The public hospitals managers have the obligation to publish periodically, from October 1, on the websites of the health units, data on their activity.
Alexandru Rogobete Photo: Gov.ro
“The management of a public hospital is not a privilege. It is a responsibility towards the patients, to the medical staff and the public money. From October 1, this responsibility will no longer be ignored. It will be visible, transparently, in the online reports.announced the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, on Wednesday, on Facebook, writes Agerpres.
This measure is regulated by order of the Minister of Health and establishes a “major” change in the way public hospitals report their activity, Rogobete stressed.
“Transparency is no longer optional, but a mandatory rule. Managers must make known information about medical, economic and administrative activity of hospitals, including performance indicators for them and for the heads of section. Regularly, the number of transfers will be displayed to other units and the services offered on each specialty”, the minister mentioned.
Among the data that will be published are:
* Quality indicators: the rate of infections associated with the nurse, the percentage of re-interneing to 48 hours after discharge, the percentage of hospitalized patients and then transferred to another hospital within the first 72 hours, the degree of patient satisfaction;
* Financial data: total revenues of the hospital, revenues made on the basis of the contract with CNAS, revenues from the state budget, revenues from projects with non -reimbursable financing, revenues from medical services granted for a fee, total expenses, personnel expenses, expenses with medicines, expenses with sanitary materials, reagents and disinfectants;
* Data for use of services: the number of continuous hospitalizations, the number of day hospitalizations, the average hospitalization duration, the rate of cases admitted by another hospital, the cases of complexity (ICM), the number of consultations made in the integrated ambulatory, the daily menu, detailed on regimes.
“The performance indicators will not only be mere statistical data, there will be tools through which we can evaluate the activity of each manager and each section head. If we want better hospitals, we must know exactly who does his job and who does not.”said the Minister of Health.
