Healthcare Quality and HIT - International Standards, China Practices

Summary

How and how quickly Chinese hospitals have been growing and adopting international standards such JCI and HIMSS EMRAM to fuel their advancements are hardly known to the western world. Jilan Liu, as Primary Consultant of JCI and HIMSS Vice President & Chief Executive, Greater China presents a selection of case examples written by Chinese hospital CXOs with first hand experiences and insights into how the leading healthcare organizations in China.

The case examples include Chinese hospitals who have or are participating in JCI accreditation and HIMSS EMRAM staging with feature practices representing Chinese approaches to adopting international standards while accommodating the unique conditions of China, which may be a valuable source of information about the development and trends in Chinese health industry.

Table of Contents

Preface. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. JCI: Quality Improvement and Safety – Past, Now and Future. JCI Standards and Accreditation. HIMSS: Transforming Healthcare through IT. HIMSS Standards and Accreditation. China Impression. The Dawn of Integrated Healthcare. Leadership in HIMSS Stage 7 Hospitals. HIMSS Stage 7 On-Site Validation. On-site Validation at Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center. CHINA PRACTICES – CASE STUDIES. Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University. The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province. Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University. Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medical. Children’s Hospital of Shanghai. The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University. Shanghai No. 6 People’s Hospital. The Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital of Zhejiang University of School of Medicine. TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital. Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center. The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University. United Family Healthcare. Shanghai Children’s Medical Center Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Children’s Hospitals of Fudan University. The First Affiliated Hospital of Zinjiang Medical University. Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University. Ping’an Wanjia Healthcare. Epilogue.

Editor(s) Bio

Jilan Liu, MD, MHA is currently a HIMSS Vice President and Chief Executive, Greater China; Primary Consultant of Joint Commission International, and Director of Consultation, Greater China. Dr. Liu has over 30 years of experience in health care and over 30 years in the analysis and management of a variety of health care delivery and financing systems. She has worked with public/private hospitals and academic medical centers, large physician group practices, health insurance companies including HMOs, IT companies and associations, public health, accreditation and health policy research.

As the Principal Consultant for JCI around the world and Lead Consultant for its China Practice, Dr. Liu has provided consultation services to more than 100 hospitals in over 20 countries in the past ten years, including more than 40 hospitals in China. She and her teams have guided client hospitals in transforming their clinical and managerial operations toward better patient safety, higher quality, more respect with personalized care/attention, and greater operational excellence.

Dr. Jilan Liu provides consultation and technical assistance to hospitals and other health care organizations in preparation for Joint Commission International accreditation. The service she provides include, but are not limited to, a general evaluation to determine the organization’s degree of compliance with applicable JCI standards. Dr. Liu has consulted in Europe, the America, Asia, and the Middle East.