The paper first expounds the features of current ideological and political work in hospitals, viz. the selectivity of the central task, the complexity of customers, the possession of knowledge by the majority of the staff and the openness of their ideology. Then it sets forth 6 methods of conducting ideological and political work in hospitals at present: ①combination of one way inculcation and infiltration in length and breadth; ②emphasis on both practical results and efficiency; ③attention to both poverty relief and self enhancement; ④persistence in both education and strict management; ⑤unity of retrospective summary and perspective study; and ⑥stress on relying on the professional contingent as key members and adopting the operational mechanism of joint control.