The high administrative burden on outpatients is one of the factors which reduce the attractiveness of the profession of outpatient physician. Given the limited staffing capacity of doctors and nurses in ambulances, it is necessary to minimise (or remove) a substantial part of the current administrative obligations while transferring administrative activities which do not have direct medical justification to administrative assistants. The doctor and nurse can thus get more time devoted to patients in the ambulance.
Audit of administrative burden
MZ SR carried out with representatives of the outpatient sector an audit of red tape aimed at mapping the current administrative obligations of outpatient providers. The audit did not map the administrative burden that the provider would have to bear even if he was not a healthcare provider, but would be a business entity carrying out another business.
Audit results administrative burden
Implemented actions:
- Revocation and modification of primary paediatrics' obligation to issue certificates in the absence of a child due to illness
- Abolition of the obligation of primary paediatricians to issue child medical certificates to undergo sport training
- Revocation of primary paediatrics' obligation to issue child medical certificates with planned participation in a recovery event
- Package of measures to reduce the burden on general outpatient care providers from 1.1. 2025