[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 10-4-2020] Health care opportunities for Jamaica in the post-COVID-19 world Last week, the authors looked at cardiovascular care and radiology services as specific health care opportunities that can be harnessed by developing centres of excellence and consolidation of fragmented care systems that are usually inefficient and sub-optimal. They strongly believed that … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care delivery in Jamaica (Part 6)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-27-2020] Health care opportunities for Jamaica in the post-COVID-19 world So far in this series the authors drs. Edwards and Madu, have been outlining the issues and problems facing health care in Jamaica while proffering general, paradigmatic solutions. In part 6, they plan to start discussing specific opportunities and strategies for transformation in the … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care delivery in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (Part 5)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-20-2020] A holistic approach to health care delivery in Jamaica will require a comprehensive re-evaluation and transformation of our health systems, recognising that we are experiencing an epidemiologic transition with significant impacts on human capital and national development. A vision for effective health care delivery in the new dispensation must include … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care delivery in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (part 4)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-13-2020] In recognition of the potential health threats to the region, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Heads of Government asserted in their Nassau Declaration of 2001 that “The Health of the Region is the Wealth of the Region”, fully cognisant of the critical relationship between the population's health status and economic growth. Following a mandate from the … [Read more...]
Rethinking health care in Jamaica in a post-COVID-19 world (Part 3)
[Reprinted: Jamaica Observer, 9-6-2020] In Part 3, the authors continue their investigation of health care in Jamaica by looking at the structure of private health care system in Jamaica, the economics of health care and the potential for economic growth through targeted investment activities in health care and related services. Professor Hans Rosling, the late Swedish health economist at the … [Read more...]