ObjectiveTo carry out the work of overseeing transparent administration of clinical department affairs, have clear knowledge on the progress of making clinical department affairs public, and find out problems the staff focus most. MethodQuestionnaire survey was used, combined with the participation of various meetings, interviews with staff, access to documents and other ways between November and December 2013. ResultsIt showed that the rate of transparent administration of clinical department affairs was (78.39±18.55)%. Among all the affairs, policy ones had the highest scores (over 85%), while the rates of research and academic tenure, financial transactions and remuneration allocation, personnel arrangements and training were the lowest (below 75%), and faculty focused on these affairs. ConclusionsFive methods can improve the rate of transparent administration of clinical department affairs effectively:enough attention from clinical departments, concerning what employees focus on, utilizing methods rationally, strong supervision and making full use of monitoring.
Social Evaluation is an important reference to guide the reform and development of a public hospital. In view of the patient, hospital stakeholders and the public, West China Hospital of Sichuan University creatively constructed a social evaluation system, including patient satisfaction degree, expert appraisal and online public comment, in order to maintain a good medical environment. After several years of construction and application, the system has been quite effective in promote the development of the hospital. In the assessment of patients' satisfaction degree toward the hospital, we made a great improvement.