Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition 38(2): 113-123, doi: 10.61873/XSMT1055
Evaluation of preparedness and response competency of healthcare administrative staff of the public hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the resilience of health system in Greece
Pinelopi Stamati‡, Frosyna Anagnosti§, Anna Bilali|, Kiriaki Gatanas¶, Argyro Anagnostaki#, Aleksandros Dourakis§, Evanthia Douraki¤, Eleni Riza«, Emmanouil Pikoulis»‡ Athens Nursing Home, Financial Services of Athens Merciful Society, Athens, Greece§ Department of Nursing, Sotiria Athens Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece| Health Consultant, Athens, Greece¶ Adult Care Facility, Saint Michael’s Home, Yonkers, New York City, United States of America# ICU Department, IONIO CLINIC LTD, Athens, Greece¤ Educator-Researcher, Athens, Greece« Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece» National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
© Pinelopi Stamati, Frosyna Anagnosti, Anna Bilali, Kiriaki Gatanas, Argyro Anagnostaki, Aleksandros Dourakis, Evanthia Douraki, Eleni Riza, Emmanouil Pikoulis. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Stamati P, Anagnosti F, Bilali A, Gatanas K, Anagnostaki A, Dourakis A, Douraki E, Riza E, Pikoulis E (2024) Evaluation of preparedness and response competency of healthcare administrative staff of the public hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the resilience of health system in Greece. Review of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics – International Edition 38(2): 113-123. https://doi.org/10.61873/XSMT1055 |  |
Abstract
Introduction: The role of health systems and hospital administrative system in Covid-19 pandemic period is of utmost importance. Objective: The scope of study is to assess the preparedness, response competencies of administrative staff and resilience of health system as well as to highlight the need of modernizing the role of the above three components. Methods: 175 executives from public hospitals of the seven Regional Health Authorities in Greece participated in an online survey. Demographic, occupational data were collected and presented with correlations of individual variables. Results: The mental working condition of staff became much worse. The 96,7% of participants believed that the country does not implement a pandemic preparedness plan while 83,3% think that this plan has not been updated. Also, 38.9% of participants had no idea whether the strengthening of health system resilience is a current preoccupation of health policy makers. Conclusions: Measures of new managements are considered necessary for a successful reform effort. The organization of health systems and development of medical countermeasures are suggested as essential for the preparedness and response of Healthcare Administrative Staff of the Public Hospitals as well as the resilience of Greek Health System.
Keywords
preparedness, response, resilience, competencies, Covid-19