Investment for studies on the clinical medicine and their application

This paper introduced the situation of investment for studies on the clinical medicine in the central and provincial hospital during 1996-1997 and their application. There were 1357 themes in 96 hospitals of which 76 themes of traditional medicine. There were much medical advancement applied in the diagnosis and treatment. However, there were remainly many limitations in the studies on the clinical medicine such as extent of technical application, and development of high techniques to contribute to the people protection and care better.

Serious medical wastes and regulation for management of medical waste

Management of enviromental pollution due to general waste and serious medical waste is urgent problem for the health facility. The Ministry of Health promulgated the regulation for management of the medical wastes. This is a legal document that the health facilities must implement. Most of the country’s hospitals have been built for many times (during the war against French and within more recent 30 years). They had not the network for treatment of waste or had a poor network

Socialization of the health activitiy contributes to the practice of equity in the consultation and treatment for people

The socialization and variation of the general activities of the people health protection and care and the activity of consultation and treatment aims to attract the public contribution to enhancement of the health care and resolve the social equity. The 4 th decree of the excutive committee of the central party of 7th congress indicated that “effort for health care for everybody” and the cause of the health care was responsibilities of the publicity and individuals, party branch, authorities and social organizations at all levels.

Professional guidance- a form of the technical transfer of diagnosis and treatment for the lower level

The professional guidance aims at strengthen of the quality of the people health care, emergency, consultation and treatment and primary health care which contributes to improve the professional quality of the lower level and social fair. The content of the technical transfer comprises education and training in the Central or local hospitals. The results have shown that the qualities of the consultation and treatment and public primary health care have been improving gradually. The technical and professional degree of the lower level has been upgraded.

Situation and trend of development of private hospital in Vietnam

A study on 15 private hospitals has shown that total number of health staffs was 2057, average staff/bed was 2.18, and this figure in the public hospital was 0.9. Number of private hospital as time were in 1995 (1 hospital), 1997 (3 hospitals), 1999 (2 hospital), 2000 (6 hospitals) and 2001 (3 hospitals) 6/61 provinces and cities had private hospitals. Most of them located from §µ N½ng to Southern Vietnam. The deep professions were developed perfectly more and more

Some opinions about policy of collection of hospital bursar

The collection of hospital bursar has been implemented for ten years and regulated for 2 times. Its good influences were evaluated and accepted in the total financial mechanism to assure the activities of health sector. The policy of collection of hospital bursar will apply in long time. There fore, it should be studied thoroughly to obtain the perfect policy for both hospital bursar and general activities of health sector.

Drug information in the hospital: A necessary activity for rational safely and economical drug utilization in the therapeutics

National policy of drug in the hospital, Ministry of Health have been conducted concretely by directions, circular letter: Direction of 03/BYT-CT February, 25th 1997 about supply, procedure, management, using in the hospital. Circular letter 08/BYT-TT July 4th 1997 on organization, function, mission of Council for drug and treatment in the hospital. Direction of 04/1998/CT-BYT March 3rd 1998 about strengthen the use of drug, safely, economical in the hospital, other medical center. Nowadays, there are many drug resistant bacteria, because of antibiotic, abuse. Strengthen drug information system, and must have National Antitoxicant Center and Drug Information Unit in hospitals should be considered.

Preliminary results of drug information pilot - unit in hospitals: Bach Mai, Central Hospital of Hue, Cho Ray, Children No1

Survey on the pilot realization of activities of drug informational unit in hospital from 9/1998 to 5/1999 at above hospitals. Some attained results is to arrange manpower, equipment for drug informational unit; active contents and results; and draw the experienced lesson.

Hospital bursar in equal health care

Hospital bursar is a governmental policy aiming at mobilization of community contribution to improve the quality of treatment and consultation. Hospital fee collection depends on various different subjects such as medical insurance patients, a partial remised patients. Hospital objective is equity, effective and quality. The result: the total of remised expenditures is direct proportional to increasing collection from hospital fee. The rate of hospital fee is the most increasing in hospitals. The rate of remission is the most increased in Central hospitals. It is necessary to extract from poverty reduction and hungry -alleviation fund to help the poor population in consultation and treatment in corresponding to the subject

National policy for tobacco control- an urgent requirement

Cigarette smoking is cause of many serious diseases such as pulmonary cancer, myocardial infarction, artherosclerosis and respiratory tract diseases… According to the estimation of WHO, there are about 3,5 million persons died from diseases related with cigarette over the world every year. In order to prevent the harm of cigarette smoking, the ViÖt Nam should make up a National policy for tobacco control. This is basis for sectors and Ministries in implementing the cigarette control to contribute to the people health protection and care.

Review of activities of drug and therapy council in 1998

96% of 558 hospitals have made the list of drug in hospital; process of drug delivery is implemented; the activities of drug information and adverse effects of the drug have been deployed. The rational prescription has been monitored. The scientific research and training course for drug are considered.

Remote training on rational use of antibiotics

The study presented situation of drug-supply and use during past three years and irrational use of antibiotic as well as its causes. This study also introduced intervention measures by remote training on the rational use of antibiotic (via video).