The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has accelerated transformational processes in the healthcare sector. The pandemic acted as a detonator of the problems of the key sphere of life support of the population. It requires decision-making at the individual, group, and institutional levels, which will lead to the transformation of public health in the future (Deloitte, 2021).
In my opinion, public medical institutions will improve themselves under the influence of factors such as changes in demand for medical services and the structure of medical resources. The social, political, and economic changes associated with the pandemic will lead to improved emergency preparedness.
The number of hospital beds will increase, and there will be a sufficient number of them even in case of intensive use. Next, the priorities of healthcare institutions will change as a result of COVID-19 (Bashier et al., 2021). In addition, the coordination of the actions of medical services among themselves will significantly increase. I also think that there will be a redistribution of functions between various organizations and medical services of public health. However, it seems unlikely to me that the gap in the level of material and technical equipment in the healthcare sector in large cities and rural areas will be eliminated.
If I could influence one aspect of public health, I would choose the aspect of the work of medical personnel in emergency conditions. The strategy would be related to the revision of the workload of medical specialists depending on the main activities, type, category, and level of medical organizations, location. Thus, it would be possible to reduce the staff turnover of medical organizations, which at the moment is at 19.5% per year, which is a very high indicator (Michas, 2021). The strategy of rationing the schedule of medical staff in the field of public health would partially solve the problem of the shortage of working personnel during emergencies.
References
Bashier, H., Ikram, A., Khan, M., Baig, M., Al Gunaid, M., Al Nsour, M., & Khader, Y. (2021). The anticipated future of public health services post COVID-19: Viewpoint. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance, 7(6), e26267. Web.
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Michas, F. (2021). Hospital staff turnover rate in the U.S. 2016-2020. Statista. Web.