National Health Commission: 50% of public hospitals above the second level in the country carry out appointment diagnosis and treatment services

The National Health Commission held a press conference on the 28th to introduce the situation of medical institutions strengthening capacity building to serve the health of the people since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China
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Jiao Yahui, director of the Medical Administration Bureau of the National Health Commission, said that as of now, more than 50% of the country's public hospitals at level two have carried out appointment diagnosis and treatment services, and more than 4,800 hospitals can provide accurate time-divided appointment diagnosis and treatment
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Jiao Yahui pointed out that the National Health Commission has grasped the structural reform of the supply side on the one hand, promoted the construction of a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system and a medical association, and enhanced the continuity and accessibility
of medical services.
On the other hand, grasping the feelings of the people on the demand side to see a doctor, since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, around the people's medical treatment in the process of reflecting the more prominent and strong problems, through improving the environment, optimizing the process, improving quality, ensuring safety, promoting communication, establishing mechanisms, scientific and technological support and other measures, and strive to make the people convenient for medical treatment, safe medical treatment, effective medical treatment and understanding of medical treatment
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Jiao Yahui said that in recent years, the National Health Commission has promoted a series of measures to improve medical services such as appointment diagnosis and treatment, multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment, clinical path management, quality nursing services, day surgery, birth analgesia, etc.
throughout the country, and issued long-term prescriptions for patients with chronic diseases in primary medical institutions, that is, a prescription can be extended to two months and three months, reducing the number of chronic disease patients with long-term medication running back and forth between
medical institutions and families.
"Especially during the pandemic, the policy of long-term prescription has benefited more patients with
chronic diseases.
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Jiao Yahui pointed out that the National Health Commission also promotes the construction of telemedicine services and smart hospitals, and uses Internet technology to extend the time and space of medical services, so that high-quality medical services can reach patients
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At the same time, efforts should be made to strengthen children's medical and health services and strengthen the treatment of serious diseases in
children.
Solve the problem
of the "digital divide" in the process of elderly medical treatment.
"In addition, in the work of health poverty alleviation, we regard the treatment of serious diseases of the rural poor as an important content, targeting vulnerable groups such as 'one old, one small, one poor' and enhancing their sense of
medical treatment.
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Jiao Yahui said that according to incomplete statistics, as of now, more than 50% of the country's public hospitals above the second level have carried out appointment diagnosis and treatment services, and more than 4800 hospitals can provide accurate time-divided appointment diagnosis and treatment
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In addition, more than 2,000 hospitals provide multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment service models, "we know that multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment is mainly to solve difficult and critical diseases, solve the problem of difficult diagnosis, and determine the best treatment plan.
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At the same time, nearly 60% of tertiary public hospitals and 36% of secondary public hospitals have carried out day surgery, and there are more than 700 national recommended lists for
day surgery.
The model of day surgery effectively alleviates the problem of
difficult surgery.
In addition, the National Health Commission is promoting the pilot work of analgesia in childbirth, and from the statistical data, the analgesia rate of childbirth in the pilot hospital has increased from 28% in 2017 to 53%, which has achieved very good social effects
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Jiao Yahui also said that the National Health Commission focuses on improving emergency emergency response capabilities
with the "five major centers", namely chest pain center, stroke center, trauma center, high-risk maternal treatment center, and high-risk child and newborn treatment center.
More than 14,000 "five centers" have been built nationwide, playing an important role
in saving patients' lives.
"Through this series of specific measures to improve medical services, the people's sense of access, happiness and security
in seeing a doctor has been effectively enhanced.
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