Health System Department

The Health System Department is responsible within the Healthcare Poland Foundation for analysing systemic challenges and the regulatory environment of healthcare. It translates the experience of healthcare providers and Foundation partners into positions, recommendations and participation in sectoral councils and working groups.

Leadership and team

  • Agata I. Sawicka — Director of the Health System Department
  • cooperation: Legal and Compliance Department, Operational Excellence Department, Polish Hospital Federation

Competencies

  • system analysis: organisation, financing and workforce of healthcare
  • regulatory analysis and impact assessment of proposed legislation
  • healthcare workforce competencies and sectoral dialogue
  • hospital transformation and consolidation
  • running and moderating multi-stakeholder working groups

Tasks

  • monitoring legislation and public policy in healthcare
  • preparing positions and comments in public consultations
  • participating in sectoral councils and working groups
  • preparing system analyses and reports
  • supporting local governments and hospitals in transformation processes

Process scope

  • Monitoring — review of draft legislation, strategies and programmes
  • Impact analysis — effects on healthcare providers, patients and staff
  • Consultation — collection and synthesis of partner positions
  • Position — drafting, approval and submission of the Foundation’s position
  • Advocacy and evaluation — follow-up of further work and assessment of effects

Procedures

  1. Identification of a draft regulation or systemic problem.
  2. Analysis and impact assessment involving the relevant departments.
  3. Consultation with system partners, including the Polish Hospital Federation.
  4. Approval of the position by the Foundation’s Management Board and its submission.
  5. Monitoring of the further process and transfer of conclusions to the Foundation’s self-learning loop.

Links within the Foundation system

The Department works with the Legal and Compliance Department, the Operational Excellence Department, the Medical Care Department and with the Polish Hospital Federation as a system partner.

Contact

Write to: agata.sawicka@healthcarepoland.pl · global@healthcarepoland.pl


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