Picture: Witnessed by Minister of Health of Norway Bent Høie (second row, middle), Norwegian Consul General Kristin Iglum (second row, right second), Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Health Planning Commission Daxiang Wen (second row, left second), President of Renji Hospital Weiping Li (second row, right first) and CEO of DNV GL Management Services Group in Greater China Wenyu Kang (second row, left first), China's Chief Clinical Director of DNV GL Cathie Abrahamsen (front row, left first) and Vice President of Renji Hospital Shan Mou (front row, right first), inaugurated the Certificate of DNV GL International Accreditation for Renji Hospital’s International Clinic.

Recently, the International Clinic of the Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and the Shanghai-Ottawa International Family Medicine Clinic (hereinafter referred to as the “International Clinic”) has passed the world-famous DNV GL International Accreditation for which an opening ceremony was held on the afternoon of April 12th.

Minister of Health of Norway Bent Høie, Norwegian Consul General Kristin Iglum in Shanghai, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Health Planning Commission Daxiang Wen, President of Renji Hospital Weiping Li, Vice President Yu Wang, and CEO of DNV GL Management Services Group in Greater China Wenyu Kang, the General Manager of China National Medical Co., Ltd. Huijie Bo, Chief Clinical Director of China Cathie Abrahamsen, Norwegian health delegation, and representatives of various commercial insurance companies and health management institutions cooperating with Renji Hospital, together nearly 100 people from China and abroad attended the opening ceremony. Vice President of Renji Hospital Yu Wang presided over the ceremony.

"This is China's first risk-based accreditation unique to DNV GL, and it has a Certificate of Accreditation for international clinic approved by the International Medical Quality Association, which will be a landmark in the history of Chinese hospital management development." Cathie Abrahamsen, review team leader for the accreditation project and Chief Clinical Director of DNV GL, so evaluated the accreditation.

With the establishment of an excellent global city and an Asian medical center in Shanghai, the number of foreign personnel coming to Shanghai has increased, placing new demands on medical care and health protection. In October 2015, the International Clinic of Renji Hospital was officially launched. In the year 2017, there were nearly 8,000 patient visits. The proportion of foreign patients in commercial insurance patients reached 21%, covering the United States, Britain, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, Russia, India and Singapore. In January 2017, Renji Hospital cooperated with DNV GL, a world-renowned international third-party accreditation, assessment and risk management agency, to launch the DNV GL International Accreditation Project of Renji Hospital. Thanks to the efforts of the whole hospital over the past year, it successfully passed the accreditation in early 2018.

“To establish a foreign-related medical quality and safety organization structure, system procedures, assessment methods and continuous improvement measures that fit within the framework of public hospitals in China, and make the medical quality and safety norms of the International Clinic of Renji Hospital become benchmarks of China’s foreign-related medical service quality, and further improve the wide-range service quality and medical experience offered by Multi-District Public Hospitals.”Weiping Li, Director of Renji Hospital, also hopes that this accreditation could offer an opportunity to carry out medical service cooperation and promote exchanges between China and Norway, which could provide better service for Shanghai to establish an excellent global city.

At the opening ceremony of the accreditation, President Weiping Li and Norwegian Minister of Health Bent Høie exchanged commemorative gifts. Mr. Bent Høie expressed sincere congratulations on the certificate of the international accreditation project. He also hoped that there will be more cooperation between China and Norway in the future that will make due contributions to the health and safety of people all over the world, including Chinese people.

(Reporter Yin Zhou ,Translator Weiwei Zhang)