On July 7, the National Health Commission announced the results of the 2020 national monitoring and analysis of the performance appraisal of national tertiary public hospitals. The Eye Hospital of WMU ranks third nationwide in the “other specialized surgeries” category and first among eye hospitals in China. It scores A, the highest level for specialized hospitals, for the third consecutive year, and sets a new high in the score of national monitoring indicators.

In this “national examination”, the scores of the Eye Hospital of WMU in the four assessment dimensions of medical quality, operation efficiency, sustainable development, and satisfaction evaluation are evenly distributed, far exceeding the average of its counterparts. The hospital enjoys a sound development momentum and ranks among the top by the majority of the indicators, reflecting the phased progress and positive results of the hospital's medical reform and high-quality development.

In recent years, based on the “six-in-one” overall layout of medical treatment, education, scientific research, industry, public welfare, and promotion, and the strategic planning of making China Eye Valley and the Hospitals Group the two wings of a bird, the Eye Hospital of WMU has focused on the people’s eye health, improved medical quality and safety management, promoted hospital management through digitalization, improved internal governance capacity and operation efficiency for high-quality development. The hospital has made unremitting efforts to create an international first-class ophthalmology and optometry medical system and provide the people with full, comprehensive and high-quality eye health medical services integrating prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and health care.

It is reported that the national performance appraisal of tertiary public hospitals launched in 2019 is an important measure for the country to deepen medical reform and promote the high-quality development of hospitals. A total of 2508 tertiary public hospitals participated in the performance appraisal 2020, including 1923 western medicine hospitals (1342 general hospitals and 581 specialized hospitals) and 585 traditional Chinese medicine hospitals.

Text translated by DaWaPuChi and reviewed by Sun You.