National Center for Health Facility Development

By aziram Published: 2007-03-22 10:42

General Functions and Structures:

- Formulate policies, plans and programs on health facilities design, operation and management, hospital corporate restructuring, in congruence with hospital reform and the HSRA. - Provide technical assistance to all stakeholder regarding health facility development and hospital corporate restructuring. - Nurture and help sustain transformed DOH Hospitals into government-owned corporate hospitals - Management System Development Division

Specific Functions:

- Develop technical guidelines on Integrated Hospital Information System (IHIS):

- Corporate assessment tools checklist and MOP - Change management for corporatization - Blood services network - Laboratory network - Hospital network

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- Public health unit in hospitals - Develop training programs/modules on corporate restructuring; - Develop an assessment mechanism for corporatization of Department of Health (DOH) and Local Government Unit (LGU) hospitals; - Develop monitoring parameters for corporatized hospital; - Evaluate project proposals on Hospital Operation and Management (HOM) and corporate restructuring; - Establish the national hospital data bank on performance indices; - Provide advisory services on advocacy for planning corporate restructuring and local health development.

Infrastructure and equipment Division

Specific Functions:

- Develop and update technical guidelines on health facility design, planning implementation, building and mechanical equipment maintenance; - Develop and coordinate the implementation of hospitals infrastructure upgrading projects; - Develop training program on health facility design, planning and building maintenance in coordination with CHDS; - Provide advisory services regarding health facility design planning, implementation and building maintenance; - Conceptualize special health facilities projects; - Coordinate training programs on mechanical equipment maintenance - Ensure coordination of functions with CHDs

Technical Operations Division

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Specific Functions:

- Review, revise and develop technical guidelines on the following; - Manuals on Operation of Health Facilities - Program Health Implementation - Integration of Public Health Unit in the Hospital - Coordinate the training programs/modules with Health Human Resource Development Bureau (HHRDB) on the management of different service component of health care facilities;

- Provide technical assistance to the following:

- Bureau of Health Facilities and Services (BHFS) and requesting LGU's hospital operations and management - Center for Health Development (CHDs) or Regional Hospital operation and management - Infrastructure and Equipment Division on training program and health facility planning, design and maintenance - Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau (HPDPB) on legislative bills on hospital issues - Health Human Resource Development Bureau (HHRDB) on health facility personnel training and development

- Conduct in-depth assessment of hospital operation for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) of systems and sub-systems; - Develop project proposals on hospital equipment facility upgrading for funding; - Provide equipment requirement for building design and technical guidelines purposes.

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Management and System Development Division

- Formulation of policies and standards on the upgrading of health facilities. - Evaluation of Senate / House bills and Resolutions - Conduct of fact-finding activity

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