Chinese Hospital

Description

MISSION
Chinese Hospital a communityowned notforprofit organization exists primarily to deliver quality health care in a cost effective way responsive to the communitys ethnic and cultural uniqueness providing access to health care and acceptability to all socioeconomic levels Chinese Hospital is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees broadly representative of the community and strives to assume a leadership role in all health matters

We will work collaboratively with other community health care plans and providers in realizing this vision

Community ownership and responsiveness

Community leadership

Cultural uniqueness

Concern for a broad spectrum of health needs including but not limited to
hospital care

The mission defines the basic purpose of the organization and guides the organization in selecting among the many strategic options

VISION
Chinese Hospital is committed to improving community access to a quality culturally sensitive and affordable health care delivery system which is dedicated to improving community health status promoting preventive practices and wellness and providing coordinated and appropriate health care services

We will work collaboratively with other community health care plans and providers in realizing this vision

IMPROVED COMMUNITY ACCESS

PROVISION OF INTEGRATED SPECTRUM OF SERVICES

IMPROVED FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND WELLNESS

VALUES
INTEGRITY

RESPECT

EMPOWERMENT

TEAM WORK

ACCOUNTABILITY

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND BENEFIT

PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES

History

History
Chinese Hospital is a unique healthcare provider within the City and County of San Francisco with a long and rich history of providing access to culturally competent health care services for the Chinese Community In 1899 the Tung Wah Dispensary opened in San Franciscos Chinatown By the early 1920s the Dispensary had outgrown its space while other San Francisco providers continued to deny health care access to the local Chinese community

In 1923 fifteen community organizations created the Chinese Hospital Association a new nonprofit public benefit corporation The fifteen founding members of the Board of Trustees raised funds for construction of the new facility at 835 Jackson Street Chinese Hospital opened its doors with 60 acute beds on April 18 1925

In the mid1970s Chinese Hospital required a new facility The Board of Trustees conducted extensive fund raising and received Hill Burton funding for construction of a new hospital facility that opened on September 29 1979 at 845 Jackson Street next door to the original Chinese Hospital The Hospital maintained a licensed bed capacity of 59 beds The Medical Staff gained a seat on the Board of Trustees in 1980 totaling sixteen constituent member organizations

In the mid1980s managed care programs surfaced in the San Francisco Bay Area Through a collaborative program with Blue Shield of California Chinese Hospital and its physician organization Chinese Community Health Care Association created Chinese Community Health Plan In 1987 Blue Shield transferred the health plan to the ownership of Chinese Hospital which received its own KnoxKeene license from the State of California Department of Corporations This plan provides commercial coverage for individual and employer groups most of which represent small Asian businesses Chinese Community Health Plan also serves Medicare and MediCal enrollees in the community Chinese Hospital and its physician partner Chinese Community Health Association a notforprofit IPA serve additional Medicare MediCal and commercial enrollees under capitated arrangements with several commercial Medicare and MediCal managed care plans

Today the hospital provides a full range of primary and secondary acute care and ambulatory services to a multicultural clientele within the San Francisco Bay area The hospital is licensed for 54 acute care beds and features an Intensive Care Unit Medical Surgical Units Telemetry Unit Same Day Surgery Unit Endoscopy Unit a Level 4 Standby Emergency Medical Service Treatment Center Specialty Clinic for Disease Management and Women Health Operating Rooms and an array of clinical diagnostic and therapeutic services

Chinese Hospital also meets the health needs of its community needs by providing access to healthcare through its community clinics Sunset Health Services Excelsior Health Services and Daly City Health Services

Chinese Hospital is committed to meet community needs into the 21st Century As demographics health care practices and technology continue to evolve Chinese Hospital will also evolve Chinese Hospital continuously

Places our patients and community first

Offers each member of our community the ability to reach his or her highest
potential for health

Focuses on prevention and wellness through education and selective eastern
medical practices

Values our physician partnership

Believes that access clinical care and service should be continuously
assessed evaluated and as necessary improved and

Provides access to an integrated variety of services through multiple
providers and health plans