scholarly journals Proactive and Strategic Healthcare Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Epoch

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5097 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Baxter ◽  
Carter B. Casady
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Strategic Vision ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
The World

Abstract: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed many national healthcare systems around the world. In attempts to meet their emergency needs and mitigate escalating challenges, governments are increasingly reaching out to the private sector to form sustainable, public-private partnerships (PPPs). Unfortunately, many of these ad hoc efforts have been reactive and uncoordinated to date. This perspective article thus offers a proactive, collaborative, and strategic vision for healthcare PPPs, focusing on short-, medium-, and long-term proposals that will harmonize strategic objectives and mobilize both public and private resources to combat and build resilience against global pandemics like COVID-19.

scholarly journals Procuring healthcare public-private partnerships (PPPs) through unsolicited proposals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carter B. Casady ◽  
David Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Department Of Transportation ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Purpose The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has left nations around the world scrambling to procure emergency healthcare capacity, services and equipment. To meet this unprecedented demand on global healthcare systems, governments are increasingly looking to partner with the private sector via public-private partnerships (PPPs). However, the protracted procedures of traditional PPP procurements are not suitable for times of crisis. This is where unsolicited proposals (USPs) may play a pivotal role. Design/methodology/approach To explore the relevance of USPs for the current pandemic, this Viewpoint paper describes both the advantages and challenges of USPs, discusses the emergence of several PPPs to combat COVID-19 as well as some of the ad hoc processes governing current USP consideration, highlights an example of streamlined USP solicitation from Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation and articulates a pragmatic and practical approach for encouraging and procuring healthcare USPs. Findings This Viewpoint paper concludes that USPs could play a crucial role in the COVID-19 pandemic as boundary spanners between public agencies and the private sector in the PPP procurement process. Social implications Deploying proactive and strategic healthcare PPPs at speed and scale through digital USP platforms may help mitigate the pandemic’s long-term effects. Digital USP platforms may also serve as crucial tools for effective crisis communication, decision-making and partnership. Originality/value Using the digital USP platforms proposed in this paper, infrastructure organizations can develop and maintain effective partnerships with other sector organizations prior to and during crises like COVID-19.

Interprovincial Comparisons of Public and Private Sector Long-Term Care Facilities for the Elderly in Canada

1994 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Greb ◽  
Larry W. Chambers ◽  
Amiram Gafni ◽  
Ron Goeree ◽  
Roberta Labelle
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Public And Private Sector

scholarly journals Strengthening the Somaliland health system by integrating public and private sector family medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muna M. Mahfud ◽  
Fathia M. Nour ◽  
Hodan J. Abdi ◽  
Sabah M. Muse ◽  
Tim Fader
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Health System ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Specialty Training ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Four family physicians, who received their specialty training at Amoud University in Somaliland, organised a practice together that uses informal public–private partnerships to optimise their clinical care and teaching. Their experience offers insights into public–private partnerships that could strengthen the country’s healthcare system.

Closing the Gaps in Public Private Partnerships in Emergency Management

2015 ◽  
pp. 64-97
Author(s):  
Marvine Hamner
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Closing The Gaps ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
Goals And Objectives

There are many differences between entities in the public and private sectors engaged in emergency management: vision, mission, goals, and objectives are only a few. To develop workable public private partnerships requires an understanding of these differences. This understanding will then provide a foundation for establishing unambiguous agreements within which each sector's roles and responsibilities are clear, and within which all entities can be successful. This chapter explores the differences between public and private sector entities, which can create gaps in understanding and communication, comparing and contrasting these differences; then, it evaluates ways the resulting gaps between entities and within public private partnerships can be closed. Comparison of the respective backgrounds and perspectives provides the material necessary to complete a gap analysis. Anecdotal information is provided that illustrates how the differences between public and private sector entities support, hinder, or manifest in public private partnerships.

Health And Recreation Tourism In The Development Of Mountain Spas And Resorts

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-512
Author(s):  
Živorad Gligorijević ◽  
Milan Novović
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Values ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Complex Interaction ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Strategic Vision ◽  
The World ◽  
Wilderness Areas ◽  
Tourist Demand

AbstractThe positive achievements of the globalization process is the awareness of the imminent protection and preservation of the environment, and the consequent health tourism, as a kind of organized movement of people to meet the needs of living in a “pristine nature” and satisfying the need for clean water, food and air. It is a little-known, easily accessible wilderness areas in the world. Environmental values through such places, such as the specific characteristics of space, good climate, hydrographic resources and other natural features can be a good basis for the development of health and recreational tourism in the future. In this sense, national, and increasingly local communities should be responsible for the selected type and pace of tourism development in terms of directing the long-term quality and complex interaction between the tourist offer, tourist demand and the environment in general. Strategic vision, in this context, involves the application of eco-management, both in the field of tourism policy, as well as in the domain of politics at the level of individual holders of tourist attractions. With that in mind, this paper presents the possibilities of development of health and recreational tourism in spas and mountain resorts, and points to the role in this development, there should be an eco-management, especially if we take into account the fact that in today's terms of increased tourist demand for healthy and intact natural areas.

Aid to Underdeveloped Countries

1961 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
R. L. Major
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Foreign Exchange Reserves ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Post War ◽  
Total Stock

Aid from industrial countries (that is, grants and long-term public and private investment) now makes a significant contribution to the economies of underdeveloped countries. From 1956 to 1959, these countries received, on average, $6½ billion a year. This yearly inflow was equal to about a third of their income from merchandise exports to the rest of the world, or something approaching two-thirds of their total stock of gold and foreign exchange reserves; it is very much bigger than it was in the post-war years up to 1952—when it was probably not more than $2 billion a year.

scholarly journals Canada versus the World: The Validity and Usefulness of Ranking Healthcare Systems by Country

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Cartman
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
The World

Various organizations have attempted to formally evaluate and compare the performance of national healthcare systems. In this commentary, I argue that fundamental methodological issues annul many of their conclusions, and question the usefulness and implications of such rankings, before suggesting possible alternatives.

scholarly journals Will Public-Private Partnerships Solve Nigeria’s Infrastructure Problems?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
George Nwangwu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public Infrastructure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
As If

Nigeria, like most countries around the world, has turned to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to finance its infrastructure deficit. However, it appears that the government of Nigeria looks towards PPPs as the major solution to the country’s infrastructure crisis. In a sense PPPs are being sold to the public as if they were free, that the private sector would come in with its funds, provide the desired services and that the problem with the country’s infrastructure would automatically cease. This paper argues that this supposition is a myth and that the role of PPPs in the provision of public infrastructure is more nuanced than is being bandied around. PPPs are not the panacea to all of the country’s infrastructure problems and also are far from being completely free. It is however the case that if appropriately deployed, in most cases PPPs provide some advantages over conventional public sector procurements. This paper explores the different advantages and disadvantages of PPPs and suggests ways in which PPPs may be effectively used to improve the country’s infrastructure with reduced fiscal exposure to government.

scholarly journals The use of Public-Private Partnerships in Health Supply Chain Management in Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-256
Author(s):  
Evariste Byomuhangi ◽  
Pierre Claver Kayumba ◽  
Stella Matutina Umuhoza
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Medical Products ◽  
Health Commodities

BackgroundThe Government of Rwanda considers the private sector to play an important role in supporting provision of strategic national investments through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).ObjectiveThis study aims to describe the various aspects of PPPs in Health Supply Chain Management (HSCM) in Rwanda.MethodsA questionnaire was used to collect data from health professionals and individuals familiar with HSCM Public-Private Partnerships for this descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study.ResultsThe PPP interventional areas used in HSCM in Rwanda were namely supply of commodities (99%), delivered health Information Technology (IT) supplies and equipment (operate) (53%), finance (52%), and maintenance area (40%). The main challenges were limited conversation and absence of formal platforms for public and private engagement (83.7%) and complex procurement requirements for medical products and equipment by public institutions (73.3%). The strategies to improve the PPPs in HSCM were effective coordination of PPPs (93.3%) and improved dialogue and formal platforms (90.6%)ConclusionThese findings indicated that private sector through PPPs plays an important role in HSCM in Rwanda. The engagement of the private sector can increase the financial support in terms of financing HSCM activities like supply of health commodities and equipment. Rwanda J Med Health Sci 2021;4(2): 237-256

scholarly journals The clinical application of glibenclamide: the problem of safety and efficacy

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-69
Author(s):  
G K Reshed'ko ◽  
E V Khaĭkina
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Hypoglycemic Agents ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Challenging Problem ◽  
Oral Hypoglycemic Agents ◽  
Close Attention ◽  
Safety And Efficacy ◽  
The World

Well-timed, effective, and safe therapy of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is a challenging problem for public healthcare systems all over the world. Glibenclamide is currently the most popular sulfanylurea derivative prescribed to the patients presenting with DM2. High requirements to the safety profile of modern medications including oral hypoglycemic agents imply the necessity of close attention to the potential problems associated with the long-term application of glibennclamide. The present review is focused on the topical problems of safety and efficacy of glibenclamide arising from its use in the clinical practice.

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