Innovation in health management: The case of the regional health foundation of ceará and workforce profile

The Regional Health Foundation is a public foundation governed by private sector law, an indirect state public administration created to bring innovation in management, efficiency, celerity and optimization of public resource spending. This is a descriptive and quantitative study of the Regional Health Foundation, its innovative institutional model and its workforce, analyzing the profile of the employees who carry out their activities in this organization. A total of 43 collaborators allocated to the organization's headquarters participated in this study. The data collection phase took place in January 2022, using a structured online questionnaire, divided into six sections: sociodemographic profile, curriculum, teaching and research experience, registered product and publications. We chose to use tables to present the data of the descriptive and quantitative analysis. The profile of the Funsaúde's employees who carry out their activities at its headquarters is characterized predominantly by females, aged between 40-49 years, with an employment relationship under the labor legislation of the private sector. The identification of the workforce collaborators' profiles revealed that the professionals are highly qualified, owed to their vast experience in teaching and research. We believe that the results of this study bring contributions to the improvement of work processes and innovation in management.