2023-04-27 16:19:00
It is a page that is turning at the Bernese Jura Hospital (HJB), and even rather a book that is about to close. After 39 years of career within the institution, Dominique Sartori will retire at the end of May. Long Director General, currently Director of the Mental Health Center of the new organization Réseau de l’Arc SA, he has experienced all the evolution of the hospital since his arrival in 1984. Evolutions or rather revolutions. It is that at the time, the hospitals of Moutier and St-Imier operated independently. “There is also a big change in the hospital financing system. The latter gradually became businesses, not by design but by strong external pressure brought about by the legislator, the regulations in force or the financial means,” he recalls. All Swiss hospitals then had to question themselves. “There was a hospital every 30 kilometers or 30 minutes from each other, a pattern inherited from the post-war period. All of this had to be questioned. »
The relative weight of the Jura Question
The HJB has always known how to weather turbulence. The merger of Moutier and St-Imier was one of the keys to this success, assures Dominique Sartori, who mentions in particular significant savings linked to the synergies between the two sites. The Jura Question added some difficulties and uncertainties in the management of the institution, but the former director general puts its impact into perspective. “I immediately placed myself in a situation of appeasement, of mediator, and to try to sneak past this hospital as best as possible in this context. Also avoid disproportionate internal uproar. I think we finally got through this period in an optimal way. »
“Integrated care, a phenomenal opportunity”
Today, the Swiss Medical Network group has become the majority shareholder of the HJB. The insurer Visana has also entered the share capital. HJB SA has become Réseau de l’Arc SA, with an integrated care model that aims to be innovative. Dominique Sartori is delighted: “Our health system is running out of steam, it is dysfunctional. Integrated care represents a phenomenal opportunity in this regard, especially since our region has the opportunity to test this model,” he recalls. The director is well aware that a political revolution is long and tedious. Also, proof by example represents for him the best way to bring about a large-scale paradigm shift. “The example becomes a model and can inspire others to take the plunge. »
A man of values and convictions, Dominique Sartori will therefore leave the ship at the end of May. He intends to devote himself to two of his passions slipped into the bottom of the drawer since his childhood: writing and music. “My son pushed me to take cello lessons, an instrument that fascinates me,” he smiles. The future retiree also plans to bring out a pen that he has, by his own admission, too often neglected in recent years, why not for one or another public project.
The direction of the Mental Health Pole of the Arc Network will return to Sandra Roulet. A broader reorganization could take place at the level of the governing bodies, according to Dominique Sartori. /oza
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