Driving exCellence in Health mANaGemEnt

Health managers are crucial to providing solutions to the current pressures and thus increasing health systems resilience and preparedness to respond to shocks. The European Health Management Association (EHMA) strives to make the voice of health managers recognised and heard at an organisational, systemic and European level, so that health management knowledge and research findings are made available and transformed into policy and practice. EHMA'Äôs strategic objectives are in line with the goals of the European Commission to improve the resilience and resource efficiency of health systems through activities such as supporting collaboration among Member States; promoting the sharing and implementation of best practices; supporting the healthcare workforce; addressing demographic challenges; and advancing the digital transformation. More specifically, EHMA's activities contribute to the general objectives of the EU4Health Programme by strengthening health systems response; strengthening resilience and sustainability; fostering international health initiatives and cooperation; reinforcing the health and care workforce; supporting innovation and the digital transformation of health systems; and supporting health promotion and disease prevention. In 2022, EHMA'Äôs aims are to communicate evidence-based practices in health management; ensure that health management supports policy-making; support health systems in exchanging good practices and implementing the lessons learnt from COVID-19; support health management capacity in Southern and Central-Eastern Europe, and; document the training needs of the health workforce to support evidencebased decision-making. These aims will be achieved through activities within six work packages, addressing the specific objectives of Article 4 points (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EU) 2021/522.