Summary
‘Health systems recovery’ is a term used to describe the process of restoring and improving the functions of a health system that have been exposed to a shock or public health emergency, such as natural disaster, conflict, or a disease outbreak. This paper from Matthew Neilson and Sheila Leatherman discusses what quality in recovery look like.
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Key messages:
- COVID-19 has highlighted once more the need for urgent attention to the quality of health care globally.
- As health systems plan recovery from COVID-19, there will be opportunities to systematically address quality of care.
- By focusing on quality in COVID-19 recovery, health systems can not only improve population health outcomes but also improve their resilience against future crises.
- Practical steps to address quality of care in COVID-19 recovery include considering quality in formal recovery planning; strengthening national strategic direction on quality, built around a set of quality interventions; monitoring and publicly reporting on quality of care; and leveraging existing assets and expertise on quality of care.
Quality of care should be a core consideration in health systems recovery (6 July 2021)
https://academic.oup.com/ijcoms/article/1/1/lyab005/6315988?login=true
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