Wednesday, April 14, 2010

[EQ] Implementing national health observatories

Implementing national health observatories:
Operational approach and strategic recommendations


Technical Series on Information for Decision-Making - PWR CHILE/09/HA/02

Cesar Gattini, Advisor on Health Analysis and Statistics, PAHO/WHO Representation in Chile

Prepared and edited by the Office of the PAHO/WHO Representation in Chile, Santiago: 2009

PDF [70p.] available to download online:

http://new.paho.org/chi/images/PDFs/national%20health%20observatories_final.pdf

 

“...This document outlines the operational approach and strategic recommendations for the implementation of national health observatories.

A national health observatory is operationally assumed to be “a policy-oriented virtual-based national center aimed at performing systematic and ongoing integrated observation on relevant issues about population health and health systems, in support of effective and evidence-based health policy, planning, decision-making and action in public health and health systems.

Based on its capacity and functions, the Observatory can serve simultaneously as a functional center for: public health surveillance; monitoring health systems; specialized analysis of health-policy related matters; health-related warning; policy-oriented advisory; and health information as well as knowledge production and management.

The ultimate goal is to contribute to the preservation and improvement of health of the population, including the reduction of inequalities...”

 

Contents

 

Introduction

The Need for Policy-oriented Information and Observation

Expected Contribution from the Observatory

The Empirical basis for the Observatory

Opportunities and Challenges for Implementation

Operational Approach

Operational Concepts

A Health Model as Framework for Observation

Structure and Performance

Observatory Functions

Empirical Basis for the Implementation of the Observatory

Experiences and National Capacity for Observation and Observatories

Specific Observation Performed by Surveillance and Monitoring Systems

Health Observatories

Initiatives and Tools for Information Management and Overview Reporting

Use of Relevant and Responsive Information for Decision- Making

Understanding and Facilitating the Use of Information for Decision Making

Dynamic Use of Information Domains as Sources for Observation

Role of Responsive Information for Decision-Making in Public Health

Role of Responsive Information for Decision-Making in Health Systems

The Implementation Process

Outlining and Proposing an Implementation Plan

Assessment of the Readiness and Alternatives for Implementation

Establishment of the Steering Committee

Refining the Plan of Implementation and the Observatory Design

Establishing the Organization and Structure

Setting up the Observatory Functions and Modules

Consolidation of the Organization, Structure and Performance

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