What information will the hospitals be forced to publish on the site. “Transparency is no longer optional”

The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, announced on Wednesday that public hospitals will have, from October 1, “the obligation to publish periodically, on the units sites, clear data on the activity of the hospitals they lead.”

He said that “the measure is established by order of the Minister of Health” and represents “a major change in the way public hospitals report their activity”.

“The management of a public hospital is not a privilege. It is a responsibility towards the patients, towards the medical staff and in front of the public money. From October 1, this responsibility will no longer be ignored. It will be visible, transparently, in online reports,” wrote Alexandru Rogobete, on Wednesday.

The Minister of Health, who said that “transparency is no longer optional, but a mandatory rule”, provided details about the data that will have to appear on the websites of the health units.

“The managers must make the information about the medical, economic and administrative activity of the hospitals, including performance indicators for them and for the department heads. Regularly, the number of transfers will be displayed to other units and the services offered on each specialty,” said Rogobete Minister.

The information that will have to appear on hospital sites

According to the official, the data that will be published include:

Quality indicators

• the rate of infections associated with medical assistance
• percentage of re -entry to 48 hours after discharge
• percentage of hospitalized patients and then transfer to another hospital within the first 72 hours
• the degree of satisfaction of patients

Financial data

• total revenues of the hospital
• income made based on the contract with CNAS
• Revenue from the state budget
• Revenue from projects with non -reimbursable financing
• income from medical services granted for a fee
• Total expenses, personnel expenses, drug expenses, sanitary materials, reagents and disinfectants

Data use data

• the number of continuous hospitalizations
• number of day hospitalizations
• average duration of hospitalization
• the rate of cases admitted by transfer from another hospital
• Case Complexity Index (ICM)
• The number of consultations made in the integrated ambulatory
• Daily menu, detailed on regimes

The Minister of Health claims that “performance indicators will not only be mere statistical data”, but “there will be tools through which we can evaluate the activity of each manager and each head of the section”.

“If we want better hospitals, we need to know exactly who does his job and who does not,” concluded the minister.