Zsolt Hegedűs Revealed New Details of the Large Government Program Launching in Hungarian Hospitals
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The government is launching a new waiting list reduction program, the aim of the initiative is to make more efficient use of surgical capacities, provide targeted financial incentives to healthcare workers, and improve the quality of care, including by introducing afternoon and weekend surgeries - Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs wrote on his Facebook page.
First, waiting times would be reduced in areas where waiting lists are the longest, such as hip and knee replacements and cataract surgeries.
Waiting lists would be reduced by better utilization of surgical capacities, afternoon and weekend procedures, and financial incentives. Funding would be tied not only to the number of surgeries, but also to their success and patient experience.
We would like to perform additional surgeries primarily in the afternoon after the normal shift, and where there is professional and staff capacity, on weekends - the minister wrote.
Health Minister Zsolt Hegedűs announced on Sunday afternoon the launch of the waiting list reduction program promised by Prime Minister Péter Magyar, which would speed up care with extra afternoon and weekend surgeries and quality-based financial incentives. The post Zsolt Hegedűs: Waiting list reduction program launches, afternoon and weekend surgeries are coming first appeared on 24.hu.
In his Facebook post on Sunday, the minister wrote that the goal is not simply to perform more surgeries, but to make better use of the available surgical capacities and to make healthcare workers directly interested in this. The program will be launched Péter Magyar announced on Saturday, at the Szolnok stop of his national tour, that the Tisza government has adopted a ten billion forint waiting list reduction program […] Source
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