China’s physicians encouraged to take up second jobs
09-Jan-15, YourHealth
The top health authority vowed to further facilitate private operators to enter the nation's overloaded healthcare market, particularly at the high end, said Li Bin, head of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
To enable that, the administration is encouraging physicians to practice medicine at more than one medical institution, including private operators, by reforming the doctor registration system on a trial basis at first, Li said at the annual work conference of the commission on Wednesday.
"Limited resources of talent will be optimized among hospitals of various types under the initiative, which helps with the sustainable and healthy development of privately funded medical institutions," she said.
Currently, most skilled physicians work in public hospitals and need permission from the hospital authorities to practice at other institutions. They essentially "belong" to the public hospital, a status that is also represented in their license to practice medicine issued by the health authorities.