National Health Commission: The entire chain improves patients’ medical experience
“Some big cities such as Beijing have significantly improved the over-concentration of visiting doctors by adjusting the number of visiting doctors in morning and afternoon outpatient clinics.” On November 1, the State Council Information Office held a series of press releases on the theme of “Authority Department Talks Start” At the meeting, Lei Haichao, deputy director of the National Health Commission, introduced at the meeting that since the launch of the three-year theme activity of “Improving Medical Experience and Enhancing Patient Experience”, hospitals at all levels and the vast number of urban and rural primary medical and health institutions have developed a full chain, full coverage, and full coverage. The program improves patients’ medical experience. For example, through measures related to “cutting peak hours and filling valleys”, some medical institutions can see more expert accounts in the afternoon, saving time for patients.
Strengthen the grassroots and provide high-quality medical services around you
“Grassroots health work directly faces the basic medical and health needs of the people, and more excellent medical personnel should be retained and used at the grassroots level.” Wang Bin, director of the General Office of the National Health Commission, said that by strengthening general practice, Through measures such as introducing talents in rehabilitation and nursing, implementing the “Special Plan for College Student Rural Doctors”, and organizing urban hospitals and retired doctors to support and assist the grassroots, the grassroots medical talent team is constantly growing.
Data shows that in 2023, more than 5,000 college rural doctors will be recruited from various places, and more than 4,800 rural medical students with free orders will complete standardized training for resident doctors.
In terms of financial subsidies for basic public health services, funding standards have steadily increased in recent years. “The subsidy standard in 2023 is 89 yuan per capita.” Wang Bin introduced that basic public health services are closely integrated with the health needs of the people, and gradually improve and optimize service content. In the first half of 2023, there will be 89.88 million elderly people aged 65 and above, and 110 million people with high blood pressure. Health management services were provided to patients and 37.63 million type 2 diabetes patients, an increase of 40%, 3.3% and 6.9% respectively compared with the same period in 2022.
At the same time, traditional Chinese medicine services have entered the community and become the main focus of primary medical services. Yu Yanhong, a member of the Party Leadership Group of the National Health Commission and Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced that the construction of national comprehensive reform demonstration zones for traditional Chinese medicine has been carried out in many places. In Shanghai, 100% of community health service centers offer departments of traditional Chinese medicine. Zhejiang uses the digital reform of “One Thing of Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescriptions” as the entry point to promote traditional Chinese medicine hospitals to achieve systematic reshaping and full-process supervision in clinical, scientific research, service and other aspects. Shandong and Hunan have innovatively implemented the “payment based on therapeutic value” reform for dominant TCM diseases, saving patients hospitalization expenses.
“Public” takes priority and deepens reform
According to statistics released by the National Health Commission, the total number of visits to medical and health institutions in China reached 5.11 billion from January to September, an increase of 12.4% over the same period in 2019 and an increase of 6% over the same period in 2022; the number of discharges from medical and health institutions in China from January to September The number of visitors reached 220 million, an increase of 16.7% over the same period in 2019 and an increase of 18.9% over the same period in 2022.
“From a statistical point of view, whether compared with the same period last year or before the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2019, people’s demand for medical treatment has been further met, and the efficiency of medical and health service supply has been continuously improved.” Lei Haichao said that public The high-quality development of hospitals is directly related to the quality of medical treatment for the broad masses of the people.
To this end, the National Health Commission continues to deepen the reform of public hospitals with a public welfare orientation, promote the high-quality development of public hospitals in terms of talents, technology, disciplines, and management, and accelerate the innovation and transformation of medical science and technology with a focus on specialty construction. According to reports, during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the country, provinces, cities and counties will support the construction of no less than 750, 5,000 and 10,000 key clinical specialties respectively, striving to make their medical institutions reach the level of tertiary hospitals in cities with large populations. At least 1,000 county-level hospitals across the country have reached the medical service capabilities and levels of level 3 hospitals, and 1,000 central township health centers have reached the service capabilities and levels of level 2 hospitals, so as to form a development pattern of urban and rural areas, integrated counties and rural areas, and integrated rural areas. .
