The first speaker is professor Mouwang Zhou from Department of Rehab Peking University Third Hospital. As director of the national rehab quality control center, Zhou is clear about the importance and difficult points of rehab quality control in China and understands the responsibility and expectations on him from the nation. The conference values the importance of quality control to rehab development. That’s why a specialized forum is set up to provide opportunity for discussion and communication. Professor Zhou presented on the latest progress of rehab quality control. He pointed out that China has taken actions to control rehab quality. After several attempts, Zhou and his team has already identified multiple indicators to measure outcome in rehab and has pilotted the plan in identified organizations. Collecting data in tens of hundreds of organizations is a key step to facilitate this process.

Ms. Christine from CARF headquarter presented training on CARF standards based upon years’ experience in directing Chinese rehab organizations.

Professor Li grandly introduced the value and changes CARF brought to Chinese rehab in his presentation which is named as CARF Accreditation—The Prairie Fire in China. When Okeway first introduced CARF into China in 2011, professor Li immediately recognized this is going to useful in Chinese rehab industry. After that OKEWAY bagan to promote CARF and facilitate implementation of the standards. Within just 30 minutes’ presentation, professor Li explained with passion to audience on what is CARF, how it impact his organization and what it feels like to be the first one to have a taste of CARF. As the industry leader, professor Li didn’t leave his sight on his own hospital, instead he intended to let the standards benefit hospitals around China. As he expressed “There is no finishing line if you choose CARF which also means there is no starting line. CARF without threshold can bring in more organizations to enjoy this set of gold international standards. To date China already has 10 accredited organizations. It’s possible to have more in the near future and we are proud to have 2 CARF surveyors in China. They have surveyed other hospitals in Taiwan, Korea, Japan etc. ”

Professor Li also shared his expectation toward OKEWAY, he expressed “As the first company to introduce CARF into China, it’s not easy for OKEWAY to come all the way to today. Despite of the achievement made, more organizations needed help from OKEWAY on their way to applying CARF standards. So there is a long way to go.” Professor Li compared OKEWAY to a project supervision company. What they need to do is to assist organizations in constructing the CARF project.

Xiaofeng Cai, general manager of OKEWAY and the first CARF person n China vividly introduced the soft landing process of CARF standards in China and presented on how OKEWAY helped organizations transform the international standards into quality rehab and management practices. He shared that “CARF plane has successfully landed on the the Chinese runway and is actively facilitating Chinese organizations in improving service quality. This process has given rise to numerous inspiring stories. We’ve also accumulated much experience in successfully helping organizations implementing the standards.”

Dr. Shen, Chief Research Officer of CARF, came back to China many times to promote the famous outcome management tool under CARF uSPEQ®（优势必®in Chinese）. But this is the first time for him to present on uSPEQ in such a high-level national rehab-lated academic conference. This demonstrates determination of the organizing committee toward outcome mangeemnt and CARF’s attentiong to the development of rehab outcome in China.

Ms. Chris praised the OKEWAY team as the best team.