HOSPITAL FOCUS
CLINICAL HOSPITAL CENTRE RIJEKA, CROATIA
By Herman Haller & Andjelko Djirlic
Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka (KBC Rijeka) is a
teaching and patient-centered hospital, providing clinical and
empathetic care mostly for patients from Western (Costal) Croatia. The
owner of the hospital is the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the
usual form of organisation for teaching hospitals in Croatia.
As an academic medical centre, Clinical Hospital
Centre Rijeka is dedicated to improving the health of the community it
serves. A wide variety of clinical specialties is administered among
three locations: Rijeka, Susak and Kantrida.
The medico-technological concept is a regional
hospital that will provide treatment to patients with acute diseases, a
referral centre for specialised medical care including organ
transplantation and a teaching base. The University of Rijeka School of
Medicine educates healthcare professionals in various disciplines
providing new knowledge and transfer that will define the clinically
focused and ethically appropriate healthcare of tomorrow.
KBC Rijeka consists of 43 buildings on 16 ha of
land, with a capacity of 1191 beds. The staff of 3.300 employees
includes 450 doctors and 1200 nurses. In the last year there were
768.000 outpatients, 367.000 inpatient days and 46.900 admissions. The
average length of treatment was 7.8 days, with bed utilisation of 85%.
Almost half of our medical staff is included in the
teaching process at the University Of Rijeka School Of Medicine. With
over a thousand students, we are the second most important institution
for medical education in our country. Our high-ranking comes not just
from a modern programme of study; it comes from our commitment to
people.
The organisation of the hospital is as follows:
- Management
- Treatment sector
- Medical supply
- Education sector
- Science and research
- Technical and
- economic sector
The Chief Executive Officer is the highestranking official at the
Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka responsible for all aspects of the
hospital's operation and financial performance. His high performing
team is the Deputy /Medical Director, the Director of Nursing, the
Chief Financial Officer and other officials.
The responsibility of the Medical Director is to manage hospital
medical operations, assure compliance with hospital policies and
by-laws, with decision-making and policy enforcement responsibilities
for handling matters within relevant management groups. The Director of
Nursing is in charge of hospital nursing, related units and procedures
for the nursing staff, provides oversight and management of clinical
care processes in compliance with healthcare and hospital regulations,
all in cooperation with the head nurses and chief physicians of
departments. The responsibility of the Chief Physician is to manage the
clinical Department of his/her specialty and serve as liaison between
physicians and administrative personnel. The Chief Physician is
required to evaluate and optimise the care management approach, the
process of disease management, patient satisfaction, and patient
safety, and develop processes to assure appropriateness of care
including length of stay and ancillary resource utilisation. And
finally, assure compliance with hospital and healthcare policies and
by-laws.
Healthcare services:
- Outpatient care
- Diagnostics, therapy and rehabilitation
- Day hospital
- Emergency
- Medical Departments
As a teaching base of the University of Rijeka School of Medicine,
the Clinical Hospital Centre consists of following departments:
Internal Medicine, Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology and Kidney
transplantation surgery, Pediatrics and PICU, Otorhinolaryngology and
Cervicofacial Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Infectious diseases,
Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Dental medicine, Neurology with ICU and
Acute Stroke Management, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry,
Orthopedics, Anesthesiology, Central ICU and Pain Management,
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Physical medicine and Rehabilitation,
Laboratory, Microbiology , Radiotherapy and Oncology, Transfusion
Medicine and Emergency.
The future organisational concept is integrating all dislocated
hospital locations into one – Susak, situated near the new University
campus and the School of Medicine. This location is optimal for the new
and modern hospital because it is less than 1 km from the main highway
and has best possible transport connections with the entire region,
whole country and neighbouring countries.
Because of our medical and hospital heritage, favorable geographical
position in the Northern part of the Adriatic region, one of the most
attractive tourist regions in Europe, we believe that we have the
potential to build a high quality University hospital that will draw
patients, students and teachers not only from our region, but also from
the entire country and the neighbouring countries.
Prof. Dr. sc. Herman Haller, D r. med.
Chief Executive Officer,
Mr.sc. Andjelko Djirlic
Medical Director,
KLINICKI BOLNICKI CENTAR RIJEKA
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Published in Hospital 3/2009, p. 37