Implementation of Knowledge Management in Chinese Hospitals

Author: Qiao-Yuan YAN ¹ ; Fei XIANG ; Xiao-Xu SHI ; Qin ZHU
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1. Union Hospital
Keywords: knowledge management; hospital knowledge management; implementation
From: Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences) 2018;38(2):372-378
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The implementation of knowledge management (KM) in hospitals affects efficiency and outcomes of hospitals.However,few studies explored the implementation of KM in China.Twenty-two questions were designed concerning KM implementation status in over 50 hospitals.In order to understand the KM level and attitude to KM of the hospital's managers,a random sampling survey was conducted among 138 managers from 50 different scales of hospitals in 15 provinces of China.The survey showed that overall level of KM implementation in Chinese hospitals was still low and differed among different scales of hospitals (P＜0.05,or P＜0.01).In all the hospitals investigated,63.8％ did not implement KM yet,among which 46％ even had not planned for that.49.8％ of the hospitals investigated had no training program about KM ever and the main source of hospital staff to get knowledge was iuternet.It suggested that hospital managers should make much more efforts to get to know and understand theories on KM,so that hospital KM could be promoted more rapidly.