The National Health Commission (NHC) has issued a set of guidelines aimed at strengthening clinical specialized department capacities. The goal is to establish a series of unique clinically specialized departments to cater to patients with serious diseases that have a high incidence rate. By the end of 2025, the NHC aims to offer one-stop, full-process diagnosis and treatment services, with specialized departments for major diseases established at the city-level and provincial-level clinical special department groups by 2030.
Thirteen Specific Measures Outlined
The document outlines 13 specific measures across three main aspects:
- Planning and Leadership Role of Administrative Departments
Health administrative departments at all levels are encouraged to guide Class 3 medical institutions within their jurisdiction to determine the direction of priority construction and development. They are tasked with establishing a systematic and complementary clinical specialized department group, forming a Class 3 hospital clinical specialized department service network that covers the main and major diseases within their jurisdiction. - Specialized Department Capacity Building in Medical Institutions
The implementation of a “1+N” discipline cluster model is proposed, where advantageous disciplines and key supporting disciplines collaborate to build a clinical specialized department for diagnosis and treatment. - Optimization of Clinical Specialized Department Construction and Management
Clinical teams and talent echelons should be built around specialized technical leaders and core experts to cultivate clinical specialized department technical characteristics. Specialized departments will be regarded as single units of medical quality and safety management under the two-level responsibility system between the hospital and the department. Grassroots medical and health services will be included in specialized capacity building through management methods such as urban medical groups and compact county-level medical communities.-Fineline Info & Tech
