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Interpretation of the Notice on Guiding Grassroots Medical and Health Institutions to Provide Health Services for Respiratory Diseases in Winter and Spring

Release-Zeit:2021-12-03


1、 What is the background for issuing notices?

Recently, the winter respiratory disease epidemic period has overlapped in many parts of the country, and the demand for medical and health services for urban and rural residents, especially children, has significantly increased. In order to implement the relevant notices of the Comprehensive Group of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, guide various regions to effectively play the role of grassroots medical and health institutions, provide pediatric diagnosis and treatment services in grassroots medical and health institutions, and provide health management services for key populations of the elderly and the young, and guide reasonable medical treatment, Issuing this notice.

2、 What role can grassroots medical and health institutions play in dealing with respiratory diseases in winter and spring?

Grass roots medical and health institutions have been fully involved in the prevention and control of the epidemic in urban and rural communities since they responded to the COVID-19 infection epidemic. After the optimization of prevention and control measures, fever clinics were set up, triage and shunt fever patients, and classified and graded health management services were provided to COVID-19 key groups, which effectively played the basic role of "health protection and severe prevention" and withstood the test. In dealing with respiratory diseases in winter and spring, grassroots medical and health institutions can play a role in providing patients with diagnosis and treatment, especially pediatric diagnosis and treatment services, triage and diversion, health services for key populations, vaccination, health education, and other aspects, by combining effective practices in the early stage.

3、 What aspects can primary healthcare institutions provide pediatric diagnosis and treatment services from?

Various regions should make every effort to tap into resources and carry out pediatric diagnosis and treatment services. Firstly, each region should promptly release a list, map, or navigation information of grassroots medical and health institutions providing pediatric services in their jurisdiction. The second is that grassroots medical and health institutions providing pediatric diagnosis and treatment services should clearly specify the location, time, contact phone number, and service content of the services to facilitate the public's search and utilization. Thirdly, urban community health service centers with high demand for services will implement 1-3 hours of extended pediatric diagnosis and treatment services on weekdays, or may increase diagnosis and treatment service hours on Saturdays and Sundays as appropriate. The fourth is to establish independent pediatric clinics or consultation areas. Township health centers, community health service centers, and community hospitals that meet the recommended service capacity standards should take the lead in establishing independent pediatric clinics. The fifth is to simplify and optimize the medical treatment process, shorten the stay time for medical treatment, standardize the disinfection of consultation rooms and infusion rooms, and timely ventilate and clean them. Sixth, organize general practitioners who have received training in pediatric specialized disease diagnosis and treatment to provide pediatric diagnosis and treatment services, strengthen early identification and diagnosis of respiratory diseases in children, and provide timely guidance and referral for critically ill children. Seventh, organize the development of traditional Chinese medicine prevention and treatment plans to provide suitable traditional Chinese medicine services for children. Eighth, fever diagnosis rooms should be set up and opened as much as possible.

4、 How to leverage the role of family doctors to provide health management services for key populations?

One is that family doctors should meet with community organizations in the same city and township, village (neighborhood) committees, public health committees, community volunteers, etc., strengthen active contact with key populations such as the elderly and children, extend services to families, increase contact frequency appropriately, and guide them to seek medical treatment in a timely manner when necessary. The second is to guide qualified key groups to vaccinate against influenza, COVID-19, pneumonia and other vaccines, respond to the health consultation needs of contracted residents in a timely manner, send health education information to contracted residents regularly, and guide residents to do a good job in family and personal protection. The third is to timely grasp the health status of the key groups who have signed contracts, and guide patients to go to grassroots medical and health institutions

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