The reporter recently learned from the Hunan Provincial Health and Health Commission that Hunan Province focuses on the prevention and treatment of major chronic diseases, implements the integration of medical treatment and prevention of chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, and opens specialized chronic disease clinics at the grassroots level. Up to now, Hunan has established 1.8 More than 10,000 family doctor teams are trying their best to get through the “last mile” of grassroots health management.
On June 14, at the diabetes clinic of Anding Township Health Center, Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, “post-90s” doctor Lu Fengzhi provided diagnosis and treatment for diabetic patients in the village. She and her colleagues were in charge of the area under their jurisdiction. Health management of patients with chronic diseases, medication guidance and referral of high-risk patients.
“There are many elderly people in the jurisdiction, many of them are hypertensive patients and diabetic patients. Some patients are not very aware of their health. We must always supervise them and provide regular door-to-door services.” Lu Fengzhi said.
Chen Hongjun, director of the Medical Administration and Medical Management Department of the Hunan Provincial Health and Health Commission, said that at present, Hunan Province has established more than 18,000 family doctor teams, and more than 400 high blood pressure specialist clinics have been established in public medical institutions above the second level. Primary medical and health institutions have built more than 2,000 outpatient clinics for hypertension, established more than 20,000 blood pressure monitoring points in village clinics, and established 1,000 blood sugar monitoring points in village clinics.
This is a model clinic for hypertension and diabetes established in Liuyang City, Hunan Province. (Photo provided by the interviewee)
The reporter visited Changsha, Yueyang, Changde and other places and found that the county and rural medical and health services are covered. The institution’s standardized prevention and control system for chronic diseases has been gradually established, and progress has been made in the prevention and control of chronic diseases by “covering the entire population and managing the entire course of the disease”, and the ability of grass-roots chronic disease prevention and control has been further improved.
In Liuyang City, located in Luoxiao Mountains, primary medical institutions strive to achieve information interconnection and sharing, make full use of patients’ health records, chronic patients receive health assessment, health education and follow-up services, and family doctors Service efficiency has been significantly improved.
“In the past, the commonly used medicines for hypertensive patients were often out of stock at the grassroots level. In order to ensure the medication of hypertensive patients, we have further improved the policy on the allocation of essential medicines to ensure the medication of grassroots chronic patients.” Liuyang Municipal Health and Health Bureau Director Ouyang Wu said. (Reporter Shuai Cai)