Improving the capacity of medical examination and treatment quality management by 2025

Accordingly, the program sets out the goals of medical examination and treatment and improving the quality of medical services in medical examination and treatment facilities.

The Ministry of Health has just issued a Decision approving the National Action Program on improving the capacity to manage the quality of medical examination and treatment from now until 2025.

Medical staff examine and treat people. (Photo: VNA)

Accordingly, the program sets out the goal of building and perfecting the national medical examination and treatment quality management system to ensure and improve the quality of medical services in medical examination and treatment facilities. It emphasizes promoting the application of quality management methods and implementing intervention programs to improve the capacity of medical examination and treatment quality management; striving for at least 30% of hospitals to participate in the assessment program of an independent quality certification organization by 2025; over 50% of hospitals at provincial level and above and 30% of district-level hospitals to apply at least one quality management method, suitable to the characteristics of the hospital by 2018; over 70% of hospitals at provincial level and above and 50% of district-level hospitals to have plans and projects to improve quality by 2018.

Register for medical examination and treatment with health insurance at Cua Dong General Hospital (Vinh City). (Illustration photo)

In addition, since 2016, over 90% of hospitals have had their hospital quality assessed by superior management agencies and their achieved quality levels announced annually; a system has been established and feedback from patients and medical staff has been periodically evaluated.

Raising awareness of strengthening the management of medical examination and treatment quality, gradually building a culture of quality in medical examination and treatment facilities is proposed with the expectation that 90% of hospital quality management specialists and quality management specialists of the Department of Health will receive basic training in quality management and patient safety by 2020./.

According to VOV.VN