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. 2021 May-Jun;14(3):347–354. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0070

Table 2.

The six key enablers and initiatives by The Vision Realization Office (VRO).

Key enablers Initiatives
Private Sector
Participation
• Increase private involvement by facilitating ownership, or management of MOH hospitals;
• Actively support localization of pharmaceutical and medical devices leveraging MOH procurement.
e-Health • Provide digital tools (apps) for patient self-services, prevention, connected care, and workforce efficiency;
• Accelerate IT infrastructure build-up at MOH to reach 100% deployment by 2020.
Workforce • Enhance the quality and quantity of workforce through increased capacity, improved licensing criteria, and making profession attractive;
• Establish a National Health care Workforce Planning Unit to coordinate actions across key stakeholders.
Health care Financing • Establish a value-based provider payment system;
• Set up National Health Insurance with a gradual rollout.
Corporatization • Split MOH to corporatize delivery, creating independent provider networks with operational autonomy;
• Create local clusters that bring providers together, ultimately forming accountable care organizations.
Governance • Strengthen MOH mandate to lead sector reform with strong oversight over regulatory agencies (“super-regulator”) and transform the role of MOH to be more strategic;
• Create a range of new development and regulatory bodies at arm’s length from the MOH.

MOH – Ministry of Health