Hospital Missions and Functions

Missions and Functions of The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong

(i)   The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (“Hospital”) will serve as the flagship Chinese medicine (CM) institution leading the development of CM including Chinese medicines (“CMs”) in Hong Kong.
     
(ii)   The Hospital will be a change driver, promoting service development, education and training, innovation and research.
     
(iii)  

The Hospital will execute and implement the Government’s policies on CM.
     
(iv)   On the provision of healthcare services, the Hospital will be an integral part of the healthcare system of Hong Kong. The Hospital will seek to offer quality CM services meeting Hong Kong’s healthcare needs with patient experience and safety being the top priorities:
(1)   The hospital services will cover primary, secondary and tertiary care with a view to promoting the development of specialised CM services;
(2)   The Hospital will provide pure CM services and services with CM playing the predominant role including integrated Chinese-Western medicine (“ICWM”) services; 
(3)   On the scope of service provision, the Hospital will have inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community services; 
(4)   The Hospital will develop a comprehensive range of specialised CM services and identify specific priority disease areas where CM has specific advantages for strategic development; 
(5)   The hospital services may cover episodic and chronic diseases, complex diseases, convalescence, rehabilitation and palliative care. However, the Hospital will not have accident and emergency services, general anaesthetic surgical services, intensive care services and child delivery services; and 
(6)  

The Hospital will provide Government subsidised hospital services to local residents of Hong Kong and offer Add-On Market Oriented Services.
     
(v)   On education and training, the Hospital will function as a platform for promoting basic and advanced training in CM:
(1)   The Hospital will organise on its own and/or in collaboration with academia, Chinese Medicine Clinics cum Training and Research Centres (“CMCTRs”) and other related institutions, specific healthcare training and provide education opportunities to related CM and Western medicine (“WM”) professionals in Hong Kong;
(2)   The Hospital will collaborate with and support the universities with School of CM in Hong Kong to provide clinical placement for their undergraduate and postgraduate students; and 
(3)   The Hospital will also provide continuous training to the Hospital staff in ensuring that all staff members are competent, updated with knowledge and skill for delivery of quality and safe patient services and able to conduct effective training, organise high standard research, and develop and manage effective and efficient hospital systems. 
     
(vi)   On research, the Hospital will promote the research and development of CM including CMs in Hong Kong. The Hospital will collaborate with local and overseas universities and educational bodies to promote evidence-based clinical research for CM and ICWM, develop research in CM theories, research in clinical use of CMs including proprietary CMs, and provide research training to CM and WM professionals. 
     
(vii)   On collaboration, the Hospital will be an integral part of the healthcare system of Hong Kong and establish partnership and collaboration with relevant parties in healthcare and non-healthcare sectors. The Hospital will establish linkage, exchange and partnership with counterparts in both the Mainland and regions outside Hong Kong for the promotion of CM (including CMs) development. The Hospital together with the CMCTRs will build a platform to facilitate service development, patient flow, knowledge flow, talent flow, partnership and collaboration in service, training, education and research.
     
(viii)   On creating health values, the Hospital will, through evidence-based research, develop new clinical uses, widen clinical applications and extend clinical outcomes of CM including CMs. The Hospital will promote the health values of CM to the public in better understanding of CM, adopting CM approaches in daily living and using CM services in achieving health.
     
(ix)   The Hospital will strive for excellence through building a sustainable structure and system capable of being self-aware, responsive and self-corrective, continuous learning and improvement. The Hospital will develop a platform that will be conducive to attracting, retaining and developing talent. The Hospital should create and maintain an elite workforce.
     
(x)   The Hospital will be an intelligent hospital supported with smart physical and workflow designs and adopt modern technologies for effective, safe, user-friendly, environment-friendly and efficient care delivery. Information technologies, mature technology systems and automated systems will be widely used for patient services.
     
(xi)  

The Hospital will seek to promote local and world recognition of CM services. In promoting CM, the Hospital will leverage on the strengths of the Hong Kong healthcare system including the acclaimed innovation and research capability, professional standards and structured training of healthcare professionals, and strong connection and collaboration with internationally renowned institutes.
     
(xii)   The Hospital will seek to become a reference model to facilitate collaboration between WM medical practitioners and CM trained practitioners in a hospital setting.