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National Health Commission: Eliminate the tendency to prioritize publications, academic degrees, awards, and titles.
Release date:
2021-06-11 16:32
Source:
National Health Commission Official Website
Recently, the State Council held a regular policy briefing, during which the National Health Commission, the National Healthcare Security Administration, the National Development and Reform Commission, and other departments jointly explained how to further enhance the public’s sense of gain in accessing medical care and treatment, and how to boost the motivation of medical personnel.
Enable doctors to earn a decent, dignified income.
At the press conference, Jiao Yahui, Director-General of the Medical Administration and Management Bureau of the National Health Commission, emphasized when addressing the question of “how to eliminate drug kickbacks” that the state has consistently adopted a strategy of “combining rectification with institutional improvement” in the pharmaceutical procurement and sales sector.
Jiao Yahui stated that, through reforms of the remuneration system—including adjustments to medical service pricing and payment models—efforts are being made to rebalance the relative pricing of medical services, recognize the value of healthcare professionals’ technical expertise and labor, and ensure they earn fair and dignified incomes.
Jiao Yahui stated that the National Health Commission has called for the development of a patient-centered hospital culture, urging medical personnel to uphold an unwavering commitment to the physician’s vocation, promote a noble professional ethos, respect the principles of medical science, adhere to medical ethics and morality, and follow clinical…
Clinical practice guidelines standardize the clinical diagnostic and therapeutic conduct of healthcare professionals. By regulating such practices, it seeks to curb unethical behavior in the pharmaceutical procurement and sales sector.
Jiao Yahui also emphasized the need to strengthen communication and dialogue between doctors and patients, safeguard patients’ fundamental health rights, and foster trust and mutual understanding through enhanced communication. Furthermore, it is essential to cultivate a societal climate of respect for physicians and healthcare professionals, while establishing appropriate regulations and policies to firmly curb unethical practices in the pharmaceutical and medical‑equipment procurement sectors.
Establish a compensation system that reflects the job responsibilities and knowledge value of medical personnel.
Xu Shuqiang, Director-General of the Institutional Reform Department of the National Health Commission, stated when outlining measures to further boost the motivation of medical personnel: “Medical and health institutions will be permitted to exceed the current salary‑control ceilings for public institutions; furthermore, after deducting costs and making statutory contributions to various funds, a substantial portion of revenue from medical services may be allocated primarily to staff incentives.”
Xu Shuqiang emphasized that the healthcare sector is characterized by long training periods, high occupational risks, significant technical complexity, and substantial professional responsibilities, and therefore deserves fair compensation.
It is essential to thoroughly implement the requirements of the “two allowances”: allowing medical and health institutions to exceed the current salary‑control ceilings for public institutions; and permitting the portion of medical service revenue remaining after deducting costs and making statutory contributions to various funds to be primarily used for staff incentives. We must rationally set and dynamically adjust the remuneration levels of medical personnel, establish a compensation system that prominently reflects job responsibilities and knowledge value, and ensure that pay is aligned with duties and performance, with rewards tied to accountability and outcomes. Above all, we should strengthen the protective function of the remuneration system, ensuring that compensation adequately recognizes effort and contribution, thereby motivating and energizing the vast majority of medical professionals to pursue innovation and excellence in their work.
Eliminate the tendency to prioritize only papers, degrees, awards, and titles.
Xu Shuqiang stated that it is necessary to improve the system for cultivating and training medical personnel, ensuring that every healthcare professional has access to continuing education and vocational retraining to keep their knowledge up to date. Efforts should be accelerated to develop high-level, multidisciplinary medical talent, fostering a cohort of strategic leaders, industry pioneers, and innovative teams with international standards.
Reform and improve the talent evaluation mechanism by adhering to tiered and categorized assessment, respecting the distinctive characteristics of the healthcare sector and the natural trajectory of professional development. Reasonably establish evaluation criteria that emphasize ethics, competence, and performance, with a strong focus on clinical quality indicators. Explore the implementation of a system for evaluating representative achievements, and dismantle tendencies toward overemphasizing publications, academic degrees, awards, or titles, ensuring that each individual’s talents are fully realized and optimally utilized.