Health System
The health system encompasses the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services to a population. It includes all organizations, people, and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore, or maintain health.
Core Components
- Service Delivery: Hospitals, clinics, and primary care providers.
- Financing: Insurance schemes, tax funding, and out-of-pocket payments.
- Workforce: Doctors, nurses, administrative staff, and emerging digital health professionals.
- Governance: Regulatory bodies and policy frameworks.
Recent Developments & Literature
- Digital Transformation: The integration of digital technologies into health systems is reshaping workforce requirements and service delivery models.
- DHWA WHITEPAPER 2019:
- Published by McKinsey in February 2020.
- Authored by David Rowlands, Michael Walsh, John Zelcer, Louise Schaper, and the Digital Health Workforce Academy.
- Focuses on the Digital Health Workforce and the definition and importance of digital-health.
- Highlights the role of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health in addressing workforce gaps.
- Available via government health record portals (e.g., myhealthrecord.gov.au).
Related Concepts
- digital-health
- Health Information Exchange
- Public Health Policy