AUG 10, 2016: “IHL FIRESIDE CHATS” SINO-U.S. PHYSICIANS PANEL: PATIENT-CENTERED CARE

On Wednesday evening, August 10th, 2016, the August session of “IHL Fireside Chats” Sino-U.S. Physicians Panel and IHL 10th Anniversary Banquet was held at the historical New York Athletic Club. More than 60 Chinese and American physicians, healthcare professionals and students were invited to attend.

The panel discussion was conducted on the topic of " Patient - Centered Care"

Before dinner, an warm opening remark was given by David P. Roye, MD on behalf of IHL to welcome and thank all the guests present. In the speech, Dr. Roye reviewed the achievement of IHL in the past 10 years. Meanwhile, he addressed cultivating health care talents and developing training programs as IHL’s priorities in the future, and reemphasized that IHL will spare no effort in bridging Chinese-American healthcare communication and promoting the development of Chinese public health.

A short yet informative panel discussion was then conducted on the topic of “Patient-Centered Care”. Panelists shared the challenges they faced in applying patient-centered paradigm to their practice, and commented on the future trajectory of patient-centered health care in both China and the U.S.. Physicians that sit on the panel include: David P. Roye JR., MD and Heakyung Kim, MD from New York-Presbyterian, Dr. Xinhong Pei from Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Dr. Xueyang Tang from West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Dr. Kai Ren from The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen.

At the end of the night, a special ceremony was held to award U.S. Physicians invited with “IHL Distinguished Mentorship” for the help and support they provided to IHL clinical observation program. Joshua Sonett, MD, Chief Surgeon of Thoracic Surgery Department at New York-Presbyterian, gave an inspiring speech upon acceptance on behalf of the awarded clinicians. In his speech, Dr. Sonett gave a high appraisal to IHL’s Clinical Observation Program, and expressed the expectation on collaborating with more and more Chinese physicians to improve the quality of care in China.

May 20, 2016: “IHL Fireside Chats” Sino-U.S. Physicians Panel: Doctor-patient relationship

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On May 20th 2016, the first session of the “IHL Fireside Chats” Sino-U.S. Physicians Panel was held at Hammer Health Sciences Building, Columbia University Medical Center. Eight physician and technician panelists who came from different hospitals in China and the United Stated were invited to discuss on the hot health care topic: the doctor-patient relationship issue in China and the contributing factors. The panel was moderated by Mr. Da Liu, the Director of International Healthcare Leadership (IHL).

 In the meeting, the panelists exchanged their perspectives on the recent outrageous physician murders that happened in south China. Based on their practice experience, the panelists took a step further and reveal some of the systemic contributors, and possibilities to find out solutions. The discussion went for an hour and a half in an active and inspiring atmosphere.

 “We have already been hearing too much about this kind of depressing news.” Said Dr. Fang Chen, an anesthesiology doctor from Shenzhen Children’s Hospital, one of IHL panelists. “And it is time for us to reflect on this issue and do something. I am optimistic about the changes that is going to take place.”

 “The conflict between doctors and their patients exist in every single health care practice in the world. It takes integrated effort to solve the problem, and each of us can do something to make the situation better.” Dr. David P. Roye, President and CEO of International Healthcare Leadership, wrapped up at the end of the discussion.

Over 40 audiences attended the event. The group came from Columbia University, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Chinese hospitals, and many other institutions and organizations. At the end of the meeting, the audiences had the opportunity to interact with the IHL panelists on their questions of interest.

 After the meeting on Friday evening, the panelists and audience suggested that such discussion is mind inspiring and can be extremely beneficial for the communication between Chinese and American health care. Dr. Chen, a physician from China and currently observing at the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York, told IHL: “The format of bringing about a discussion between Chinese and American physicians is very inspiring. It actually helped me understand differences between the Chinese and US health care system that have been ignored. I am really looking forward to hearing the panel discuss about other interesting topic.”

December 1, 2014: IHL Executive Healthcare Leadership Program

On December 1, 2014, the first delivery of IHL Executive Healthcare Leadership Program was launched at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in the city of New York. 24 hospital administrators and government officials from China visited U.S. and participated in the 2-week program. The program was designed to provide management tools for them to improve the healthcare infrastructure in China.

The curriculum IHL developed cooperatively with Mailman School of Public Health covered topics in hospital management, healthcare economics, executive simulation, leadership building, and many other interested areas. Selected faculty members from Columbia University were invited to deliver the courses to the trainees. The program was highly evaluated by our executive alumni, and IHL is looking forward to help more and more Chinese health care administrators access the quality executive training resources in the United States.