China News Service, February 28 (Xinhua) The National Health Commission held a press conference on February 28 to introduce the progress and results of health care.
At the meeting, Jiao Yahui, director of the Department of Medical Affairs of the National Health Commission, introduced that by the end of 2023, more than 18,000 medical consortiums of various forms have been established across the country.
Jiao Yahui pointed out that the National Health Commission closely focuses on the institutional framework of "first diagnosis at the grassroots level, two-way referral, acute and slow treatment, and linkage between upper and lower levels", taking the construction of a medical consortium as the carrier, and taking the hierarchical diagnosis and treatment of common diseases, frequently-occurring diseases, and chronic diseases as the carrier. Breakthroughs are made to continuously improve the top-level design and build a more scientific hierarchical diagnosis and treatment pattern.
By the end of 2023, more than 18,000 medical consortiums of various forms have been established across the country, and the number of two-way referrals nationwide has reached 30.3217 million, an increase of 9.7% compared with 2022, of which 15.5997 million were upwardly transferred, a decrease of 4.4% compared with 2022. %, and the number of transfers was 14.722 million, an increase of 29.9% compared with 2022.
Jiao Yahui said that in the next step, the National Health Commission will continue to regard the construction of a hierarchical diagnosis and treatment system as an important way to solve the problem of medical treatment for the masses. First, it will actively carry out pilot projects to build compact urban medical groups and promote the formation of a scientific and orderly medical treatment pattern. and a systematic and continuous diagnosis and treatment pattern.
Comprehensively promote the construction of a close county medical community and improve primary medical and health service capabilities.
The second is to continue to promote the improvement of comprehensive service capabilities of county hospitals, drive further improvement of grassroots capabilities, and gradually establish a continuous medical service system with institutions as support, communities as platforms, and homes as the basis.
The third is to give full play to the supporting role of informatization, build a telemedicine collaboration network for remote and underdeveloped areas, and promote connectivity between cities, counties, counties and townships.
Encourage all localities to explore the construction of a "smart medical alliance", promote information exchange, data sharing, smart interconnection, and mutual recognition of results among medical institutions within the medical alliance, and improve the continuity of medical services.