Chonnam National University Hospital Selected as a 'Hospital Excelling in Colon Cancer Surgery'

HIRA 'Colorectal Cancer Appropriateness Evaluation' Top Grade Award

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam National University Hospital (Director Lee Samyong) has been selected as a 'Hospital Excelling in Colon Cancer Surgery.'

Jeonnam National University Hospital announced on the 12th that it received the highest grade, Grade 1, with a score of 99.27 in the 7th Colon Cancer Appropriateness Evaluation recently conducted by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.

The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service conducted the evaluation on 232 medical institutions nationwide that performed colon cancer surgeries over one year starting from January 2018.

With this, Jeonnam National University Hospital has achieved Grade 1 in the colon cancer appropriateness evaluation for seven consecutive times since 2011, once again proving that it is a medical institution performing colon cancer surgeries at the highest level nationwide.

This evaluation was conducted based on 13 indicators across three categories: structure, process, and outcome.

Among these, Jeonnam National University Hospital scored a perfect 100 points in 9 out of 10 items that had a full score of 100 points, including ▲presence of specialized personnel ▲rate of confirming family history of cancer ▲rate of performing detailed preoperative examinations ▲rate of recording completeness evaluation of resection ▲rate of performing CEA tests within 3 months after surgery ▲completeness of pathology report records ▲rate of recommended adjuvant chemotherapy within 8 weeks after surgery ▲rate of postoperative radiation therapy.

Meanwhile, colon cancer ranks third in mortality among cancer diseases, and the number of newly diagnosed cancer patients reached approximately 230,000 in 2017, increasing by a staggering 38.1% over 10 years, making it one of the fastest-growing cancer diseases.

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