Title: Policies Governing the Practice of the Health Professions and Health Care Delivery
1Policies Governing the Practice of the Health
Professions and Health Care Delivery
2Professions Represented in the Group
- Dentistry
- Physical Therapy
- Medical Technology
- Medicine
- Anesthesiologists
- Surgeons
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Pharmacy
- Radiologic Technology
3WHERE ARE WE NOW?
4Key Issues Raised by Participants
- Need to define the scope of practice of the
different health professions and harmonize
independent and interdependent roles - Need to amend current practice and regulatory
laws in a more unified and collaborative process - Incentives and added benefits need to be provided
to professionals practicing in LGUs especially in
underserved areas and outskirts
5Key Issues Raised by Participants
- Ethical practice guidelines need to be redefined
in accordance with scope of practice and very
forcefully implemented - Need for policies on utilization and deployment
of health professionals - Need for regulation of practice of nationals and
foreign nationals within the Philippines - Ladderization of curricula need to be rationalized
6Additional Questions Proposed to Be Tackled
- Should PRC continue to regulate the different
professions or should the professional
organizations take over? - How do we deal with factors external to our
profession which are impinging on our practice
(environmental factors)? - Should we require health professionals to return
service to the country before working abroad?
7WHERE DO WE GO?
8Areas in which the Philippines can be competitive
in
- High standards of training and certification
- Desirable characteristics of our health human
resource - Competent and globally competitive
- Skilful
- Knowledgeable
- English-speaking
- People centered / people-oriented
- Caring
- Industrious
- Resilient and creative amid trying situations
- Bayanihan spirit - sense of community
- Sense of volunteerism
9Factors that Facilitate Competitiveness
- Periodic institutional visits of certain
monitoring and professional bodies to ensure
compliance to policies - Dentists
- Medical technologists
- Pharmacists
- High quality educational standards
- Characteristics of health professionals
- Professionalism and self-discipline
- Adaptable and flexible
10Barriers to Being Competitive
- Demand Barriers from the point of view of the
client - Utilization factors
- Business controlling practice
- Quacks operating at barangay levels
- Absence of some health services in the barangay
- Patients are misinformed and unable to make right
decisions regarding their health
11Barriers to Being Competitive
- Supply Barriers from the point of view of the
provider/health professional - Human resource development
- Absence of plantilla in government units
- Inadequate compensation and benefits
- Lack of support - financial, moral and technical
training particularly in community practice - Health professionals are maldistributed and
under-utilized - Labor-export policy of the government and other
related issues
12Barriers to Being Competitive
- Supply Barriers from the point of view of the
provider/health professional - Existing laws/proposed bills
- Outdated regulatory laws
- Criminalization of violations by health
professionals malpractice bill - Very restrictive cost of materials and supplies
13Barriers to Being Competitive
- Environment Barriers
- Commercialization of health education
- Misguided priorities of patients shaped by the
environment and culture (e.g., buy cellphone load
rather than invest in their health) - Poverty clients unable to pay for services
- Culture of pwede-pwede na half-baked health
professionals - LGUs do not prioritize health - too much politics
involved
14HOW DO WE GET THERE?
15Legislative Proposals to be acted upon by the
Professional Organizations
- Self-regulation/self-policing through active
deputization - Alternative mechanisms to improve monitoring of
health care professions and delivery of health
care services - Work on the amendment/repeal of respective
regulatory laws - Integration of professionals into national
organizations - Support and educate lawmakers reorientation of
politicians - Enlighten and empower the citizenry in order to
assist in achieving this goal - Join the barangay development council
- Health workers engaged in the policy development
process
16Legislative Proposals to be acted upon by
Different Government Agencies
- Congress/Senate
- Passage of amended/repealed regulatory laws for
the health professions - Increase government budget spending for health
- Upgrade of salary, compensation, incentives and
benefits for all health professions - Reduction of tax obligations of health providers
and importers of equipment and supplies - Promote an advocacy law providing incentives to
maintain basic wellness and health promotion - Give disincentives for those who encroach on the
practice of other health professionals - Pass a good citizenry act
17Legislative Proposals to be acted upon by
Different Government Agencies
- LGUs
- Creation of government plantilla for all
professions under PRC those with board exams - DOLE
- Review implications of labor-export policy
- DOH
- Strengthen regulation of health related
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18THANK YOU!