Do you know the difference between health policy and health policy?

Here we are talking about the difference between the policy for improving health protection (health policy) and the use of health to promote the image of government policy (political health). In each region there is a little bit of one and a bit of the other and then we see what is the one that weighs most in the Marche region. By the way: in my opinion, health care in the Marche is good health and those who govern it make every effort. But a partial shot correction is necessary. Here we will suggest its direction, usually with a gentle push (Nudge (this word is almost new): the gentle push.

And now the answer to the question of the title. First, however, a clarification on the term of report: these are statistical elaborations that are published online at regular intervals using the obligatory statistical flows (also for the Marche region) in order to document the most important phenomena (waiting lists, mobility, home care, etc.). When we talk about documents we refer here, instead, to pure online texts that analyze a problem in depth using all available data sources to guide choices.

Health policy is easily recognised. Its aim is to improve the quality of the services provided through the normal cycle: I analyze the data, choose the objectives, decide the actions, check the results and correct (if necessary) the shot. The working tools of health policy are deliberations and written acts in order to clarify objectives, responsibilities, timing, resources and outcome indicators. Health policy is recognized because it makes reports available online that allow anyone to evaluate the quality of the data and monitor the progress of the phenomena under examination. For this purpose, the institutional sites of the regions that make health policy have spaces dedicated to reporting systems and report the technical documents supporting the programming, documents that are often prepared by the Regional Health Agency. In summary: Regions in which health policy action is strong produce reports and documents that motivate their choices and monitor their impact. Then they also make press releases.

Political health is also easily recognised by you. She is not passionate about reports and documents. On the other hand, she is passionate about press releases in which there is ample space dedicated to recruitment, technologies and additional economic resources made available. Political health policy from these occasions also numbers. Very selected and almost never verifiable. In summary: Political health makes press releases and is passionate about the inaugurations. She is not passionate about reports and documents and sometimes discourages them.

Who is heaviest in the Marche: health policy or political health?

Everyone can get an idea by looking at the Region's sites and see the current weight of press releases and reports and documents. Let's say there is room for improvement that you can work on right away. The image of the ruler will greatly benefit from the ability not only to say that he has done so, but also to be able to prove it.

Political health policy press releases can write them by choosing what is convenient, but to improve the regional performance of the LEA grid (National Healthcare Campaign (Grid LEA): the 2015 results), of Sant' Anna (National Health Campionage (Grid LEA): the ranking of regional systems) and of the National Successful Programme (PNE cadres have come out. Subjects: volumes, results and.... treemap!) health policy is also needed. As for the citizens, they would be content with the latter. Even alone.

After all, it is enough to mix the health policy that citizens need with the political health of those who need government. So that when you expand your ambulance service, you buy the most powerful TAC in the world or you fund the joint project CONI, ASUR with health care funds dedicated to prevention, Region and MIUR "Marche in movimento con lo sport di classe" (to stay with recent investments widely advertised) is the usual press conference (they are all important choices that deserve it), but also the data that have supported those chosen and those that will be used to validate them are made available on the web. Then, after a few months, check with stakeholders in the area of intervention!

Then two press conferences instead of one: one to say what you're going to do and one to show that you've done the right thing (or to correct the shot, if necessary, why wandering humanvm east, persevere autem diabolicvm)