Beijing news: how to stop the "mingling of fish and dragons" by opening the threshold of TCM clinics?

The Beijing news on December 11, 2017

Explicitly in the Beijing news dispatch (reporter li dandan) clinic of traditional Chinese medicine by the examination and approval system to records, the national health and family planning commission, the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine has issued a series of supporting documents, also release the set up of traditional Chinese medicine clinic further relax restrictions signal.

Recently, the national health and family planning commission issued the interim measures on the management of traditional Chinese medicine clinics.

In order to cooperate with this change, the national health and family planning commission and the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine recently released supporting documents such as the basic standards of TCM clinics. As a supporting document for the management of traditional Chinese medicine clinics, the new standards clearly set the conditions for the establishment of TCM clinics.

For traditional Chinese medicine clinics, the new standard will not make the compulsory regulations on the number of treatment rooms, but it will require at least the waiting area, the treatment area and the area to meet the functional needs. Clinic is at the same time, the new standard is no longer required by the varieties of traditional Chinese medicine yinpian Settings, not less than 400 kinds of pharmacy is only allowed to provide Chinese medicine yinpian prescription services, but clinics to provide medical services of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine pharmacy practice, 100% for treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, and relax the age and other qualifications of medical practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine clinic.

However, according to the interim measures for the administration of TCM clinics, TCM clinics are not allowed to provide western medicine services. In addition, not all of the services of traditional Chinese medicine can be developed, and the technology of the uncontrolled medical safety hidden danger and risk shall not be carried out in clinic of traditional Chinese medicine, such as minimally invasive technology of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine injection, acupuncture point injection, etc.

Some experts believe that the current management system cannot fully adapt to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine doctors and development needs, some medical skill does expertise personnel through basic theory as the main content of the examination of doctors' qualifications, new rules to solve this problem, and allow the staff to legal practice.

However, there are also voices concerned about whether the traditional Chinese medicine clinics will fall into a mixed situation after such restrictions are lifted.

, director-general of the department of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine method of prison hai-yang yu said, "the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine clinic record management interim measures of the management of the clinic of traditional Chinese medicine by license management to put on record, cancel the license of the prior approval of beforehand strengthening supervision after the event.

According to lu jianwei, deputy director of the department of medical affairs of the state administration of traditional Chinese medicine, the competent department of Chinese medicine at the county level will conduct on-site inspections of Chinese medicine clinics on record within 30 days from the date of filing. This requires the competent department of Chinese medicine at the county level to follow up the work and offer services on the doorstep. The main purpose of the verification is to verify the authenticity of the clinic's address, layout, scope of diagnosis and treatment, practitioners and equipment, and whether it is consistent with the filing.

In addition, the "interim measures on the administration of the registration of traditional Chinese medicine clinics" stipulates that the competent departments of Chinese medicine at the county level should carry out on-site supervision and inspection on a regular basis to fulfill the supervision and management responsibilities of the TCM clinics. Supervision and inspection mainly carry out comprehensive supervision and inspection on the practice of the clinic, medical quality, medical safety and clinic management, etc. It is necessary to organize special supervision and inspection when necessary.

According to the above regulations, the competent department of Chinese medicine at the county level shall carry out a record system of the practice of poor practice in traditional Chinese medicine clinics to promote the practice of practicing medicine in traditional Chinese medicine clinics, guaranteeing medical quality and medical safety.