CONSULTing SerVICES of reference (TOR) Consulting services Drafting the procurement documents (proposed specification for consulting services) for public bidding procedure for the Integration of national health registers (databases) in Croatian health system BACKGROUND The Republic of Croatia received Loan no. 7598 HR from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) to support the objectives of the Development of Emergency Medical Services and Investment Planning Project (DEMSIPP). The project includes two components: Development of Emergency Medical Services and Support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) for Strategic Planning Component 1: Development of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) This component finances investments to restructure the EMS in order to improve the geographical distribution of resources, responsiveness, efficiency and quality of services. It includes four each addressing a specific area of Emergency Service provision and monitoring. These are: Establishment of a Croatian Institute for EMS, which will guide EMS policy, set and monitor national guidelines and standards for EMS services in Croatia; Reorganization of pre-hospital EMS, which will support the implementation of the national guidelines at the county level, upgrade pre-hospital EMS human, vehicle and equipment resources, and establish and integrate EMS dispatch units within the national emergency system; of in-hospital EMS, will support the creation of integrated EMS departments in selected hospitals and upgrade the capacity of selected remote health centers to provide emergency services; and of an emergency-related telemedicine service delivery network to improve EMS delivery on selected islands and at other remote sites through the use of telemedicine technologies. Component 2: Institutional Support to Ministry of Health for Strategic Planning The objective of this component is twofold: To complement supply side reforms under component 1 by developing restructuring plans for health care facilities and human resources; and To strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health to develop and manage projects, some of could be financed through EU pre-accession and accession funds. The rationale for this component stems from two observations:
CONSULTing SerVICES of reference (TOR) Consulting services Drafting the procurement documents (proposed specification for consulting services) for public bidding procedure for the Integration of national health registers (databases) in Croatian health system BACKGROUND The Republic of Croatia received Loan no. 7598 HR from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank) to support the objectives of the Development of Emergency Medical Services and Investment Planning Project (DEMSIPP). The project includes two components: Development of Emergency Medical Services and Support to the Ministry of Health (MoH) for Strategic Planning Component 1: Development of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) This component finances investments to restructure the EMS in order to improve the geographical distribution of resources, responsiveness, efficiency and quality of services. It includes four each addressing a specific area of Emergency Service provision and monitoring. These are: Establishment of a Croatian Institute for EMS, which will guide EMS policy, set and monitor national guidelines and standards for EMS services in Croatia; Reorganization of pre-hospital EMS, which will support the implementation of the national guidelines at the county level, upgrade pre-hospital EMS human, vehicle and equipment resources, and establish and integrate EMS dispatch units within the national emergency system; of in-hospital EMS, will support the creation of integrated EMS departments in selected hospitals and upgrade the capacity of selected remote health centers to provide emergency services; and of an emergency-related telemedicine service delivery network to improve EMS delivery on selected islands and at other remote sites through the use of telemedicine technologies. Component 2: Institutional Support to Ministry of Health for Strategic Planning The objective of this component is twofold: To complement supply side reforms under component 1 by developing restructuring plans for health care facilities and human resources; and To strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health to develop and manage projects, some of could be financed through EU pre-accession and accession funds. The rationale for this component stems from two observations:
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