Challenges facing hospitals in the new century and development strategies / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

The authors explained in the first place the challenges facing hospitals in the new century. These include impact of the reform of the social security system on hospitals; impact of China's accession to the WTO on domestic hospitals; and impact of people's diversified needs on the construction of hospitals. Then the authors set forth some development strategies for hospitals in the new century. These include ①establishment of new concepts; ②reinforcement of awareness in four aspects, viz. management awareness, competition awareness, service awareness, and innovation awareness; ③stress on the systematic nature of hospital construction, viz. market-and battlefield-oriented adjustment of the layout of disciplines, construction of the contingent of talents in accordance with the needs of the market, and enhancement of medical quality in light of new quality concepts; ④establishment of a flexible and highly efficient management mechanism, viz. setting up a speedy and highly efficient decision-making procedure and an individual-centered management mechanism, reforming the distribution mechanism in line with the rules of the market economy, and finding ways for the government to solve the problem of funds compensation for non-profit hospitals.