FUNCTION OF MEDICAL COUNCIL AND ITS IMPORTANCE

IN PPP PROMOTION

H.E. Professor Thir Kruy, Secretary of State, MoH

President of MCC

Intercontinental Hotel7th November, 2012

NATIONAL FORUM ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH

OUTLINE

BackgroundMain Functions of MCC MCC Contribution to improving quality of health care

servicesChallengesRecommendations

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BACKGROUND OF MCC

What is MCC? An autonomous institution initiated and

established by MoH for controlling medical professionals recognized by the Ministry of Health (MoEYS, ACC)

The institution was appointed by the Royal Decree signed on 1/Feb/2000

All medical professionals must register with MCC

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MAIN FUNCTIONS OF MCC

Why do we need MCC? To ensure the updated skills and capacity of medical

professionals MCC reviews medical professionals’ qualifications

prior to accepting the registration and licensing medical practices

MCC monitors medical practices, ethics, and all other regulations of all medical professionals

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MAIN FUNCTIONS

Who Should cover under the MCC? All medical professionals including

- Public providers- Private providers- National and Foreign health providers

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THE MAIN MISSIONS OF MCC

Control quality of basic training Control qualification of medical professionals through

registering and licensing Control quality and safety of health care services—

ensuring the safety of patients and physicians through continuing education and re-registering (re-licensing) on three-year basis

By doing so the MCC will enhance the nobility of medical professionals

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THE MAIN MISSIONS OF MCC

MCC shall issue some directives/circulars/decisions for all registered medical professionals to comply with

Continuing Medical Education Credit Program Medical practitioner who did not practice within the

past three years requires re-registering and re-licensing by MCC

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MCC CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Through registration and licensing for all medical practices in Cambodia, MCC plays major roles in ensuring quality of care for both sectors

CME Credit program required for both public and private providers to ensure their updated medical skills

Enforcing the compliance of all national protocols/guidelines/and policies in all medical practices

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KEY CHALLENGES OF MCC FUNCTION

Quality of registration is limited Number of registered medical professionals are also

limited Registration fee: $60 Short of staff within the secretariat of MCC Shortage of financial support for staff The study on weakness of registration has not yet been

done

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KEY CHALLENGES OF MCC FUNCTION

Low implementation of all circulars/directives/decisions of MCC

Some physicians understand the importance of respecting all MCC’s directives but some would not understand or pretend to not understand

Some understand but not comply with No sanction is applied to those who do not respect and

comply with MCC’s directives

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RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES

Mobilize adequate funding to run MCCNeed sufficient HR to make MCC well functionConduct assessment to identify way forward to

improve the function of MCCImprove M&E systemPartner with all other stakeholders

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THANK YOU!

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