Gordon Otieno Odundo Chief Executive Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital
Jun 21, 2015
Gordon Otieno Odundo
Chief Executive
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital
Background of Gertrude’s Children's HospitalOutline the context of Child Health in Kenya
Overview of our activities Governance and ownership CSR – Un Global Compact
Information TechnologyStaff and Capacity Development
Patient Safety and quality
Presentation Content
The country has a young population, with 73% of residents aged below 30 years because of rapid population growth from 2.9 million to 44 million inhabitants over the last century. 1.5 million children are born each year
Causes of Child Mortality - Kenya
April 13, 2023
Source: World Health Statistics 2011, WHO
16%
20%
9%
11%1%10%
10%
8%3%
19%3%
Pneumonia Diarrhoeal Causes HIV/AIDS Malaria Measles Prematurity Birth Asphyxia Neonatal Sepsis Congential Anomalies Other diseases Injuries
Cause DeathsTotal Deaths 188,928
Diarrhoea 38,802
Pneumonia 30,406
Malaria 20,666
Diarrhoea
Malaria
Neonatal causes = 31% of under 5 mortality
North Eastern
80
Eastern52
Rift Valley
59
Nyanza149
Western121
Central51
Nairobi64
Coast87
Deaths per 1,000 live births for the 10-year period
before the survey
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics & ICF Macro
Kenya 74
Under-five Mortality by
Province
Child Health Situation- Kenya Progress in Infant and Under-five Mortality Rates, Kenya 1990/2009 (KDHS)
Hospital Entrance
Centres of Excellence
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Peripheral clinics provide primary care including immunization with specialist services provided at the campus in Muthaiga
Governance
Registered Trust with tax exempt status
Board members serve on a voluntary basis
All surpluses reinvested in the hospital
Eight member board of TrusteesWith a shared belief that hospitals can serve their primary function of saving lives while being ran and managed along accepted business principles
Patient Safety & Quality
Pursuing JCIA
Patients judge their experience by the way they are treated as a
person not by the way they are treated for
their disease.”
ISOO Certified
“Patients reserve their good word of mouth
and loyalty for hospitals where they feel their needs were
anticipated and met by a courteous caring
staff.”
AAP in a 2008 survey found that • There were too few local child/adolescent psychiatrist s to
meet referral needs • 87% cited a shortage of developmental-behavioral
pediatricians• 82% reported insufficient pediatric dermatologists. • More than half of those surveyed reported shortages of
pediatric medical subspecialists in rheumatology, neurology, adolescent health, endocrinology, and gastroenterology
Critical Skills Needed
Connectivity
Received awards for E-tendering and our IT deploymentOne outpatient Record ensures continuity of care
HMS Navision Kranium Information Systems MS OutlookQpulse Social Media Presence
The American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) states that a variety of factors are associated with potential for increased demand for paediatrician services
Associated trend • Increased insurance coverage and improved access
for children when health care reform provisions are implemented
• A growing shift in the number of pediatrician office visits for children previously cared for by family
physicians (who may have increasing numbers of adult patients in their practices for the same reason)
• Changes in the type of and demand for pediatric services deriving from advances in genetics and other
technologies• Increasing numbers of medically complex and/or
fragile pediatric patients
• Increasing need for pediatricians to address developmental, educational, and mental health
issues with their patients
• Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases in children
Our observation 70 % of our clients have insurance cover
We attend to children only
It will be while for this to impact us in kenya
Evidenced by high referral to ICU
Offer one stop services
Greatest growth has been in chronic attendance clinics
With the medical skills shortage in Africa there is room to develop patient referral mechanisms to established
medical hubs To do this we need to figure out
Who Pays for the healthcare provided Be innovative in skills retention
Make saving lives a priority so that we can ensure a good quality of life for our children and their families
Conclusion
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