The Charitable Foundation “Patients of Ukraine” with the support of NED launches a series of visits for patient leaders to hospitals that successfully implement the second stage of the healthcare reform. The main goal is to study the best practices and implement them in other hospitals across the country.
A total of three one-day visits to medical institutions are planned, where the positive results of the reform can be seen in real cases. The trips will take place to three hospitals selected by our foundation together with the National Health Service of Ukraine:
Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Psychoneurological Hospital named after Academician O.I. Yushchenko of the Vinnytsia Regional Council
A medical institution that treats and prevents mental illness among the population of Vinnytsia and neighboring regions. It is one of the oldest institutions with a similar focus in Ukraine.
The hospital was one of the first to join the efforts to reform the secondary healthcare system. Today, the institution’s leadership position is confirmed by the best performance indicators among similar specialized hospitals in Ukraine. The hospital was recognized as the “Healthcare Leader of Ukraine 2019” by the National Program “Medical Olympus of Ukraine”.
For its unique approach to organizing the treatment of patients with brain disasters, the European Stroke Organization awarded the hospital’s stroke unit diamond, gold, and platinum status for the first time in Ukraine. This is evidence of the high level of services provided by the institution in this area, which meets European standards of treatment quality.
As Sofia Kucheruk, the director of the institution, notes: “For us, successful experience is strategic planning, daily teamwork, monitoring and feedback. Thanks to a motivated team, friendly attitude, high-quality medical services and comfortable conditions, we have high trust from patients.”
Municipal enterprise of Stryi District Council "Stryi Central District Hospital"
A medical institution that provides outpatient and inpatient care for the population of Stryi and neighboring areas.
The institution was one of the first to join the reform of the secondary healthcare system in Lviv Oblast. For the first time in the Lviv region, the hospital has successfully implemented a project to create a stroke center to provide quality medical services to patients with acute cerebral stroke.
The institution has implemented a quality management system in accordance with ISO – international management quality standards. After all, the key task set by the hospital’s director and staff is to create decent conditions for patient treatment and high-quality conditions for medical staff.
Regional Children's Clinical Hospital of Sumy Regional Council
A multidisciplinary medical institution that provides medical care in all pediatric specialties for children in Sumy Oblast and other regions.
The hospital was actively involved in preparing for the reform of the secondary healthcare system back in 2018. Today, a medical institution can be justifiably called a competitive, successful enterprise and a guarantor of a child’s health.
Continuous improvement of the material base and expansion of the range of services provided to patients is the focus of attention of the entire staff and management of the institution. The hospital has become an institution where money follows the patient, and patients choose doctors they trust. Since April 2020 and throughout the past year, the institution has been able to fully provide all sick children whose parents have applied for help with the necessary medicines and consumables free of charge, as well as conduct the necessary examinations.
“Radical changes are never easy,” says Ihor Zmyslya, the hospital’s director. – “During this short period of 4 years of preparation for the healthcare reform and the reform period, we managed to make the structure more efficient, optimize the number of staff at a large regional medical institution, and change the principles of work and even the mindset of doctors who now understand how important it is to be patient-oriented specialists.”
- are not indifferent to the changes in the country’s healthcare sector and are ready to implement them in the hospitals of their region;
- can involve a representative of “their” hospital (a doctor or a head of the institution), together with whom the experience learned will be implemented in a medical institution in your region;
- are ready to be involved in the process of qualitative transformations in hospitals in their region, as part of an agreement with the hospital.
To participate in the experience learning program, please fill out the form by March 26: forms.gle/RkQZ8aF2BcAPb4uD9. The visits will take place in April 2021.
The important criteria for selection are:
- active citizenship and a desire to contribute to changes in the healthcare sector;
- confirmed readiness to involve a representative of a healthcare facility in your region in a study visit;
- motivation to implement the knowledge gained to improve the work of the hospital in your region.
What will the program participant get?
- a thorough description of the successful experience of the hospitals selected for the best practices study;
- organizing a visit of the patient and the doctor to the selected hospitals (covering the costs of travel, accommodation, and meals);
- During the visit, we organized a familiarization with the management processes and the provision of medical services at the facility, met with the management and the owner of the hospital;
- expert support and technical assistance in the process of implementing successful practices in your hospital based on the results of the visits (support from NHS experts, hospital representatives whose experience has been studied and is planned to be implemented);
- information support at all stages of the initiative from the communication experts of the CF “Patients of Ukraine”.
We will announce the selection results by March 31.
If you have additional questions, please contact Oksana Musienko, project coordinator, +380955226311.
