Impact of COVID-19 Exclusive Allocation Strategy on Quality of Healthcare: A Study From Jordan, 2020

Alqudah, Mohammad; Al-Shaikh, Ala’a; Haddad, Husam K; Alolayyan, Main Naser; Zawaneh, Yousef; Matalka, Mohammad; Matalka, Ismail

doi:10.1089/hs.2021.0146

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“…The overall pressure on southern hospitals was lower, which justified the higher readiness score. Furthermore, in the north, the main hospital that was concerned with COVID-19 patients was King Abdullah University Hospital (KAUH), which was transformed into a mainly COVID-19 cases site, with drastic reduction in the provision of other essential services to cope with the high demand of COVID-19 patients [27]. Therefore, this justified the low score in continuity of essential services (1.46 ± 0.8).…”

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“…Actually, the increase in cases began in the northern region. Research by Al-Qudah et al [27] reported a decline in overall routine services provided to patients in KAUH (the main hospital within the northern region), suggesting a potential increase in other disease complications, particularly among low-income families. Allocated resources for healthcare are generally scarce; thus, government and healthcare leaders need to identify strategies for fair allocation of available resources to enable the continuum of healthcare for pandemic and routine cases alike [28].…”

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“…In Jordan, a total of 106 hospitals are providing secondary and tertiary care using 12,081 hospital beds, of which public hospitals account for 67% [27]. During the pandemic, the public and private healthcare sectors partnered to strengthen their combating the pandemic [30][31][32] through the National Centre for Security and Crisis Management [26,27]. However, in the face of the pandemic, the private hospital's overall readiness score was significantly higher than that of the public hospitals (p-value 0.009).…”

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Assessment of Hospital Readiness to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan—A Cross Sectional Study

Dahmash

Madi²,

Shatat³

et al. 2023

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During the global COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals faced tremendous pressure to cope with the emergency preparedness situations needed to cater for the influx of patients while maintaining their essential services. This study aimed to assess the level of readiness of hospitals in Jordan to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic using the WHO hospital readiness checklist. A cross-sectional survey using the modified and validated checklist was conducted in Jordan between 15 May and 15 June 2021. The checklist entailed ten key response functions with a total of 60 activities. Data from 22 hospitals were collected through a structured survey process by two surveyors for each hospital. The overall readiness score of hospitals was 1.77 ± 0.20, with a lower overall score in the northern region (1.65 ± 0.24) than the middle (1.86 ± 0.07) or southern (1.84 ± 0.14) regions. The diagnosis response function scored highest (1.95); but despite efforts, contingency plan development was not met by most hospitals, with a total score ≤ 1.45. Provision of psychological support and occupational health support to ensure the wellbeing of staff scored below average. Outcomes from this survey exposed gaps while offering a framework for upcoming endeavors to improve hospital readiness for any potential pandemic.

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Assessment of Hospital Readiness to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan—A Cross Sectional Study

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Shatat³

et al. 2023

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“…However, there was little indication that decision-makers had properly used the pandemic's early lockdown period to ensure Jordan's healthcare system was fully prepared, particularly around the availability of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, ventilators, and the health workforce. This had ramifications during the first pandemic wave that hit Jordan [27][28][29]. During the second and third waves of transmission, Jordan was in a grave health scenario due to the quick growth in daily infections and death toll, as well as high occupancy rates of isolation beds, ICU beds, and ventilators, as well as citizens' adherence to COVID-19 precautionary measures being challenged [30].…”

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“…Despite the efforts and effects of emergency preparedness activities, capacity building, and effective communication scored the least (2.46 and 2.48). During the pandemic, the healthcare system faced challenges due to the high pressure imposed by saturation of beds, loss, and absence of skilled/trained medical staff and high infection rates [6,28,31]. With this pandemic, the virus was novel, its epidemiology was changing in real time, and lessons were constantly being learnt.…”

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Upholding Quality and Patient Safety during COVID-19 Pandemic—A Jordanian Case Study

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Background: The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a rapid increase in demand for healthcare services over a prolonged period, and the hospital emergency preparedness system has been essential. Therefore, this study aimed to explore Jordanian hospitals’ response to emergency situations and examine the underlying role and effect of accreditation programs as a “Quality and Patient Safety” tool to deal with emergency situations during the pandemic. Methods: An online survey for a cross-sectional study was conducted in Jordan between 1 March and 30 May 2022, to examine the opinions of hospitals’ top, senior, and middle managers using a validated questionnaire. Results: A total of 200 healthcare providers from 30 hospitals participated in the study. From the areas within accreditation standards that were investigated, capacity building on emergency preparedness and communication abilities received the least scores (2.46 and 2.48, respectively). Additionally, hospitals with mature quality and patient safety culture (>3 accreditation cycles) demonstrated a statistically significant difference in score in two domains–emergency preparedness (p = 0.027) and infection prevention and control (p = 0.024). Conclusions: During outbreaks, hospitals that are required to comply with accreditation standards that address all emergency preparedness aspects will fare better in quality performance.

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Challenges and opportunities in healthcare reforms in pre- and post-COVID-19 crisis: A case of Jordan

Alotaiby,

Krenyácz

2024

Problems and Perspectives in Management

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The COVID-19 crisis presented devastating effects on global healthcare, and Jordan was no exception. During such unforeseen challenges, attention shifts to healthcare leadership and management. However, limited research explored the leadership adjustment in Jordanian hospitals during the pandemic. Therefore, this study examined the challenges and opportunities that arose alongside the outbreak of the pandemic in Jordanian hospitals from the leaders’ perspectives. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with healthcare managers in three Jordanian hospitals, focusing on three key areas: healthcare reform integration, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on hospital performance and healthcare quality, and management practices to handle the pandemic. Interviews were transcribed and thematically analyzed. Eleven hospital managers in seven administrative positions were involved. Three thematic outcomes were noted regarding the integration of healthcare reforms into the Jordanian healthcare system: sources of reforms, challenges of reform integration, and timely integration of the reforms. Positive impacts of the crisis on the Jordanian hospitals’ performance and quality of healthcare service delivery, which are considered opportunities, resulted in three thematic outcomes: infection control protocol, staff education, and patient management. On the other hand, three thematic concepts emerged as challenges of the COVID-19 crisis: workload, stress and fatigue, and staff shortages. Lastly, this study noted three thematic outcomes regarding management practices adopted by the Jordanian healthcare systems to deal with the pandemic: staff training, monitoring, and social support.

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Impact of COVID-19 Exclusive Allocation Strategy on Quality of Healthcare: A Study From Jordan, 2020

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Assessment of Hospital Readiness to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan—A Cross Sectional Study

Assessment of Hospital Readiness to Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan—A Cross Sectional Study

Upholding Quality and Patient Safety during COVID-19 Pandemic—A Jordanian Case Study

Challenges and opportunities in healthcare reforms in pre- and post-COVID-19 crisis: A case of Jordan

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