1.Exploration and Reflection on the Construction of Pre-admission Processes in Public Hospitals
Guojie ZHANG ; Hongmei ZHANG ; Qinghua BAI ; Liluan YOU ; Wei ZHANG ; Xueqin SUN ; Jinjin GAO ; Zheng CHEN ; Weiguo ZHU ; Qing CHANG
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2025;16(5):1185-1192
Pre-admission is a critical initiative to optimize medical service processes and alleviate the challenge of "difficult access to healthcare. "However, there is currently a lack of standardized protocols for pre-admission procedures. This study aims to systematically analyze key nodes and risk factors in pre-admission process design and propose optimization strategies, providing a foundation for policy formulation and hospital practices. By constructing a "forward-reverse" dual-process model of pre-admission and identifying risk points based on stakeholder theory (patients, hospitals, healthcare administration, and insurance), the study reveals that while pre-admission can reduce the average length of stay, improve bed turnover rates, and enhance patient satisfaction, it also presents risks such as cross-period financial settlement, challenges in insurance policy adaptability, demands for information system integration, and the need for defining medical safety boundaries. To optimize the pre-admission process and mitigate these risks, this study explores framework improvements in areas including eligibility criteria, mode selection, cost settlement, transition between pre-admission and inpatient status, and cancellation of pre-admission, offering practical guidance for public hospitals. The authors argue that pre-admission requires tripartite collaboration among hospitals, insurers, and healthcare administrations: hospitals should establish top-level design, continuously refine processes, and implement dynamic risk assessment mechanisms; insurance providers should support cross-period settlement policies; and healthcare administrations should issue guiding policies or standardized protocols. Through multi-department coordination and collaborative efforts, the optimization and innovation of pre-admission processes can be advanced, ultimately delivering more efficient and convenient healthcare experiences for patients.
2.Dose conversion coefficients for humans after oral administration of urea-14C
Zhen ZHANG ; Guangyi TANG ; Zhongjian MA ; Weiguo ZHU ; Fei CHEN
Chinese Journal of Radiological Health 2024;33(2):153-157
Objective To calculate the absorbed doses and conversion coefficients of various organs in humans after oral administration of urea-14C, and to provide a convenient method for evaluating the internal radiation dose caused by ingestion of urea-14C in Chinese population. Methods The Chinese reference human voxel model was imported into the FLUKA software to simulate the absorbed doses to organs under internal exposure to 14C, and to obtain the dose conversion coefficients for oral administration of urea-14C. Results The absorbed dose conversion coefficients for the stomach, colon, bladder, heart, and muscles were 0.029, 0.029, 0.32 (0.24), 0.028, and 0.029 mGy/MBq in negative cases, and 0.079, 0.078, 0.18 (0.15), 0.076, and 0.080 mGy/MBq in positive cases. The committed effective dose coefficients were 0.041 (0.037) mSv/MBq in negative cases and 0.082 (0.081) mSv/MBq in positive cases. Conclusion The dose conversion coefficients obtained in this study can provide important parameters for evaluating the absorbed dose to Chinese population after oral administration of urea-14C.
3.Practice exploration of intelligent fire fighting in hospital
Weiguo YANG ; Guoliang CHEN ; Yajiao GUO ; Shuhua CHEN
Modern Hospital 2024;24(3):428-430,433
Hospital fire safety management is not only a key aspect of hospital safety management,but also bears the im-portant mission of ensuring the safety of the lives and property of patients within the hospital.With the continuous development of intelligent technology,the fire safety industry is gradually moving towards intelligence,digitization,and networking.This article will combine the practical situation of smart fire protection at Guangdong Second People's Hospital,actively explore new models of smart fire protection construction and application under the new situation,in order to provide reference for major hospitals to build strong fire safety barriers.
4.Icariin Regulates Glucocorticoid-induced Autophagy of Bone Microvascular Endothelial Cells Through PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway
Zhengrong YUE ; Yue ZHANG ; Jiancheng TANG ; Yaqi ZHANG ; Chen ZHANG ; Zikang ZHONG ; Bo LI ; Ming LI ; Weiguo WANG
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2024;30(15):73-80
ObjectiveTo investigate the impact of icariin (ICA) on autophagy in glucocorticoid-induced bone microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) mediated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) signaling pathway. MethodBMECs were isolated and cultured from femoral heads obtained during total hip arthroplasty and identified using immunofluorescence staining. The experimental cells were divided into four groups: A control group, a glucocorticoid group (100 mg·L-1 hydrocortisone), an ICA group (100 mg·L-1 hydrocortisone+6.7×10-3 mg·L-1 ICA), and a Rapamycin group (100 mg·L-1 hydrocortisone+6.7×10-3 mg·L-1 ICA+1 mg·L-1 rapamycin). Autophagy in BMECs was induced using 100 mg·L-1 hydrocortisone. LC3 fluorescence staining was used to observe the peak of autophagy at different time points. Western blot analysis was employed to analyze the expression of autophagy-related proteins and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway proteins in each group. Electron microscopy was used to observe autophagosomes and autolysosomes in the cells. ResultHydrocortisone at 100 mg·L-1 induced autophagy in BMECs, reaching a peak at around 5 hours, which then declined with further intervention. Compared to the control group, the glucocorticoid group showed cell membrane damage, disordered organelle arrangement, and a large number of autophagosomes and autolysosomes. Compared to the glucocorticoid group, the ICA group had more intact cell membranes, sparser organelle arrangement, and fewer autophagosomes and autolysosomes. Compared to the ICA group, the Rapamycin group showed cell membrane damage, disordered organelle arrangement, and more autophagosomes and autolysosomes. Compared to the control group, the glucocorticoid group had significantly increased expression of light chain 3B (LC3B), Atg4B, and p62 (P<0.01). Compared to the glucocorticoid group, the ICA group showed significantly decreased expression of LC3B, Atg4B, p62, and Beclin-1 (P<0.01). Compared to the ICA group, the Rapamycin group had significantly increased expression of Atg4B and p62 (P<0.01). Compared to the control group, the glucocorticoid group had significantly decreased expression of p-PI3K/PI3K, p-Akt/Akt, and p-mTOR/mTOR (P<0.01). Compared to the glucocorticoid group, the ICA group showed significantly increased expression of p-PI3K/PI3K, p-Akt/Akt, and p-mTOR/mTOR (P<0.01). Compared to the ICA group, the Rapamycin group had significantly decreased expression of p-PI3K/PI3K, p-Akt/Akt, and p-mTOR/mTOR (P<0.01). Ubiquitination levels were significantly decreased in the glucocorticoid group compared to the control group (P<0.01). Compared to the glucocorticoid group, ubiquitination levels were significantly increased in the ICA group (P<0.01), and significantly decreased in the Rapamycin group compared to the ICA group (P<0.01). ConclusionThe glucocorticoid-induced autophagy in BMECs is time-dependent. ICA inhibits glucocorticoid-induced autophagy in BMECs, and this effect may be related to the regulation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
5.Factors Influencing Inpatient Costs for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Intrauterine Lesions under DRG Payment
Yutong WANG ; Weiguo ZHU ; Xueqin SUN ; Jiali TONG ; Jingya ZHOU ; Qing ZHAO ; Bocheng LI ; Wei ZHANG ; Xiaokun LIU ; Rui DONG ; Chen XIE ; Ding HAN
Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital 2024;15(5):1069-1076
To analyze the factors affecting the cost of hospitalization for patients and provide insights using the intrauterine lesion surgery group (DRG code NE19) as an example. This study was a retrospective cross-sectional study, with data from the first page of medical records of patients enrolled under NE19 at a comprehensive tertiary hospital in Beijing from March 15, 2022 to November 30, 2023. Influence factor selection and multifactorial linear regression analysis were conducted with hospitalization cost as the dependent variable, and patient's basic information, treatment information and key concern factors as independent variables. The profit and loss of medical records containing key factors and differences in indicators of hospitalization cost structure were analyzed in the context of clinical practice. A total of 2213 valid medical records (all female patients) were included, with patients predominantly young and middle-aged women under 45 years of age (72.12%), and with 931 day surgery medical records (42.07%). The diagnosis records included 334(15.09%) multiple uterine leiomyomas, and 246(11.12%) pelvic adhesions. A total of 150(6.78%) medical records involved ovary- and tubal-related surgeries or manipulations, with 160(7.23%) main operations being laparoscopic hysterectomy of diseased uterine lesions and 38(1.72%) mechanical rotational excision of abnormal uterine tissue using transhysteroscopy. Linear regression analysis showed that whether or not ovarian and tubal surgical operations were involved ( The NE19 group of hospitals in the study had a high loss rate, and factors such as the severity of the patient's condition and the use of new technologies affected hospitalization costs, suggesting that there is room for further optimization of the existing grouping scheme. Tiered payment standards can be set up for different tiers of healthcare institutions, and a sound and optimized exclusion mechanism can be used to promote the development of new technologies. The internal management of hospitals should encourage the development of daytime surgery to improve the efficiency of medical services.
6.Reward effect of flubromazolam and its underlying neural circuit mechanism
Weiguo HUANG ; Weikai JIANG ; Yuwei SHAO ; Zhigang CHEN ; Susu TANG ; Hao HONG
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 2024;55(3):390-396
Flubromazolam(Flub)is a novel psychoactive substance of benzodiazepines and the mechanism underlying its addiction still remains elusive.This study investigated the reward effect of Flub using conditioned place preference(CPP)mouse model.The neuronal activity was evaluated by c-Fos expression,and the neural circuit was tracked by virus tracing.This study also investigated the regulatory effect of neural circuits on Flub-induced reward effects through chemogenetic approach.The results showed that,at the dose of 3 mg/kg,Flub significantly increased CPP score and c-Fos expression in dopaminergic(DA)neurons of ventral tegmental area(VTA).Inhibition of VTA dopaminergic neuron activity dramatically decreased Flub-induced CPP score.Virus tracing verified GABAergic neuronal projection of medial rostrum tegmental nucleus(RMTg)to VTA dopaminergic neurons.Activation of RMTgGABA→VTADA circuit or blockade of benzodiazepine receptors(BZR)in RMTg significantly decreased Flub-induced CPP score.These results indicate that Flub produced reward effect via BZR-mediated RMTgGABA→VTADA circuit.
7.The trend, problems discovered, and enlightenment to hospital management of medical insurance fund unannounced inspection
Chen XIE ; Yutong WANG ; Weiguo ZHU ; Xueqin SUN ; Rui DONG ; Ding HAN
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration 2024;40(1):42-46
The rational use of medical insurance fund(MIF) plays an important role in promoting the high-quality development of public hospitals, and the supervision of MIF is in a trend of under the rule of law, normalization, professionalization and standardization, and unannounced inspection will become the norm. The authors systematically analyzed three main trends of MIF unannounced inspections, namely, gradually increasing intensity, constantly innovating methods, and increasingly serious consequences. The problems exposed in unannounced inspections were sorted out from five dimensions: form of results, severity, scope of attribution, subjective intention, and regulatory screening ideas. The enlightenment of MIF unannounced inspections to hospital management was explored from four aspects: compliance awareness, organizational system, fine management, and daily supervision. It was proposed that public hospitals should transform their roles and positions, improve the working mechanism of departmental collaboration, and achieve fine management in policy understanding, system formulation, process design, information support, data governance, regulatory implementation, personnel training, and performance matching. At the same time, internal simulated unannounced inspections in hospitals should be regarded as a routine work.
8.Research progress on impact of key proteins associated with DNA damage response on radiosensitivity
Shaorong HUANG ; Lianying FANG ; Hao SUN ; Linping ZHENG ; Yingmin CHEN ; Weiguo LI ; Ya MA
Chinese Journal of Radiological Health 2024;33(6):716-721
At present, the incidence and mortality of tumors are increasing, and the treatment of tumors has attracted much attention. Radiotherapy is a key method for tumor treatment; however, its effectiveness is often constrained by radioresistance. During tumor radiotherapy, DNA damage response (DDR) is a key factor in the radioresistance of tumor cells. Research has shown that the radiosensitivity of tumor cells can be effectively improved by regulating the expression of key proteins in the DDR pathway. Targeting the DDR signaling pathway has become an effective strategy to reduce tumor radioresistance. This article focuses on the mechanisms, clinical research status, limitations, and current challenges associated with the key DDR proteins DNA-PKcs, ATM, ATR, and PARP as therapeutic targets for tumor radiotherapy sensitization, in order to provide a reference for the development of radiotherapy sensitization agents.
9.The experience on the construction of the cluster prevention and control system for COVID-19 infection in designated hospitals during the period of "Category B infectious disease treated as Category A"
Wanjie YANG ; Xianduo LIU ; Ximo WANG ; Weiguo XU ; Lei ZHANG ; Qiang FU ; Jiming YANG ; Jing QIAN ; Fuyu ZHANG ; Li TIAN ; Wenlong ZHANG ; Yu ZHANG ; Zheng CHEN ; Shifeng SHAO ; Xiang WANG ; Li GENG ; Yi REN ; Ying WANG ; Lixia SHI ; Zhen WAN ; Yi XIE ; Yuanyuan LIU ; Weili YU ; Jing HAN ; Li LIU ; Huan ZHU ; Zijiang YU ; Hongyang LIU ; Shimei WANG
Chinese Critical Care Medicine 2024;36(2):195-201
The COVID-19 epidemic has spread to the whole world for three years and has had a serious impact on human life, health and economic activities. China's epidemic prevention and control has gone through the following stages: emergency unconventional stage, emergency normalization stage, and the transitional stage from the emergency normalization to the "Category B infectious disease treated as Category B" normalization, and achieved a major and decisive victory. The designated hospitals for prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic in Tianjin has successfully completed its tasks in all stages of epidemic prevention and control, and has accumulated valuable experience. This article summarizes the experience of constructing a hospital infection prevention and control system during the "Category B infectious disease treated as Category A" period in designated hospital. The experience is summarized as the "Cluster" hospital infection prevention and control system, namely "three rings" outside, middle and inside, "three districts" of green, orange and red, "three things" before, during and after the event, "two-day pre-purification" and "two-director system", and "one zone" management. In emergency situations, we adopt a simplified version of the cluster hospital infection prevention and control system. In emergency situations, a simplified version of the "Cluster" hospital infection prevention and control system can be adopted. This system has the following characteristics: firstly, the system emphasizes the characteristics of "cluster" and the overall management of key measures to avoid any shortcomings. The second, it emphasizes the transformation of infection control concepts to maximize the safety of medical services through infection control. The third, it emphasizes the optimization of the process. The prevention and control measures should be comprehensive and focused, while also preventing excessive use. The measures emphasize the use of the least resources to achieve the best infection control effect. The fourth, it emphasizes the quality control work of infection control, pays attention to the importance of the process, and advocates the concept of "system slimming, process fattening". Fifthly, it emphasizes that the future development depends on artificial intelligence, in order to improve the quality and efficiency of prevention and control to the greatest extent. Sixth, hospitals need to strengthen continuous training and retraining. We utilize diverse training methods, including artificial intelligence, to ensure that infection control policies and procedures are simple. We have established an evaluation and feedback mechanism to ensure that medical personnel are in an emergency state at all times.
10.Effects of Electroacupuncture on Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Dynamics in SAMP8 Mice
Ruolan WEN ; Wanqing GUO ; Weiguo DONG ; Limin CHEN ; Jinquan LI ; Chenguang WEN ; Lan LIN ; Feng WANG
Chinese Journal of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;31(2):104-109
Objective To observe the effects of electroacupuncture on the motor function and mitochondrial dynamics of skeletal muscle of SAMP8 mice;To explore the mechanism of electroacupuncture in improving the motor dysfunction of Alzheimer disease(AD)from the perspective of mitochondrial dynamics.Methods Totally 18 SAMP8 mice were divided into model group and electroacupuncture group,with 9 mice in each group,and the SAMR1 mice with the same age were set as control group."Baihui","Dazhui"and"Shenshu"were selected in the electroacupuncture group,and electroacupuncture was performed daily for 20 min,8 d as a course of treatment.Each course of treatment was separated by 2 d,for a total of 3 courses of treatment.The model group and the control group were not intervened.The motor function of mice was tested by grip strength test,suspension test,hind limb extension test and Morris water maze experiment.The morphology and structure of gastrocnemius were observed by HE staining,ATP content in gastrocnemius was determined by colorimetry,the mRNA expression of optic atrophy 1(OPA1),mitofusin 2(MFN2)and dynamin-related protein 1(DRP1)in gastrocnemius were detected by real-time quantitative PCR,the expressions of OPA1,MFN2 and DRP1 in gastrocnemius were detected by Western blot.Results Compared with the control group,the grip strength,the score in suspension test,and the average speed and maximum speed of Morris water maze experiment of mice in model group significantly decreased(P<0.01);the arrangement of fibers in the gastrocnemius muscle tissue was disordered,the gaps become wider,and the distribution of nuclei was uneven;the ATP content in the gastrocnemius muscle tissue was significantly decreased(P<0.01),the mRNA and protein expressions of OPA1 and MFN2 were significantly decreased(P<0.01),and the expression of DRP1 mRNA and protein significantly increased(P<0.01).Compared with the model group,the grip strength,the score in suspension test,and the average speed and maximum speed of Morris water maze experiment in electroacupuncture group significantly increased(P<0.01);the arrangement of gastrocnemius muscle tissue was relatively neat,the gaps become narrower,and the distribution of nuclei was more uniform;the ATP content in gastrocnemius muscle tissue significantly increased(P<0.01),while the mRNA and protein expressions of OPA1 and MFN2 significantly increased(P<0.05,P<0.01),the expression of DRP1 mRNA and protein significantly decreased(P<0.01).Conclusion Electroacupuncture can improve the skeletal muscle morphological structure and motor dysfunction of SAMP8 mice,and the mechanism may be related to the correction of skeletal muscle mitochondrial dynamic imbalance and the increase of skeletal muscle ATP content.

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