Strengthening Children's Specialization and Improving Medical Services - Focusing on Medical and Maternal and Child Health in 2024
2024-03-20
Health is closely related to everyone, and the healthy growth of children affects every family. How to promote the homogenization and standardization of pediatric diagnosis and treatment? How to solve patient problems as much as possible in grassroots medical and health institutions? The National Health Commission held a press conference on the 19th, focusing on the theme of "promoting high-quality development of the health industry and protecting the lives and health of the people", with a focus on introducing medical, grassroots, and maternal and child health related work, as well as the next steps of work plan. Supporting the construction of 67 key pediatric specialties and promoting the healthy growth of children with homogeneous pediatric diagnosis and treatment affects every family. How to solve the problem of insufficient resources or uneven regional distribution of pediatric doctors? Li Dachuan, Deputy Director of the Medical Affairs Department of the National Health Commission, introduced that the National Health Commission actively improves the children's medical and health service system, sets up 2 national children's medical centers and 5 national children's regional medical centers, supports the construction of 67 national clinical key specialties related to pediatrics, optimizes the allocation of children's medical resources based on medical consortia, and improves the accessibility of high-quality pediatric medical resources. Li Dachuan stated that in 2024, the children's medical and health service system will be further improved, requiring each province to establish a high-level children's specialized hospital or comprehensive hospital for pediatrics, improve the 24-hour treatment green channel and integrated services of medical institutions, expand the standardized training scale of pediatric resident physicians, strengthen the construction of standardized training bases and teaching staff for pediatric professional resident physicians, and improve the medical security benefits and payment policies for children. 82.7% of public hospitals at or above the second level provide appointment services to create "more warm medical services". Currently, 82.7% of public hospitals at or above the second level have provided appointment diagnosis and treatment services, and the average appointment diagnosis and treatment rate in third level public hospitals nationwide has reached 61.1%. Li Dachuan introduced that strengthening medical services and improving medical experience is a key task for the health department. The two consecutive rounds of action plans to further improve medical services implemented from 2015 to 2020, as well as the theme activity "Improving Medical Experience and Enhancing Patient Experience" launched in 2023, both put forward specific requirements for conducting scheduled appointments and shortening patient waiting time at outpatient clinics. Li Dachuan stated that in 2024, we will continue to leverage the "small incision" of improving services to enhance the "people's livelihood" of medical treatment, rely on medical alliances to enhance the continuity of medical services, provide patients with post discharge management and follow-up services, guide medical institutions to establish "one-stop" service centers, continue to promote new outpatient services, and actively respond to the new expectations of the public for medical treatment, build a harmonious doctor-patient relationship, and create "more warm medical services". The proportion of diagnosis and treatment personnel in grassroots medical and health institutions has reached 52%, and the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system has been orderly promoted. "Major and serious diseases can be solved in this province, general diseases can be solved in cities and counties, and headaches and fever can be solved in towns and villages." This is an important goal of deepening medical reform. At present, the proportion of diagnosis and treatment personnel in grassroots medical and health institutions is 52%. Fu Wei, Director of the Grassroots Department of the National Health Commission, introduced that in order to achieve hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, the key is that rural medical and health institutions have the ability to solve common and frequently occurring diseases of the masses, provide necessary guidance for medical behavior, and cannot be limited to "getting an injection" or "taking a medicine". Fu Wei stated that in 2024
Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue
Source:Xinhua
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