Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of TCM
Publishing time:2019.06.03  Read:4030 Source:OKEWAY ShunDao

The Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of TCM is a Grade-III Level-A specialized hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching and scientific research.

Centering on the development objective of “big rehabilitation and small comprehensive”, the hospital will enhance its capability of basic medical care, strengthen and improve its core discipline of rehab treatment, innovate and promote multi-disciplinary collaboration to build a Grade-III Level-A hospital of high comprehensive strength, strong scientific research ability, advanced service concept, featuring both characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine and international rehabilitation quality standard (CARF).



The Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of TCM and OKEWAY reached a cooperation agreement in the end of 2013, and the CARF accreditation was officially started in the beginning of 2014. Based on CARF accreditation, the hospital aims at building an international exchange platform, modifying its management and service flow in line with international standards, enhancing its service ability, promoting discipline development and improving quality. By providing consulting services, instructions, trainings, investigations, and by assisting in implementing standards and coordinating with CARF, OKEWAY has helped the hospital to establish management and service system in line with CARF standards, and to pass CARF accreditation.


Project requirements and outcomes:



  • Administrative flow improvement: sort out the existing administration system, implement CARF operation standards, and constantly provide training and instruction during the entire process.

  • Clinical service flow optimization: perfect medical record framework, solidify team meeting mode, set up follow-up visit system, outcome information analysis and publicity system.

  •  Infrastructure construction: provide consulting services on overall planning and design of the new campus, specially invite expert Ms. Christine MacDonnell from CARF to visit the site and provide suggestions on new site design, layout and accessible facilities construction. 




▲Rehab goals

▲Patient activities

▲Patient activity room

▲USPEQ and accessible service


After first three-year CARF accreditation in April 2016, OKEWAY has cooperated closely with the hospital and through seasonal work reviews ensured CARF standards implementation in the hospital, and by yearly training for any renewal of CARF standards kept rehabilitation development up to date. As for constant improvement, the hospital has actively carried out CARF concepts and realized improvements in information system, infrastructure construction and cultural diversity:

• IT improvement: independently develop outcome information management system to support hospital performance management and rehab outcome analysis; 

• Accessibility improvement: build corridor between buildings to enhance safety; 

• Cultural diversity improvement: organize "Patient Visit Experience Day" for staff quality improvement and team building. 



▲Outcome IMS                                           ▲Newly built corridor                                     ▲Patient Visit Experience Day 



Phase I:

Dec 24, 2013

CARF project launch http://sd.68hanchen.com/news_cont_363.html#d1
Mar 23-25, 2015
CARF expert survey http://sd.68hanchen.com/news_cont_370.html#d1
Jan 20, 2016 CARF expert survey
http://www.okeway.com/newsinfo.aspx?newsId=301
Apr 27-29, 2016 
CARF accreditation survey http://sd.68hanchen.com/news_cont_360.html#d1
May 23, 2016
CARF accreditation outcome http://sd.68hanchen.com/news_cont_358.html#d1



Phase II:

Oct 2018

CARF accreditation application 
Nov 2018 
CARF 2018 standard training 
Mar 2019  CARF simulated survey

Apr 2019  
CARF accreditation survey
May 2019 
CARF accreditation outcome http://sd.68hanchen.com/news_cont_293.html#d1



The hospital applied for CARF accreditation for both comprehensive integrated inpatient rehabilitation program and cross-disciplinary outpatient rehabilitation program. It received CARF survey in April 2016 and obtained three-year accreditation, and received another CARF survey in April 2019 and obtained second three-year accreditation. It is the first TCM hospital in China which has passed two rounds of three-year accreditation.




1. “uSPEQ outcome management database of CARF, especially as third-party satisfaction survey, is of high reliability. I am expected to see the results of each season.” --- President

2. “CARF expert and OKEWAY have provided advices on the new site construction, especially on the accessibility.” --- Director of the Nursing Dept.

3. “First CARF accreditation helped establishing the framework, while the second brought us constant improvement, and it makes our work of higher efficiency, safety and accessibility.” --- Director of the Rehab Dept.





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