Productive Management Methodology for Health Services (2015)

Purpose of the Course

To develop and/or or improve the management information system for decision-making in health care facilities or health services networks by implementing the Productive Management Methodology for Health Services and its supporting tools.

Educational Objectives

1. To recognize the general concepts and actions of the PMMHS that accompany the development or strengthening of a health management information system to allow the attainment of data required for efficient and timely decisionmaking.

2. To analyse the current status of management information systems in health facilities or health services network and their capacity for supporting managerial decision- making.

3. To identify the elements needed to develop or strengthen health management information systems in health care facilities or health services networks using production, efficiency, costs and quality indicators.

4. To apply the elements of a health management information system to managerial decision-making aimed at the continuous improvement of the health care facility or health services network.

MODULES

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: Production and production centres 

Module 3: Indicators

Module 4: Costs