Strategic Planning—A Plan for Excellence for South Haven Health System

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Urbanski ◽  
Maureen Baskel ◽  
Mary Martelli
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Health System ◽  
South Haven

scholarly journals Planejamento estratégico na promoção à saúde do idoso: uma experiência integradora academia-serviço-comunidade

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Carla Maria Lima Santos ◽  
Suélem Maria Santana Pinheiro Ferreira ◽  
Carla Santos Almeida ◽  
Igor Brasil de Araújo ◽  
Ana Caroline de Marino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Interventions ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Evaluation And Monitoring ◽  
Collective Construction

INTRODUCTION: Health planning can be understood as a device for systematizing actions and facilitating the elaboration of work processes, as well as for the training of health professionals engaged in the organization of the Unified Health System. OBJECTIVE: To discuss the involvement of several social actors in the collective construction of Situational Strategic Planning in a curricular component of health graduation courses and to highlight potential benefits of this process. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The students had theoretical basis about the Unified Health System, Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Health Planning and Popular Education during the three semesters of the above mentioned curricular component. In the second semester, a situational diagnosis was made of a group of elderly people of USF. Based on this diagnosis, in the third semester, along with the USF team, teachers and the elderly from the group, Situational Strategic Planning (PES), according to Carlos Matus, of community interventions based on Popular Health Education was carried out. RESULTS: The PES, with the participation of all the actors, made possible the horizontality of the relations during the process, from the planning to the execution of the activities. Five community interventions were carried out with the elderly, with subsequent evaluation and monitoring. CONCLUSION: The results point to the potential role of this integrative practice and the importance of experiencing SUS since the beginning of the academic course.

scholarly journals Operationalising health systems thinking: a pathway to high effective coverage

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara M. E. Vaz ◽  
Lynne Franco ◽  
Tanya Guenther ◽  
Kelsey Simmons ◽  
Samantha Herrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Maternal And Newborn Health ◽  
High Coverage ◽  
Effective Coverage

Abstract Background The global health community has recognised the importance of defining and measuring the effective coverage of health interventions and their implementation strength to monitor progress towards global mortality and morbidity targets. Existing health system models and frameworks guide thinking around these measurement areas; however, they fall short of adequately capturing the dynamic and multi-level relationships between different components of the health system. These relationships must be articulated for measurement and managed to effectively deliver health interventions of sufficient quality to achieve health impacts. Save the Children’s Saving Newborn Lives programme and EnCompass LLC, its evaluation partner, developed and applied the Pathway to High Effective Coverage as a health systems thinking framework (hereafter referred to as the Pathway) in its strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation. Methods We used an iterative approach to develop, test and refine thinking around the Pathway. The initial framework was developed based on existing literature, then shared and vetted during consultations with global health thought leaders in maternal and newborn health. Results The Pathway is a robust health systems thinking framework that unpacks system, policy and point of intervention delivery factors, thus encouraging specific actions to address gaps in implementation and facilitate the achievement of high effective coverage. The Pathway includes six main components – (1) national readiness; (2) system structures; (3) management capacity; (4) implementation strength; (5) effective coverage; and (6) impact. Each component is comprised of specific elements reflecting the range of facility-, community- and home-based interventions. We describe applications of the Pathway and results for in-country strategic planning, monitoring of progress and implementation strength, and evaluation. Conclusions The Pathway provides a cohesive health systems thinking framework that facilitates assessment and coordinated action to achieve high coverage and impact. Experiences of its application show its utility in guiding strategic planning and in more comprehensive and effective monitoring and evaluation as well as its potential adaptability for use in other health areas and sectors.

scholarly journals Decision-making and strategic planning in a public research organisation: The case of Fiocruz

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
V Ermida
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Health System ◽  
Industrial Democracy ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Health It ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Research Organisation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Health Field

Abstract The study was drawn to investigate an unusual form of 'industrial democracy', in Fiocruz, the Brazilian public research organisation in the health field, linked to the Ministry of Health. It is a single case study research making use of two contrasting cases: Embrapa and Pasteur Institute. The former is the Brazilian public research organisation in the agriculture field, similar to Fiocruz in space; and the latter is the French public research organisation for health, similar to Fiocruz in the field. The investigation works with the triangulation of methods approach, combining the analysis of quantitative and qualitative methods aiming at an in-depth analysis of the decision-making and the strategic planning processes of these research-led organisations. For this purpose, two exclusive tools were created and applied to their management boards and key actors. The first tool, an online questionnaire, was applied to the management boards; the second tool, a face-to-face interview, was made with the key actors. The findings were examined considering the literature, whose results supported the analysis of the context of each organisation and their strategic plans. The research revealed an original approach to industrial democracy by Fiocruz, based on a concept postulated by Arouca, which underpinned the creation of SUS, the Brazilian National Unified Health System: 'Democracy is health'. It represents a paradigm shift in the way the health concept is addressed, by adding a political dimension to it, which includes the citizenship, the free self-determination, the capacity of mastering the future. This unique approach to industrial democracy underpins the decision-making and the strategic planning of Fiocruz, revealing that it is, in fact, a new type of public research organisation; thus, questioning the validity of the existing framework concerning such entities. Key messages Democracy is Health is an original conceptual approach postulated by Arouca, which underpinned the creation of the Brazilian National Unified Health System. Fiocruz is the Brazilian Public Research Organisation in the Health field, whose unique administration approach questions the literature in the field.

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