Hospital CEOs aim for excellent outcomes in healthcare
Chief executive officers (CEOs) of top hospitals in the Philippines gathered at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help co-create value in the country’s hospital systems by sharing ideas and practices relevant to local hospital operations.
Themed “Creating Excellent Outcomes in the Philippine Healthcare System,” the Hospital CEO Forum 2018 is the first annual forum for CEOs of top hospitals in the country. It was conceptualized and organized by the ADB, Novartis Healthcare Philippines and Sandoz Corp. Philippines with the support of the Swiss Embassy in the Philippines, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and Wallace Business Forum.
“Hospitals play an important role in society as places for healing and preserving good health. The first Hospital CEO Forum will help hospitals prepare for the challenges of the future, particularly in delivering sustainable, inclusive, and resilient healthcare,” Gerard Servais, ADB senior health specialist said.
According to acting PhilHealth president and CEO Roy Ferrer, the Hospital CEO Forum will “equip local hospitals in adapting to their crucial and evolving role within the healthcare system, especially in response to the changing healthcare needs of Filipinos and emerging technologies.”
“Partnering in this event is our own little way in contributing to the discussion which ultimately aims at the fulfillment of a dream for universal quality health care. I believe that through best practices, the Swiss health system, might serve as an aspirational benchmark to possibly trigger and drive transformational reforms in other countries, including the Philippines. And although clearly, we have no exportable and reproducible models in mind, our ambition is to share lessons learnt among partners as at the end, we collectively aspire for the same goals: to allocate efficiently scarce resources, and put our citizens and patients at the center of our attention and services, legitimizing at such our respective institutions and policies. Hence in line with this, we are also keen to note that the Philippines has already begun its reform cycle in health financing and service delivery, especially since recently, the President of the Republic certified as urgent the bill seeking universal health care for Filipinos”, said Swiss Ambassador Andrea Reichlin.