the geriatric medical institution management branch of the chinese geriatric medical association held a kick-off meeting on the compilation of the blue book on the development of geriatric hospitals in china
on march 1, 2024, the launch meeting for the compilation of the blue book on the development of chinese geriatric hospitals was held in beijing. this work is led by the geriatric institution management branch of the chinese geriatric society, from beijing geriatric hospital, jiangsu geriatric society, liaoning jinqiu hospital, hebei geriatric hospital, hubei province shiyan city dongfeng geriatric hospital, sichuan province zigong geriatric hospital, sichuan geriatric hospital, fujian geriatric hospital, zhengzhou geriatric hospital, zhejiang province lishui geriatric hospital, kunming geriatric hospital, luoyang new distance hospital, chengdu municipal chronic disease hospital, kunming geriatric hospital and many other experts engaged in geriatric medical work and the main writers of the blue book participated in the meeting through online and offline forms.
in recent years, the party and the government have attached great importance to the health of the elderly, put forward a national strategy to actively respond to the aging population, based on the national conditions and focusing on the future, and launched a series of major measures to accelerate the construction of geriatric medicine. with geriatric hospitals and general hospitals with geriatric medicine departments as the main body, and with primary medical and health institutions, rehabilitation institutions, nursing institutions, and hospice and nursing institutions as the basis, a comprehensive and continuous health service system for the elderly including diagnosis and treatment of diseases, rehabilitation nursing, long-term care, and hospice care should be established and improved, among which the healthy development of geriatric hospitals is of paramount importance. as a community organization committed to the research and development of geriatric medical institutions, the chinese geriatric society geriatric institution management branch has compiled the blue book on the development of chinese geriatric hospitals.
this meeting officially launched the compilation of the blue book on the development of chinese geriatric hospitals, and clarified the content direction, compilation framework and implementation plan of the book. the book will gather the achievements and experience of the development of geriatric hospitals in china, display the status quo and trend of the development of geriatric hospitals in china in a three-dimensional manner, and give full play to the important role of the blue book in strengthening industry guidance, guiding industry self-discipline, and leading the direction of scientific research. let all sectors of society have a deeper understanding of the ideas, practices and effects of geriatric hospitals, unify understanding, gather strength, and help geriatric hospitals develop in high quality.
yu zhen, vice president of the geriatric medical institution management branch of the chinese geriatric society and president of the beijing geriatric hospital, reported the compiling plan of the blue book of the development of chinese geriatric hospitals. in the next step, the management branch of geriatric medical institutions of the chinese geriatric society will, with the support of all parties, gather expert strength and academic wisdom, and work together with all compilation staff to ensure the smooth completion of the compilation of the blue book, and contribute to the development of geriatric medicine in china and healthy aging.
