Presumptive DOH officials were in the class yesterday?

Innovation in health care in many ways

Ateneo Professional Schools
Makati City
July 17, 2016

The post tried to make the discussion interesting and level up responses by having a role playing.  The reporters and the discussants were to be officials of DOH since the reports were policy issues of the health sector.

The first to report was Dr. Elle Lim who presented the overview of the External Factors (drivers) of the health sector. He was interested in the "laylayan" (periphery) of the society.  They never see a doctor or who have access to health care facilities. They even do no have NCSO birth certificate.  Since he is aligned with the political leaning of Pres Digong (left of center) Dr. Elle would fit in theshoes of presumptive health secretary.  Hence. he would render his opinion on his report as a New Health Secretary (kind of difficult to answer?)

Then Mikee Junsay reported on (who reports direct to the current Sec of Health) on Complementary and Alternative Medicine.  Would he be an Asec for this concern?

Then the others were asked who would be Directors for Mindanao -  Dr. June2 Serrano, a kababayan of Pres Digong, Dra Donato for Region III.  

Dr. June2 (Papa June) Serrano reported on Ayurvedic Medicine (a sub specialty of the report of Mikee)  He distributed various flavors of food (we had PM snacks)

 The most exciting and interesting report was that of Dr. Nanette Bernal on Dr. Shetty.  He focussed on Operational Innovation like Wheel and Spoke, Task Shifting etc (I hope she distributes her report which is illuminating and very educational)  She mentions telemedicine and social business aspect of the work of Dr. Devi Shetty (who was the MD of Mother Teresa.  Did Mother Teresa influence Dr. Devi)  The Secretary of Health was asked to comment on Dr. Shetty's work.

He report introduced the topic of business process improvement and EDS which is in the MiCO case.

If our govt officials think and acted the way our classmates acted yesterday, the health care situation in the country would be much much better. I think the role playing motivated and awakened the class