Key benefits
The aim of the program is to help participants take a leadership role in their organizations. It will equip them with the required knowledge and skills to understand complex health policy issues in a setting conducive to interaction among participants from a range of backgrounds.
The interaction will be aimed at thoughtful reconsideration of health system organization and dynamics and the development of innovative solutions to shared dilemmas. Some of the main benefits for the participants will be:
While national health care systems differ greatly based on level of economic development, national culture, political organization and history, it is possible to compare systems in terms of the relationships among the key players: Patients, Providers, Payers and Administrators.
The result of these relationships show up in fundamental characteristics of the system: Cost, Access and Quality. It is clear that in most countries, the dynamics of these relationships are not well understood by patients, by most providers and even by many administrators and payers.
This course gives the opportunity to professionals to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to understand and influence the health care systems in which they operate, which can only be achieved in a setting that brings together individuals from major health care domains to learn together.
Cross-functional dialogue among these participants is essential to address solutions to common problems of equity of access within limited budgets at an adequate level of quality.
The interaction will be aimed at thoughtful reconsideration of health system organization and dynamics and the development of innovative solutions to shared dilemmas. Some of the main benefits for the participants will be:
- Increased understanding of the political, social, economical and technological dimensions to be considered in developing innovative solutions to health policy dilemmas
- Increased ability to assess the role and responsibilities of the main stakeholders involved in health care systems
- Enhanced understanding of the key elements of innovative health care systems
- Improved ability to make complex strategic decisions concerning health policy issues
More about why take this course
Health care systems throughout the world are being scrutinized and rethought. Public expectations for better health and better health care are rising, driven by the spread of information and the growing political and economic empowerment, and by aggressive marketing by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. Costs are increasing in most countries and the stark reality is that it is now possible to do more for patients than most countries can pay for. Underlying these global stresses is the rapid acceleration of medical technology, the result of dramatic breakthroughs in the medical sciences.While national health care systems differ greatly based on level of economic development, national culture, political organization and history, it is possible to compare systems in terms of the relationships among the key players: Patients, Providers, Payers and Administrators.
The result of these relationships show up in fundamental characteristics of the system: Cost, Access and Quality. It is clear that in most countries, the dynamics of these relationships are not well understood by patients, by most providers and even by many administrators and payers.
This course gives the opportunity to professionals to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to understand and influence the health care systems in which they operate, which can only be achieved in a setting that brings together individuals from major health care domains to learn together.
Cross-functional dialogue among these participants is essential to address solutions to common problems of equity of access within limited budgets at an adequate level of quality.
