A social struggle against Covid-19, crisis communication during the pandemic: trust and proximity of Italian public healthcare sector administrations

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-145
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Gola ◽  
Fabrizio Meloni ◽  
Andrea Volterrani
Keyword(s):  
Public Institutions ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Digital Communities ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Social Media Communication

In the mediated construction of social reality, public institutions need to in-crease digital communication and build trust through proximity and relationality. During the crisis generated by Covid-19 this has become even more evident. In this paper we will explore some case study of social media communication in ten Italian Health Public Hospitals and Authorities, exploring them in the light of some key perspectives related to four dimensions related to space, time, relational-ity, digital communities and two objectives of public institutions: inclusion and popularity.

scholarly journals The worthiness of corporate governance in public sector the case of public healthcare sector in Greece

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 490-501
Author(s):  
Georgios K. Papachristou ◽  
Michail K. Papachristou
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Control System ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Corporate Governance Code ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this paper is to measure the worthiness which the compliance of governance norms will provide to public organizations. We introduce the principles of corporate governance that should characterize the function of public sector and our analysis focuses on public hospitals. Sending appropriate designed questionnaires to an adequate sample of Greek public hospitals, we measure and analyze the impact that the implementation of a corporate governance code would have to hospitals’ administration, control system and communication with stakeholders. According to research’s results the implementation of a corporate governance code by public hospitals could add value to the provided healthcare services.

Readiness in Accrual-Based Accounting Implementation among Malaysian Public Healthcare Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 782-791
Author(s):  
Nur Shawalliza Yusof Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Accounting Data ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Technology Capability ◽  
Finance Department

The aim of this study is to identify the level of readiness in the implementation of accrual-based accounting among Malaysian public healthcare sector and to examine the relationships between human resources competency, software and technology capability, accounting policies and standards suitability and the level of readiness in the implementation of accrual-based accounting. Data were collected using questionnaires from a sample of 200 administrative officers in the Finance Department at 20 public hospitals and State Health Departments.The finding showed that the level of readiness to implement accrual-based accounting in Malaysian public healthcare was moderately high. The results also revealed that there were significant relationships between human resources competency, software and technology capability and accounting policies and standards suitability and the level of readiness to implement accrual-based accounting. The results implicated that users of accounting system in Northern Malaysian public healthcare are ready to implement accrual-based accounting. However, improvement should be directed towards relevant areas as identified in the study to ensure a more successful and beneficial implementation of this new accounting system in Malaysian public sector.

Energy Performance Contracting Initiative in Malaysian Public Hospitals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Syukri Imran ◽  
◽  
Noor Muhammad Abd Rahman ◽  
Roslan Mohamed ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Performance ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Performance Contracting ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Energy Performance Contracting

Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has integrated sustainability program in the management of its assets particularly hospital buildings in line with the national sustainability goals and the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals. The fundamental sustainability change is significant since 2015 in the public healthcare sector where green business practice is more appreciable through formation of policy and sustainability related programme. Public hospital in Malaysia are very high energy consumers, therefore various energy projects have been implemented through Energy Performance Contracting (EPC). EPC projects in MOH is intended to deliver energy expenditure savings as well as to offset hospital building carbon footprint. EPC practice in government hospitals have managed to offset about 15.7 ktonne carbon emission in 2019 or about 16% of Government building national emission reduction target. Energy project such as energy efficient chiller retrofit, LED lighting retrofit and solar thermal hot water are some of the EPC initiatives by MOH in public hospitals. The energy projects not only serve to meet the overall Hospital Facility Management Contract sustainability goals but also to complement the green building target for Malaysian Healthcare building by 2025. The aim of this paper is to review the development of the EPC projects in public healthcare sector and its impact on government energy spending as well as to the climate.

Strategic Medical Equipment Incorporation Process: A Proposed Model to be used by the Lebanese Healthcare Organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Houssam Housseini ◽  
Mohamad Nassreddine ◽  
Ali El Haj ◽  
Ahmad Jawhar ◽  
Mohamad Abou Haidar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Incorporation Model

Background: The Improvement in healthcare as provided by new modern equipment is associated with the rise in healthcare cost. Lebanon’s economy and its public healthcare sector might be struggling with a crisis stimulated by the absence of any legal limit for the sophisticated medical equipment number per population density. Purpose: to assess the current methodology for health technology incorporation used by the Lebanese hospitals, and to propose an incorporation model guiding them in medical devices acquisition. Methodology: combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in addition to a proposed incorporation models with an applied case study on it. Questionnaires were distributed among 34 hospitals, with a response rate of 82.35%, and interviews were conducted with five biomedical managers. Results: The study shows that only 7% of mangers know what Health Technology Assessment (HTA) means, and none of these hospitals use HTA reports. Additionally, 71% of hospitals don’t monitor their incorporation process and only 4% evaluate the purchased devices’ utilization. Based on the qualitative analysis, the lack of proper need assessment, market study, and poor supplier evaluation were the main reasons behind poor incorporation processes. Conclusion: We found that hospitals lack a proper incorporation process as evident in their poor methodology, hence recommendations were to follow a formalized process for medical device incorporation. However when it comes to the Ministry of Public Health, the recommendations were to formalize and apply new laws and regulations for the certificate of needs.

scholarly journals Burden of Chronic Heart Failure in Romania

Healthcare ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
László Lorenzovici ◽  
Andrea Bârzan-Székely ◽  
Szabolcs Farkas-Ráduly ◽  
Bogdan C. Pană ◽  
Marcell Csanádi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Chronic Heart Failure ◽  
Average Cost ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
National Level ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector

Chronic heart failure (CHF) affects millions of people across the world, with increasing trends in prevalence, putting ever increasing pressure on the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to assess the financial burden of CHF hospital care on the public healthcare sector in Romania by estimating the number of inpatient episodes and the associated costs. Additionally, societal costs associated with missed work and premature death of CHF patients were also estimated. The national claims database was analyzed to estimate the number of CHF patients. Cost data was extracted from a pool of nine public hospitals in Romania. In 2019, 375,037 CHF patient episodes were identified on specific wards at the national level. The average cost calculated for the selected nine hospitals was EUR 996. The calculated weighted national average cost per patient episode was EUR 1002, resulting in a total cost of EUR 376 million at the national level. The cost of workdays missed summed up to EUR 122 million, while the annual costs associated with the premature death of CHF patients was EUR 230 million. In conclusion, the prevalence of CHF in Romania is high, accounting for a large proportion of hospitalizations, which translates into large costs for the national payer.

STRATEGI KOMUNIKASI CROWDFUNDING PADA KOLASE.COM

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
Venessa Agusta Gogali ◽  
Fajar Muharam ◽  
Syarif Fitri
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
New Method ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Social Activists ◽  
Social Media Communication

Crowdfunding is a new method in fundraising activities based online. Moreover, the level of penetration of social media to the community is increasingly high. This makes social activists and academics realize that it is important to study social media communication strategies in crowdfunding activities. There is encouragement to provide an overview of crowdfunding activities. So the author conducted a research on "Crowdfunding Communication Strategy Through Kolase.com Through Case Study on the #BikinNyata Program Through the Kolase.com Website that successfully achieved the target. Keywords: Strategic of Communication, Crowdfunding, Social Media.

Job satisfaction, dual practice and intention to work abroad in the Serbian public healthcare sector

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (suppl_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Šantric Milicevic ◽  
M Gacevic ◽  
N Milic ◽  
M Milicevic ◽  
M Vasic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Dual Practice ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Work Abroad

scholarly journals How healthcare structures and communication delivery influence trust: a parallel-group randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Cantarutti ◽  
Emmanuel M. Pothos
Keyword(s):  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Random Order ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Healthcare ◽  
Public Healthcare Sector ◽  
Parallel Group ◽  
Therapy Compliance ◽  
Study Offer

Abstract Background According to recent polling, public trust in the healthcare sector remains low relative to other industries globally. The implications of low healthcare trust permeate throughout the industry in a number of ways, most visibly by discouraging therapy compliance. Methods This study investigated four putative determinants of trust in healthcare-related scenarios: individuals vs. collective groups as communicators of healthcare advice; expert vs. laypeople as providers of healthcare communication; public vs. private healthcare sector; and positive vs. negative information. Two hundred seventy-four participants were recruited via Prolific Academic and were presented with four statements in random order, related to a positive reflection of the public healthcare sector, a negative reflection of the public healthcare sector, a positive reflection of the private healthcare sector and a negative reflection of the private healthcare sector. According to these reflection, participants were repeatedly asked to rate the system on its trustworthiness. Trust outcomes were constructed using a four-dimension framework, consisting of benevolence, reliability, competence and predictability. Results Claims relating to the public sector had a significantly stronger impact on benevolence and reliability than claims relating to the private sector; claims from individuals had a significantly stronger impact on all trust variables than claims from collectives; and claims from laypeople had a significantly greater impact on reliability and competence ratings than claims from experts. Conclusions The findings in this study offer insight into the patterns with which trust decisions are made in healthcare contexts. More importantly, this research offers a novel perspective of how different factors interact to affect the various facets of trust. These results provide a foundation for future study in this evolving area, and offer insights into designing effective communication strategies that cultivate greater levels of individual trust in the healthcare sector.

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