GW Medical Center Delegation
Tours Teaching Hospitals In Mainland China
GW Medical Center was represented by a delegation
of faculty and administrators who visited several hospitals in
mainland China. The group traveled at the invitation of the China
Healthcare Group, Ltd. (CHG), a private healthcare management
company with whom GW Medical Center recently signed a memorandum
of understanding.
The purposes of the visit were to become familiar
with CHG's facilities and management and to determine areas of
productive collaboration.
The delegation visited CHG's Hong Kong headquarters,
Mainland offices, and facilities in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai,
and Suzhou. These hospitals have wide-ranging areas of emphasis
including endoscopy, hematology, infant care, in-vitro fertilization,
medical imaging, nephrology, and organ transplantation. The hospitals'
combined staffs exceed 6,000, treating more than 3.5 million patients
per year; together they serve more than 40% of China's population.
All CHG facilities are affiliated with medical universities and
participate in international exchanges. In addition, these facilities
house many research and development institutes, some of which
are highly regarded in the United States, and telemedicine centers
that afford high-quality care to people in remote areas of China.
The collaborative possibilities discussed center
on clinical training for physicians, staff, and students; management
training; faculty, staff, and student exchanges; hospital consultancy;
research and development; and seminars and conferences. Information
technology plays a role in all programs as GW Medical Center opens
telemedicine connections with these facilities.
The GW delegation included Huda M. Ayas, executive
director, International Medicine Programs; Gerald H. Bass, associate
vice president for health economics; Frederick R. Rickles, MD,
associate vice president for health research, compliance, and
technology transfer; Michael G. Seneff, MD, clinical coordinator,
International Medicine Programs; Samuel Stern, legal counsel to
China Healthcare Group; and John F. Williams, MD, EdD, vice president
for health affairs, dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
and Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine. Among the sites
visited: Shenzhen Central Hospital; First Affiliated Hospital
of Sun Yat-Sun University of Medical Sciences (Guangzhou); Shanghai
Second Medical University -Renji Hospital; and First Affiliated
Hospital of Suzhou Medical University.
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