is the most important pillar of improvement and quality in the health services system

Today, Monday, September 13, 2021, the interactive meeting of the Governance Conference continued its scientific sessions for the second and final day with a welcoming speech by His Excellency Dr. Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Manea, the former Saudi Minister of Health and President of the Arab Academy for Excellence in Governance, with the expert participants in the interactive meeting, calling for the conference to come out with recommendations that enrich the medical arena.

Professor Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja, Chairman of the Higher Committee and General Supervisor of the Conference, Vice President of the Arab Academy for Governance, explained that the participants in today''s scientific sessions called for the need to strengthen the concept of governance in the health services system and its role in improving the quality of services provided.

In the context of their lectures, they pointed out that strengthening the concept of health sector governance will contribute to upgrading the health sector and its sustainability, in addition to the quality and safety of health services, the application of standards, and the formulation of health policies that achieve the dimensions of public health.

They pointed out during their work papers that the health sector governance initiative aims to enable health sectors in all countries of the world to carry out their work of regulating legislation and monitoring the concerned authorities in the sector to provide sustainability and transparency in the health system, which at the same time contributes to reducing burdens and facilitating the performance of their roles assigned to them as a legislator. Regulatory for the health sector.

Professor Khoja stressed that the scientific sessions confirmed that the goal of governance is to achieve good economic performance and improve the well-being of community members, so governance is one of the most important pillars upon which health services departments are based to achieve their administrative and technical objectives and improve the quality and quality of their services.

The sessions of the second day included several lectures, as Prof. Imad Al-Azzazi spoke about the governance of the health system (dimensions and applications), while Dr. Awad Mataria talked about building a health system for the future (enhancing comprehensive health coverage and ensuring health security), and Dr. Abdullah Tawfiq Khoja, in his lecture, addressed the management approach Population for a Flexible Health System (The Saudi institutional governance experience for a flexible health system, and Professor Najwa Eid spoke about the participatory roles and challenges in family medicine. A highly responsive health system.

It is noteworthy that the electronic interactive meeting, which was approved by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties with 11 hours of continuing medical education, targeted all health practitioners and medical staff. During the two days, several axes were discussed, namely:

• The dimensions and applications of health systems governance to promote participatory, accountable, transparent, quality assurance and address challenges in the delivery of health care and family medicine.

• Governance of health technology assessments and the sustainability of patient safety.

• The directions of the World Health Organization to support governance and universal health coverage and ensure health security.

• Spotlights on the World Bank model for health insurance governance, an Arab model for hospital governance and a British model for health system governance.

• Saudi experience in the corporate governance of a flexible health system.