Report on Resilience) can feed in and improve the resilience framework that will be used in the 2021 Country Profiles. Key messages Knowing what makes health systems resilient can improve their performance and ability to meet the current and future needs of their populations. The State of Health in the EU country profiles generate EU-wide evidence on the common resilience challenges facing countries’ health systems and the strategies being employed to address them.

scholarly journals Curricular Change and Resiliency in the Era of Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnyce R Pock ◽  
Pamela M Williams ◽  
Ashley M Maranich ◽  
Ryan R Landoll ◽  
Catherine T Witkop ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Organizational Response ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Military Health System ◽  
Military Health ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Core Curricula ◽  
The Military

ABSTRACT Introduction The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a myriad of organizational and institutional challenges. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, like many other front line hospitals and clinics, encountered a myriad of challenges in fostering and sustaining the education of students enrolled at the nation’s only military medical school. Critical to the function of any academic medical institution, but particularly one devoted to the training of future physicians for the Military Health System, was the ability to rapidly adapt, modify, and create new means of keeping medical students engaged in their core curricula and progressing toward full and timely attainment of established educational goals and objectives. Methods This article highlights some of the particular challenges faced by faculty and students during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic and describes how they were managed and/or mitigated. Results Six key “lessons learned” were identified and summarized in this manuscript. These lessons may be applicable to other academic institutions both within and outside of the Military Health System. Conclusions Recognizing and embracing these key tenets of academic change management can accelerate the generation of a cohesive, organizational response to the next pandemic or public health crisis.

scholarly journals Responding to unforeseen disasters in a large health system

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan J Hannan ◽  
Margaret K Lundholm ◽  
Dennis Brierton ◽  
Noelle R M Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Health System ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Team Members

Abstract Purpose To describe how health systems may respond to sudden changes in operations by leveraging existing resources and to share one organization’s experience responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Summary In a health system based in Illinois and Wisconsin, pharmacy services are provided by a single, integrated department responsible for all aspects of pharmaceutical care within the organization. Hospital, retail, ambulatory care, and population health services are all managed under one leadership team. All pertinent ancillary services are also managed within the department, including informatics, supply chain, and drug policy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the pharmacy services leadership has successfully managed volume and capacity challenges by redirecting resources to where they are needed. A disaster response framework based on Federal Emergency Management Agency guidance was put in place, and change management principles were used to rapidly operationalize change. Components of the nimble response have included quickly increasing capacity, thoughtful and timely communication to all team members, strategic decision making with available data, creating an agile pool of labor, and maintaining an efficient system supply chain. Well-being and resilience are emphasized alongside reflection on lessons learned. Some changes made in the urgent response to the pandemic are being considered for long-term implementation. Conclusion Organizations have the potential to respond to almost any situation if they are integrated and teams work together to build flexibility. The keys to success are thoughtful maximization of existing resources and strong communication.

scholarly journals Pandemic Prevention: Lessons from COVID-19

Encyclopedia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-444
Author(s):  
Mario Coccia
Keyword(s):  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Policy Responses

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which appeared in late 2019, generating a pandemic crisis with high numbers of COVID-19-related infected individuals and deaths in manifold countries worldwide. Lessons learned from COVID-19 can be used to prevent pandemic threats by designing strategies to support different policy responses, not limited to the health system, directed to reduce the risks of the emergence of novel viral agents, the diffusion of infectious diseases and negative impact in society.

scholarly journals Sociocultural and health system factors associated with mortality among febrile inpatients in Tanzania: a prospective social biopsy cohort study

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e000507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E Snavely ◽  
Michael J Maze ◽  
Charles Muiruri ◽  
Lilian Ngowi ◽  
Flora Mboya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Febrile Illness ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Northern Tanzania ◽  
System Factors ◽  
At Home

IntroductionCommunicable diseases are the leading causes of death in Tanzania despite the existence of effective treatment tools. We aimed to assess the sociocultural and health system factors associated with mortality from febrile illness in northern Tanzania.MethodsWe interviewed febrile inpatients to determine prevalence of barriers in seeking or receiving care and grouped these barriers using the Three Delays model (delays at home, in transport and at healthcare facilities). We assessed 6-week mortality and, after matching on age, gender and severity of illness, measured the association between delays and mortality using conditional logistic regression.ResultsWe enrolled 475 children, of whom 18 (3.8%) died, and 260 adults, of whom 34 (13.0%) died. For children, home delays were not associated with mortality. Among adults, a delay in care-seeking due to not recognising severe symptoms was associated with mortality (OR: 3.01; 95% CI 1.24 to 7.32). For transport delays, taking >1 hour to reach a facility increased odds of death in children (OR: 3.27; 95% CI 1.11 to 9.66) and adults (OR: 3.03; 95% CI 1.32 to 6.99). For health system delays, each additional facility visited was associated with mortality for children (OR: 1.59; 95% CI 1.06 to 2.38) and adults (OR: 2.00; 95% CI 1.17 to 3.41), as was spending >4 days between the first facility visit and reaching tertiary care (OR: 4.39; 95% CI 1.49 to 12.93).ConclusionOur findings suggest that delays at home, in transport and in accessing tertiary care are risk factors for mortality from febrile illness in northern Tanzania. Interventions that may reduce mortality include community education regarding severe symptoms, expanding transportation infrastructure and streamlining referrals to tertiary care for the sickest patients.

scholarly journals The Covid-19 Epidemic, China Containment Contexts, and Risk Mitigation, Public Health Lessons Learned, is it Feasible for Europe & Us

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Hamid Yahya Hussain ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Wuhan City ◽  
City Population ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Complete Collapse

Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates of COVID-19 infection china witnessed during the first two months of 2020, and compared to the short time of the epidemic among Wuhan city population in Hubei territory, the response of the health system to the disaster in this country was significantly effective, despite what seemed clear in the early days that the virus was fierce to the point of conquering the capabilities of the country, and it is so explosive, we all had the feeling that China was on the verge of complete collapse within few weeks.

scholarly journals Lessons learned while building a trauma-informed public behavioral health system in the City of Philadelphia

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinad S. Beidas ◽  
Danielle R. Adams ◽  
Hilary E. Kratz ◽  
Kamilah Jackson ◽  
Steven Berkowitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Behavioral Health System ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Cross-country learning in public procurement: An exploratory study

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Nijboer ◽  
Shirin Senden ◽  
Jan Telgen
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Hard Evidence ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Developing And Developed Countries

All countries use public procurement to some degree to further policy objectives such as sustainability, innovation, fighting fraud and corruption, value for taxpayers' money etc. Countries may learn from past successes and failures in other countries while implementing these policies: cross-country learning. In this exploratory study, we investigate cross-country learning across two frequently used policy areas: sustainability and innovation. A threefold methodology was used that consisted of (1) an extensive review of scientific literature complemented by (2) a thorough examination of policy documents and (3) interviews with leading public procurement experts from 10 countries including both developing and developed countries. The main findings indicate that there is no hard evidence for cross-country learning. Even if cross-country learning would exist, the lessons learned seem to remain largely implicit.

scholarly journals AN ACADEMIC-HEALTH SYSTEM COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S439-S439
Author(s):  
Elena Siegel ◽  
Ladson Hinton ◽  
Elizabeth Rice ◽  
Nilpa Shah ◽  
Vanessa McElroy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
System Level ◽  
Quality Improvement Initiative ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Academic Practice ◽  
Time Investment

Abstract Hospitalization of persons with dementia can pose specific challenges for family caregivers, with post-discharge issues in managing acute clinical care needs coupled with dementia-related care that can exacerbate caregiver fatigue and capacity. We established an academic-practice collaboration to develop an evidence-based and innovative multi-component health system-level program to support family caregivers of persons with dementia in transition from hospital to community. Using an implementation science approach aimed to decrease the gap in translation of caregiver research into practice, we co-designed the program/implementation plan as a quality improvement initiative reflecting an integration of evidence from family caregiving literature and the health system’s unique context, workflows, stakeholder perspectives, resources, and values/priorities. This paper highlights insights gained and lessons learned in establishing a successful academic-practice collaboration, including time/investment to establish a shared project vision and identify/leverage existing organizational capacity to successfully deliver a program to improve the health and wellbeing of family caregivers.

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