Vietnamese addresses the that opened in Hanoi on September 11 (Photo: moh.gov.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The 18th Hospital Management Asia
conference opened in Hanoi on September 11 with the participation of over 2,500
delegates from 28 countries.
The annual event, the fourth of its kind hosted
by Vietnam so far, aims to help hospital owners and directors, doctors and
health officials in Asia to gain an insight into healthcare management thinking
and the best practices and solutions from around the world.
They will discuss evolving business models,
advanced technologies and improvements in management and healthcare systems so
as to cut down costs and improve patient outcomes. Achievements by hospitals
across Asia will also be honoured at the two-day conference.
In her speech, Vietnamese Minister of Health
Nguyen Thi Kim Tien said in recent years, her ministry has carried out a reform
programme for the health sector with a view to promoting universal healthcare,
in which the quality of medical services are of critical importance.
She highlighted that the health insurance
coverage in the country has reached 89 percent thanks to the State’s assistance
for poor and near-poor people to buy the insurance. Additionally, the scope of
health insurance benefits in Vietnam is rather wide compared to the premiums
participants have to pay as it covers medicine, treatment costs of some serious
illnesses, as well as organ transplant costs.
At the conference, a memorandum of understanding
on healthcare cooperation was signed between three hospitals of Vietnam (Hung
Vuong General Hospital, Quang Khoi General Hospital, and Otorhinolaryngology
Hospital of the Central Region) and three healthcare establishments of Malaysia
(Mahkota Medical Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, and Sunway Medical
Centre).
The Asian Hospital Management Awards were also
presented to honour the Asian-Pacific hospitals with the best practices./.
Source: VietnamPlus
