Hospital Solution Hubs

The Hospital Solution Hubs supports health workers to create locally owned solutions to some of the most pressing care delivery challenges that they face.
A team of WHO staff visiting Malayi and Rabia Balkhi specialized women hospitals in Kabul
WHO/Mehdi Ansari
A team of WHO staff visiting Malayi and Rabia Balkhi specialized women hospitals in Kabul
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Hospitals are integral to effective health systems and to achieving health-related Sustainable Development Goals. Hospitals and their workers serve communities as places where health services and care are received in times of greatest need. The COVID-19 pandemic put a significant strain on hospital workers who served tirelessly to meet demand. It highlighted many system and service gaps but also the extraordinary capacity and insights of people within health systems to care for each other.  Now is the opportunity to restructure and transform hospitals through new solutions that harness the creative potential of patients and staff for healing. 

Despite the existence of many improvement tools, persistent challenges, both large and small, remain.  We need new perspectives and solutions to improve hospitals. Staff and patients understand the issues best and have a wealth of creative ideas. Context-appropriate, culturally sensitive solutions can be found when staff and patients come together. The process of engaging in innovation is an opportunity to strengthen relationships, bolster hope and, in so doing, strengthen the overall organizational culture and the ability of hospitals to meet their communities’ needs

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What is a hospital solution hub?
A hospital solution hub is an opportunity for hospital workers, communities, local mentors and partners to come together with the vision to not only improve services but boost the organizational culture of their hospital. Each hospital solution hub will undertake a 5-month process to create a new solution in response to a challenge. Participants will get access to a toolkit, a global network of like-minded people and mentors, supported by a web platform for direct exchange, an inspiring podcast series, etc. Achievement will be celebrated and shared internationally.

Local Innovation for Integrated Care

Local Innovation for Integrated Care
Local Innovation for Integrated Care (LINC) is a series of audio conversations featuring remarkable health workers and planners from hospitals and health systems around the globe. Each of these pioneers has developed innovative strategies to deliver integrated, people-centered healthcare in their local contexts.

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