National Health Care Commission: 50% of thecountry's public hospitals above the second level have carried out appointmentdiagnosis and treatment services

"According to incomplete statistics,so far, 50% of the public hospitals above the second level nationwide havecarried out appointment diagnosis and treatment services, and more than 4,800hospitals are able to provide accurate appointment diagnosis and treatment indifferent time slots." Jiao Yahui, director of the Medical Administrationof the National Health Care Commission, pointed out.

　　On the 28th, the National Health CareCommission held a press conference on the situation related to thestrengthening of capacity building of medical institutions to serve people'shealth since the 18th Party Congress. Jiao Yahui was answering questions fromreporters when he made the above statement.

　　Jiao Yahui said that the National HealthCare Commission, on the one hand, grasps the supply-side structural reform,promotes the construction of the graded treatment system and medicalassociation, and enhances the continuity and accessibility of medical services."On the other hand, we grasp the demand side of the people's feelingsabout medical care, the Party's eighteenth National Congress, around thepeople's access to medical care in the process of reflecting more prominent andstrong problems, we improve the environment, optimize the process, improvequality, ensure safety, promote communication, establish mechanisms, technologysupport and other measures, and strive to make the people convenient access tomedical care, safe access to medical care, effective access to medical care andunderstanding of medical care."

　　"In recent years, we have promoted aseries of initiatives to improve medical services nationwide, such asappointment diagnosis and treatment, multidisciplinary treatment, clinicalpathway management, quality care services, day surgery, labor and deliveryanalgesia, etc., and long-term prescriptions for patients with chronic diseasesin primary care institutions, that is, a prescription can be extended to two orthree months, reducing the round trip of patients with chronic diseases onlong-term medication between medical institutions and homes." Jiao Yahuimentioned that the long-term prescription policy has benefited more patientswith chronic diseases, especially during the epidemic. "We are alsopromoting the construction of telemedicine services and smart hospitals, usingInternet technology to extend the time and space of medical services, so thatquality medical services can reach patients. At the same time, we are focusingon strengthening medical and health services for children and enhancing thetreatment of major diseases in children. There is also a solution to the'digital divide' in the process of access to medical services for the elderly.In addition, in the work of health poverty alleviation, we take the treatmentof major diseases for the rural poor as an important element, for the "oneold, one small, one poor" and other vulnerable groups, to enhance theiraccess to medical care."

　　Jiao Yahui pointed out that, according toincomplete statistics, so far, 50% of public hospitals above the second levelnationwide have carried out appointment consultation and treatment services,and more than 4,800 hospitals are able to provide accurate time-slottedappointment consultation and treatment. In addition, more than 2,000 hospitalsprovide multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment service mode. At the sametime, nearly 60% of the tertiary public hospitals and 36% of the secondarypublic hospitals have carried out day surgery, and the recommended catalog ofday surgery at the national level exceeds 700 items, which effectively alleviatesthe problem of difficult surgery through the day surgery model. In addition, inthe pilot work of promoting labor analgesia, from the statistics, the rate oflabor analgesia in pilot hospitals rose from 28% in 2017 to 53%, "I shouldsay that this work has also achieved a very good social effect."

　　In addition, the National HealthCommission has focused on the "five major centers" (chest paincenter, stroke center, trauma center, high-risk maternal treatment center,high-risk children and neonatal treatment center) to improve the capacity ofemergency medical care, and the construction of the "five majorcenters" nationwide has exceeded The construction of the "fivecenters" nationwide has exceeded 14,000, playing an important role insaving patients' lives. "So, through this series of specific initiativesto improve medical services, effectively enhance the people's sense of accessto medical care, happiness and security."