Bunduchi Elena
Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, Romania; „G.E.Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Târgu Mureş, Romania
Vasile Valentina
Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, Romania
Ștefan Daniel
Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, Romania; „G.E.Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Târgu Mureş, Romania
Comes Călin-Adrian
Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, Romania; „G.E.Palade” University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Târgu Mureş, Romania
ABSTRACT
Digitization in the health sector is unequally distributed by activities and specializations, but it remains a trend that will change the employment model, with jobs disruption and infusion of financial capital and associated technologies. The facilities offered by digitalization not only offer solutions to adapt medical services to the challenges / restrictions of Covid-19 but also offer multiple possibilities to access expert services or reduce waiting times on the value chain of services, allowing to increase quality in perspective. patient-centered treatments. The aim of the research is to identify to what extent factors such as the level of economic development, the financing of the health sector and the external mobility of specialists influence the digital reform in the health sector. The results confirm the significant influence of the level of economic development and health spending on the potential for digitization of jobs in the health sector. It also highlights that e-health services have a reverse impact on the migration of doctors.
Keywords: health, digital reform, jobs, migrant health worker