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CATHERINE W GICHUKI
DOHA
As part of efforts to provide better healthcare to people, the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) on Monday launched a new five-year strategic plan (2019-2023) at a ceremony in the presence of Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al Kuwari.
Under the theme “A Healthier Future For Our Families”, the PHCC Corporate Strategy Plan 2019-2023 focuses on Family Medicine Model of Care, and Preventative Health.
The vision of the plan is to transform the health and wellbeing of people in Qatar. The plan focuses on providing more comprehensive services, integrated care, shifting the balance of care from curative, hospital-based treatment to enhanced preventative, health and wellness services in the community. The plan comprises six priority areas, 20 strategic objectives, and 80 strategic activities.
Two of the six priority areas are centered on patient through a family-based, integrated and high-quality family care model and preventive health.
The other four areas are labour force, strong partnerships with patients, families, and communities, improving the primary care system and cooperation for patient care and safety, as well as an effective and innovative organisation.
The plan also focuses on seven priority populations, including healthy children and adolescents; healthy women leading to healthy pregnancies; healthy and safe employees; mental health and wellbeing; improved health for people with chronic conditions; health and wellbeing for people with special needs; and healthy ageing.
The launch of the new strategy comes after
the National Primary Health Care Strategy 2103-18 achieved 93 percent of the recommendations.
In a statement, Kuwari said, “This plan supports the vision for a safe, sustainable and high-quality primary care service provided in modern premises. PHCC has achieved much over the past five years and our goal is to ensure the quality of primary care meets the health needs of the population.”
Speaking at the ceremony, PHCC Managing Director Dr Mariam Abdul Malik said, “The best way to a healthier future is to focus on the prevention and health promotion and wellness of people. Therefore, we want to provide a comprehensive kind of care with high-quality primary healthcare services through family medicine model of care.”
She said the Family Medicine Model of Care has been rolled in new health centers that have been opened in the recent past and the models will be implemented in the existing health centres next month.
She said the first strategy recognised that the patients need a lot of continuous care and this is what they have put in mind to have a family physician delivering the model of care and services. “In May, we will complete rolling out of this model and our physicians will provide continuous home care service, especially for the elderly.”
AMD Strategy Planning and Executive SRO NHPC strategy Steve Emery said health systems with strong primary healthcare are more effective, have lower rates of hospitalisation and better health outcomes for the population.
“We will allocate each patient to a family doctor. This will help a good understanding about the medical history of the patient.”
Dr Abdul Malik further said that a successful national healthcare model, one that is fully integrated into a primary care setting, helps in the reduction of 30 percent emergency room visits, sometimes for higher risk groups, up to 50 percent drop in ER visits.
“There is no doubt that PHCC is a well-positioned leader in the ongoing effort to transform the state’s healthcare system. Primary healthcare is about caring for people, rather than simply treating diseases or health conditions. It plays a very important role in preventative and acute care for our community, because a healthy nation depends on a good primary care system.”
Dr Abdul Malik said, “Preventing disease is key to improving Qatar’s health. Children grow up in communities, homes, and families that nurture their healthy development, and adults are productive and healthy.”
Dr Abdul Malik said there are 27 health centres in Qatar seeing over 10,000 patients per day. “Registered patients at primary healthcare are over one million. The satisfaction rate is around 88 percent which is a good reflection to what we have done over the past 5 years”.
DOHA
As part of efforts to provide better healthcare to people, the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) on Monday launched a new five-year strategic plan (2019-2023) at a ceremony in the presence of Minister of Public Health HE Dr Hanan Mohamed al Kuwari.
Under the theme “A Healthier Future For Our Families”, the PHCC Corporate Strategy Plan 2019-2023 focuses on Family Medicine Model of Care, and Preventative Health.
The vision of the plan is to transform the health and wellbeing of people in Qatar. The plan focuses on providing more comprehensive services, integrated care, shifting the balance of care from curative, hospital-based treatment to enhanced preventative, health and wellness services in the community. The plan comprises six priority areas, 20 strategic objectives, and 80 strategic activities.
Two of the six priority areas are centered on patient through a family-based, integrated and high-quality family care model and preventive health.
The other four areas are labour force, strong partnerships with patients, families, and communities, improving the primary care system and cooperation for patient care and safety, as well as an effective and innovative organisation.
The plan also focuses on seven priority populations, including healthy children and adolescents; healthy women leading to healthy pregnancies; healthy and safe employees; mental health and wellbeing; improved health for people with chronic conditions; health and wellbeing for people with special needs; and healthy ageing.
The launch of the new strategy comes after
the National Primary Health Care Strategy 2103-18 achieved 93 percent of the recommendations.
In a statement, Kuwari said, “This plan supports the vision for a safe, sustainable and high-quality primary care service provided in modern premises. PHCC has achieved much over the past five years and our goal is to ensure the quality of primary care meets the health needs of the population.”
Speaking at the ceremony, PHCC Managing Director Dr Mariam Abdul Malik said, “The best way to a healthier future is to focus on the prevention and health promotion and wellness of people. Therefore, we want to provide a comprehensive kind of care with high-quality primary healthcare services through family medicine model of care.”
She said the Family Medicine Model of Care has been rolled in new health centers that have been opened in the recent past and the models will be implemented in the existing health centres next month.
She said the first strategy recognised that the patients need a lot of continuous care and this is what they have put in mind to have a family physician delivering the model of care and services. “In May, we will complete rolling out of this model and our physicians will provide continuous home care service, especially for the elderly.”
AMD Strategy Planning and Executive SRO NHPC strategy Steve Emery said health systems with strong primary healthcare are more effective, have lower rates of hospitalisation and better health outcomes for the population.
“We will allocate each patient to a family doctor. This will help a good understanding about the medical history of the patient.”
Dr Abdul Malik further said that a successful national healthcare model, one that is fully integrated into a primary care setting, helps in the reduction of 30 percent emergency room visits, sometimes for higher risk groups, up to 50 percent drop in ER visits.
“There is no doubt that PHCC is a well-positioned leader in the ongoing effort to transform the state’s healthcare system. Primary healthcare is about caring for people, rather than simply treating diseases or health conditions. It plays a very important role in preventative and acute care for our community, because a healthy nation depends on a good primary care system.”
Dr Abdul Malik said, “Preventing disease is key to improving Qatar’s health. Children grow up in communities, homes, and families that nurture their healthy development, and adults are productive and healthy.”
Dr Abdul Malik said there are 27 health centres in Qatar seeing over 10,000 patients per day. “Registered patients at primary healthcare are over one million. The satisfaction rate is around 88 percent which is a good reflection to what we have done over the past 5 years”.
