J 2020

The best person (or machine) for the job: Rethinking task shifting in healthcare

SCHALKWYK, May CI van, Aleš BOUREK, Dionne Sofia KRINGOS, Luigi SICILIANI, Margaret M. BARRY et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The best person (or machine) for the job: Rethinking task shifting in healthcare

Název česky

Nejlepší osoba (nebo stroj) na danou práci: Nový pohled na delegování činností ve zdravotnictví

Autoři

SCHALKWYK, May CI van (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Aleš BOUREK (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Dionne Sofia KRINGOS (528 Nizozemské království), Luigi SICILIANI (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Margaret M. BARRY (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko), Jan De MAESENEER (528 Nizozemské království) a Martin MCKEE (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko)

Vydání

Health Policy, Clare, Elsevier, 2020, 0168-8510

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30304 Public and environmental health

Stát vydavatele

Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.980

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00118006

Organizační jednotka

Lékařská fakulta

UT WoS

000594538300013

Klíčová slova česky

zdravotní systémy; Evropa; zdravotní politika; task shifting; delegování úkolů

Klíčová slova anglicky

Health systems; Europe; Health policy; Task shifting

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 1. 4. 2021 13:47, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Anotace

V originále

Globally, health systems are faced with the difficult challenge of how to get the best results with the often limited number of health workers available to them. Exacerbating this challenge is the task of meeting ever-changing needs of service users and managing unprecedented technological advances. The process of matching skills to changing needs and opportunities is termed task shifting. It involves questioning health service goals, what health workers do, asking if it can be done in a better way, and implementing change. Task shifting in healthcare is often conceptualised as a process of transferring responsibility for ‘simple’ tasks from high-skilled but scarce health workers to those with less expertise and lower pay, and predominantly viewed as a means to reduce costs and promote efficiency. Here we present a position paper based on the work and expertise of the European Commission Expert Panel on Effective ways of Investing in Health. It contends that this is over simplistic, and aims to provide a new task shifting framework, informed by relevant evidence, and a series of recommendations. While far from comprehensive, there is a growing body of evidence that certain tasks traditionally undertaken by one type of health worker can be undertaken by others (or machines), in some cases to a higher standard, thus challenging the persistence of rigid professional boundaries. Task shifting has the potential to contribute to health systems strengthening when accompanied by adequate planning, resources, education, training and transparency.