Comprehensive policy guidance on health financing under UHC-P project and BAR course for capacity building
Improving health services financing
Comprehensive policy guidance on health financing under UHC-P project and BAR course for capacity building
Barcelona course for capacity building
Support DRG implementation and enhancement of other elements of strategic purchasing to increase the value for public funds
Policy advice and oversight of process of implementation of hospital payment system. Foster hands-on capacity building of the SSA staff, incl. knowledge exchange / study visit to comparable institution with strong capacity in the area of DRG-hospital payment system. Assist procedures for quality improvements of claims data. Assist piloting DRG as a “shadow” payment system, including advocacy and communication
Map of HIS system and recommendations on streamlined data collection
, provision of intensive technical assistance for mapping all existing data systems and reporting forms to reduce duplication in data collection; development of data input standards; and proposing a new lean health data structure to support optimization of data reporting. RECOMMENDATIONS: Complexity of PHC Data Flow and Duplication Reduction; Streamlining Registration and Information Sharing; Enhanced Data Entry and Real-time Updates; Efficient Vaccination and Radiation Exposure Tracking; Holistic Approach to Data Management and Ecosystem Enhancement
WHO leadership in strengthening coordination in support of national efforts to accelerate progress toward the health-related SDGs among government, multilateral organizations and other development partners
Leadership on WHO-led EU-funded joint activities (reporting) Steering committee meetings with Ministry and UN Partners (exchange of information)
Governance structure for Medical Holding to manage Rural Doctors' Program and PHC reform, regulatory framework for digital health/telemedicine
, The draft Law of Georgia On the Implementation of Telemedicine has been developed and handed over to MoH. The purpose of this Law is to ensure the improvement of patients’ both social and health conditions through the use of telemedicine and also provide them with access to Georgia’s health care system and appropriate quality medical services., WHO implemented PHC reform support to Adjara province with 20 PHC teams and proposed governance and operational changes within the Georgia medical holding to improve health outcomes through clinical audits, supervision and changes in information flows and patient referral patterns, focusing on NCDs
Improving health financing equity and distribution of health system's resources
System-wide analysis of health financing equity and distribution of health system's resources
Mobilization of technical expertise for intervention through national implementation of Strategy and action plan for refugee and migrant health in the WHO European Region
Defining the basic health package, including designing the system and process of revision and renewal
, Support and analysis of the HUES survey, technical assistance in assessing the DRG payment system and building capacities and tools at the Ministry of Health and the National Health Agency to improve allocative efficiency and within health budget prioritization of PHC
Strengthening health financing policies to support UHC
Review of the DRG implementation status; PHC payment system design adjustments are waiting adoption of the PHC Roadmap; Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment
, WHO updated the PHC costing and advocated at the highest political level for increased financing for PHC and amendments of reimbursement from flat capitation to age adjusted capitation and performance payment in PHC
Support to develop of pharmaceutical policies aiming at improving access to and quality of medicines
Draft law on medicines
the draft law was updated in 2023 in relation to the progress in accession of Georgia to the candidacy status to the EU, WHO conducted analysis of prescribing patterns of novel and other cancer medicines and followed up with dialogue on access to cancer patient medication to develop system for positive list development and effective procurement and rational prescribing
Roadmap on the integration of NCDs into PHC and training of PHC providers
Health workforce assessment and health workforce strategy
Review of treatment guidelines and training in CVD and diabetes care and prevention of complications
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