title: [Current situation and countermeasures of two-way referral between wound healing department and community health system].
abstract: This study analyzed the current situation and problems of two-way referral between wound healing department of general hospitals and community health service centers through stipulated interview with physicians in general hospitals and community health service centers, and patients visiting these organizations from March 2011 to April. It was found that the current two-way referral process for wound repair were facing a series of problems, including hospitals-transfer difficulty, incomplete two-way referral policy and undefined practice protocol, information-sharing obstacle between general hospitals and community health service centers. The critical countermeasures for overcoming these obstacles in two-way referral of wound ailments shall include construction of further linkage mechanism among all levels of hospitals, establishment of the drug-obtaining mechanism, establishment of an explicit two-way referral process of wound repair, and establishment of a database of diagnosis and treatment information of patients that can be accessed by doctors of different levels of hospitals, etc.
authors: School of East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
authors: Yi-hao
authors: YH
authors: Mao
authors: Xuan
authors: X
authors: Luo
authors: Xi-lu
authors: XL
authors: Chen
authors: Ting
authors: T
authors: Xie
authors: Zhi-ruo
authors: ZR
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014945:Wound Healing