The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Health Systems Strengthening Workshop Summary (2016) / Chapter Skim
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4 Promising Innovations and Models
4 Promising Innovations and Models
Pages 33-40
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He emphasized that PATH's work as the leading organization in global health innovation extends beyond technologies and technological innovation. Innovations require disruptive approaches but not necessarily technology solutions or large budgets, as Davis highlighted with the examples he provided.
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behavior change communication and demand-generation innovations; (2) health care workforce and capacity-building tools; and (3)
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EXAMPLES OF INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING Davis shared several examples to explain how PATH is carrying out its work in health systems strengthening through partnerships. Some of the examples focus on creating new tools or new systems while others focus on innovation in the operating model or business pipeline.
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In his opinion, these data are an early indicator of opportunity for urban health system transformation. Safe Births and Newborn Care in Southern Africa Davis shared an example of a partnership in six districts in South Africa and Mozambique, where PATH is partnering with BHP Billiton to design a multiyear set of activities to redesign the clinic-level health model, targeted toward integrated care for mothers and children in the first 1,000 days.
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Global health care is a $7 trillion industry -- the second largest industry in the world. However, Shetty suggested policy makers have not understood the employment-creating ability of the health industry nor the ability of the health sector to drive the global economy.
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Narayana challenged the students to create a curriculum of short films that teach family members how to care for a patient at home, including recording blood pressure and pulse rate, dressing wounds, administering medications on time, and using physical therapy. As a result of this program, readmission rates were reduced significantly.
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Shetty explained that linen is not the safest choice because it is difficult to clean, but disposable gowns and drapes are significantly more expensive. Narayana negotiated with two multinational companies for disposable gowns and drapes for heart operations, and the companies asked for approximately USD 20 to 30 for each.
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Essentially, Shetty concluded, at Narayana Health they are "bullish" about the health care opportunities across the world and are proving that innovative solutions to providing better access and care do not need to be costly to be effective. Their decisions to engage partners in the innovations they create are based on recognized gaps and a need to tap the potential for external partners to find solutions that are safe, high-quality, effective, accessible, and low cost.
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