Competencias esenciales para la gestión en red / Essential competences for the management of health care networks

We suggest that in order to fulfill the health needs of the majority of the Chilean population, which is beneficiary ofthe public health system, essential organizational skills should be developed for network administration among Self-administered Hospitals, Network Manager and Primary Health Care facilities. Self-administered Hospitals should be competent in managing service options according to their strategy for development, reference and counter-reference mechanisms and waiting lists, to optimize queuing. The Network Manager should be competent in demand management that is regulated, investments management that determines future development in terms of population needs and stakeholders' management, which is a political viability type of management. Finally, the Primary Health Care manager should be competent in demand management as a strategic partner of the Network Manager, community participation and management of interlinked areas, articulating social networks and sanitary impact management. At each level and within levels, there are crossroads that promote synergies. Based on the development of essential skills, a practice with strategic intentions, organization managers will develop team work skills.

[Essential competences for the management of health care networks]. / Competencias esenciales para la gestión en red.

We suggest that in order to fulfill the health needs of the majority of the Chilean population, which is beneficiary of the public health system, essential organizational skills should be developed for network administration among Self-administered Hospitals, Network Manager and Primary Health Care facilities. Self-administered Hospitals should be competent in managing service options according to their strategy for development, reference and counter-reference mechanisms and waiting lists, to optimize queuing. The Network Manager should be competent in demand management that is regulated, investments management that determines future development in terms of population needs and stakeholders' management, which is a political viability type of management. Finally, the Primary Health Care manager should be competent in demand management as a strategic partner of the Network Manager, community participation and management of interlinked areas, articulating social networks and sanitary impact management. At each level and within levels, there are crossroads that promote synergies. Based on the development of essential skills, a practice with strategic intentions, organization managers will develop team work skills.

Autogestión hospitalaria en red I: competencias esenciales para la gestión / Self management hospital network I: essential skills for managing

Este documento hace referencia al Programa de Acompañamiento de Hospitales que la Subsecretaría de Redes Asistenciales del Ministerio de Salud de Chileimpulsó para laautogestión hospitalaria en red. Dice relación con el programa de la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Chile, diseñado para facilitar el desarrollo de tres competenciasesenciales, que los hospitales requerirían para la implementación de una política pública con enfoque de derechos (el Plan Auge), en unescenario competitivo. A partir de los elementos centrales de la reforma sectorial y del marco teórico utilizado, se definieron dichas competencias: desarrollo de la cartera de servicios, gestión de lareferencia y contrareferencia de pacientes y gestión de las listas de espera.