保健医疗部（老年病科）

The Health Care Department (Geriatrics Department) of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital was founded in 1954 and is one of the earliest geriatrics departments established in China.

It is currently a clinical key specialty of the National Health Commission, a key clinical discipline (specialty) of Tianjin, a key discipline of Tianjin Medical University, an affiliated unit of the Tianjin Cadre Health Care Quality Control Center, a supporting unit of the Tianjin Institute of Geriatrics, and a doctoral/master's degree awarding point in geriatric medicine. It is one of the six branches of the National Center for Geriatrics, a core member unit of collaborative innovation of the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, a national specialist standardized training pilot base and a geriatric clinical nutrition implementation demonstration base, and a Tianjin geriatric medicine center and cadre health care base.

After 65 years of development and growth, the Department of Health and Medical Care (Geriatrics Department) has become a large geriatric medicine center and a regional leading unit integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research and health care.

The Health and Medical Department is located in the second inpatient building of the General Hospital, with a total area of ​​31,000 square meters, 242 beds, and more than 280 beds actually open.

It has independent outpatient area, physical examination area, functional examination area, rehabilitation room, central monitoring and surveillance center and 6 sub-specialty inpatient wards.

Among them, the subspecialty inpatient wards (the fifth to twelfth floors of the second inpatient building) mainly include geriatric cardiovascular diseases, geriatric respiratory diseases, geriatric digestive and metabolic diseases, geriatric neurological diseases, geriatric surgical diseases, and geriatric intensive care wards.

The outpatient area is located in Area B on the fourth floor of the second inpatient building. It is spacious, clean and has an elegant environment. It has independent clinics for geriatric medicine, geriatric brain department, geriatric urology, orthopedics, general surgery, ophthalmology, oral therapy, prosthodontics, otolaryngology, psychology, traditional Chinese medicine, dermatology, and physical therapy.

It has an independent registration system, self-service registration system, charging system, pharmacy and automatic medicine dispensing system, laboratory examination room, X-ray room, ultrasonic examination room, bone density testing room, pulmonary function testing room, C13 breath test instrument, etc.

It basically achieves full coverage of medical services such as medical consultation, examination, treatment, payment, medicine collection, and hospitalization, and patients can enjoy a one-stop medical treatment experience.

The physical examination area is located in Area A on the fourth floor of the second inpatient building. It is equipped with a full-time medical team, a strict management system and advanced medical equipment and supporting facilities. It can carry out targeted health screening for common diseases and chronic diseases in the elderly. It also realizes a complete set of service processes such as pre-physical examination assessment, personalized physical examination customization, and post-physical examination consultation and follow-up.

Currently, the department has 254 medical staff, including 73 medical technicians and 181 nurses.

Among doctors and medical technicians, 38% have deputy senior professional titles or above, and 98% have a master's degree or above.

As many as 82% of the nursing staff have a bachelor's degree or above.

There are 2 doctoral supervisors and 11 master supervisors.

Vice President Professor Zhang Qiang concurrently serves as the department director. He is a standing committee member of the National Standardization Management Committee, the Geriatrics Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, a national member of the Geriatrics Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, a chairman of the Geriatrics Branch of the Tianjin Medical Association, a deputy director of the Tianjin Cadre Health Care Quality Control Center, a vice president of the Geriatrics Branch of the Tianjin Doctors Association, an editorial board member of the Chinese Geriatrics Journal, a review expert for major projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and a review expert of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Based on the six sub-specialties of geriatric cardiovascular diseases, geriatric respiratory diseases, geriatric digestive and metabolic diseases, geriatric neurological diseases, geriatric critical illness, and geriatric surgical diseases, the department has formed a comprehensive diagnosis and treatment system with the main structure of geriatric inpatient wards, outpatient clinics, physical examination centers, and difficult disease consultation centers.

At the same time, a comprehensive cooperation mechanism has been established between the Geriatrics Department of Airport Hospital, Nanyingmen Community, Nanshi Community and other medical consortium units, focusing on the three directions of comprehensive treatment of critical illness in the elderly, early screening and prevention of cognitive impairment in the elderly, sleep disorders and multiple organ injuries in the elderly, and in-depth development of geriatric syndrome management, multidisciplinary teamwork, and comprehensive assessment of the elderly to provide comprehensive medical services for elderly patients.

The department has an excellent teaching team and a team of high-quality tutors. It is responsible for the clinical teaching tasks of Tianjin Medical University's five-year, seven-year and postgraduate programs. It conducts a large number of teaching and training work for undergraduates, postgraduates and training doctors every year.

As a standardized training base for resident doctors, it receives more than 100 regular training students every year.

As the main department of the general medicine training base, more than 10 doctors in the department serve as first-level tutors in general medicine and participated in the compilation of the "General Medicine Training Textbook".

As a doctoral and master's degree awarding site, it has recruited nearly 20 new doctoral and master's students every year in recent years.

He has organized and compiled several geriatric medicine textbooks such as "Practical Clinical Geriatrics", "Geriatric Medicine", "Prevention and Self-Management of Common Chronic Diseases", etc. Many people have been rated as outstanding teachers of Tianjin Medical University.

Paying attention to mutual exchanges and learning with domestic and foreign countries, many experts have visited and studied at home and abroad many times, and relevant experts have been invited to hold lectures and academic exchanges.

In 2018, the department became a national pilot base for standardized training of specialist physicians.

With the strong support of the hospital and the correct leadership of the department leaders, the scientific research work of the geriatrics department has developed rapidly in recent years.

In 2011, the Tianjin Institute of Geriatrics was established based on the Department of Geriatric Medicine. Currently, the molecular biology research platform, microscopy technology research platform, and pathological morphology research platform have been routinely opened.

The current director is Professor Lei Ping, and the deputy directors are Professor Zhang Qiang and Director Zhuge Xin.

In the past five years, he has undertaken more than 30 scientific research fund projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the China-Canada International Cooperation Key Project, the Central Health Care Special Fund, the Ministry of Science and Technology’s International Science and Technology Cooperation and Exchange Special Project, the Tianjin Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment Major Science and Technology Project, the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation, the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission, the Tianjin Municipal Health Bureau and the Tianjin Medical University, with a total scientific research funding of 15 million yuan.

He has published more than 200 academic papers at home and abroad (including more than 120 papers included in SCI, and many representative results have been published in high-level magazines such as FASEBJ, JNeurotrauma, Stroke, JCellPhysiol, CellMolNeurobiol, SleepBreath, Apoptosis, etc.), obtained 3 utility model patents, and won 1 first prize, 1 second prize, and 2 third prizes of the Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award.

The Health and Medical Department/Cadre Health Department is responsible for the medical care tasks, physical examinations, rounds, and community services for leaders of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government, the Municipal People's Congress, the Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference and various colleges and universities, academicians, experts and professors of our city, as well as some central leaders, international friends, and heads of state attending conferences in Tianjin.

Under the leadership of the Health Care Office of the Municipal Health Commission and the Party Committee of the hospital, the Cadre Health Care Department is guided by "four consciousnesses, four comprehensivenesses, and four self-confidences" and is oriented by strengthening medical quality and services. It actively applies the latest medical concepts and medical technologies, explores innovative service areas, and continuously improves the quality and level of Tianjin's cadre health care work. It has become the core and leading unit of Tianjin's cadre health care.

The Cadre Health Care Department fully implements the "innovative development" concept of the Party Central Committee, adapts to the requirements and characteristics of cadre health care work under the new situation, continuously deepens the understanding of the connotation of cadre health care, expands the extension of cadre health care work, and gradually innovates and forms a "medical-security integrated" service system. At the same time, it creates an integrated collaborative service model and mechanism between the Municipal Government Affairs Administration and the General Hospital, which has been highly praised by leaders at all levels and recognized by the Central Health Bureau and the Central Security Bureau.

The Ministry of Health and Medical Care has formulated a set of strict and standardized rules and regulations and a quality control and monitoring system. In accordance with the ISO9001-2000 quality certification standards and the hospital construction policy and service commitment of "eternal quality, unlimited integrity, civilized quality, and continuous improvement", it actively promotes "civilized and quality service" activities and further standardizes clinical medical, nursing, and health care work systems.

New requirements are constantly put forward in terms of medical technology, service quality, humanistic qualities, appearance, behavior, speech and attitude.

The guiding ideology of cadre health care is to take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as a guide to action and demonstrate new achievements in cadre health care in the new era.

The service tenet of cadre health care is to put people first, focus on prevention, integrate prevention and treatment, and establish a service system that includes health education and promotion, disease treatment and control, preventive health care and clinical practice, and full-process management and tracking.