{"id":6098,"date":"2022-11-30T21:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T21:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ehma.org\/?page_id=6098"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:53:09","slug":"defining-health-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ehma.org\/defining-health-management\/","title":{"rendered":"About Health Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Health management provides guidance and leadership to administer health at the individual, organisational and systemic level. Health management embraces a holistic vision of health, in which health is impacted by behavioral, social, and environmental determinants<\/strong>. Health management includes and goes beyond healthcare management<\/strong>, which comprises community, primary, secondary, and tertiary care provision. It also happens outside of care settings<\/strong> and builds synergy with other related policy and societal areas in line with the \u2018One Health\u2019<\/strong> concept. Health management encompasses the entire health ecosystem<\/strong> in which health managers collaborate with patients, informal and formal caregivers, patient organisations, legislators, educators, policy makers and regulators, public health experts, researchers, health insurance experts, and pharmaceutical industries. Together, they aim to create a clear health vision and alignment strategy, as well as lay down the organizational, societal and technological conditions to achieve optimal health outcomes for individual patients and the entire community. Health managers are jointly responsible for establishing effective and holistic governance structures<\/strong>, built on a co-design and co-production model.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Defining health management<\/h2>\n

\"\"Healthcare management<\/strong> is the practice of\u00a0providing\u00a0leadership, management, and direction to\u00a0organisations\u00a0that\u00a0provide\u00a0healthcare services and to different units within those\u00a0organisations.\u00a0Healthcare management is centered around three main concepts: effectiveness, efficiency, and equity.<\/p>\n

Healthcare management is an umbrella term and some of the job positions that fall within the scope of that term are\u00a0Medical\u00a0director,\u00a0Clinical manager,\u00a0Nursing home administrator,\u00a0Laboratory manager\u00a0and\u00a0Office manager.\u00a0Health managers carry out six core functions, namely planning, organizing, staffing, controlling, directing, risk-assessing, and decision-making.\u00a0Health care managers ensure that their\u00a0organisation\u00a0or department\u00a0improves\u00a0in efficiency, financial strength, and service quality to\u00a0ultimately deliver\u00a0the best possible care to patients.<\/p>\n

Although healthcare facilities are essential in managing,\u00a0maintaining, and improving the health of citizens, health does not only happen within care facilities. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986) described health as being:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026created and lived by people within the settings of their everyday life; where they learn, work, play and love. Health is created by caring for oneself and others, by being able to take decisions and have control over one’s life circumstances, and by ensuring that the society one lives in creates conditions that allow the attainment of health by all its members\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With this vision of health in mind, health management and public health are closely intertwined. Effective health management at individual, facility, and community level will\u00a0ultimately lead\u00a0to better health outcomes and enhance public health.<\/p>\n

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Health management\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0therefore\u00a0a practice that\u00a0encompasses\u00a0healthcare\u00a0management yet\u00a0has a wider\u00a0approach. Health management is practiced from an individual to a population level. In fact,\u00a0at an individual level,\u00a0people\u00a0can manage their health by\u00a0monitoring\u00a0their vital signs and taking their treatments as prescribed and act as a decision-maker in lifestyle choices. In addition,\u00a0individuals\u00a0who may have higher risk for\u00a0developing\u00a0a given\u00a0disease\u00a0can decrease their risk of diseases by engaging in prevention activities. Within the care system, patients can self-manage their\u00a0wellbeing\u00a0and care to reach desired health outcomes. Lastly, citizens can\u00a0participate\u00a0in initiatives and advocate for their health and the health of their fellow citizens at the community and policy level.<\/p>\n

Beyond the individual responsibilities, health is impacted by personal, situational, societal, and environmental determinants. In this aspect, a health manager can be described as individuals and organisations that are working at different levels on those factors that have a direct, and sometimes indirect, impact on health. This comprises health (including healthcare) policy and decision-makers, social care professionals, and professionals in systems outside of healthcare.<\/p>\n

The precise meaning of health management thus varies according to the perspective taken.\u00a0While\u00a0the terms of\u00a0health\u00a0management\u00a0and healthcare management are often used interchangeably, the scope of the former is larger and encompasses a more\u00a0holistic\u00a0vision of health.<\/p>\n

EHMA focuses on the wider healthcare ecosystem and works in a transdisciplinary manner on\u00a0initiatives\u00a0that involve a variety of stakeholders, including patients, informal and formal caregivers, patient\u00a0organisations, hospital management representatives, legislators, policy makers, educators, public health experts, researchers, and representatives from the health insurance sector and pharmaceutical industries. EHMA\u2019s engagement is therefore\u00a0across the entire health ecosystem in line with the \u2018One Health\u2019 concept, and is\u00a0not limited\u00a0solely\u00a0to healthcare management. EHMA embraces a vision in which health can be managed at the individual,\u00a0organisational, and systemic levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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