Hwaseong City Expands Discharged Patient Care Linkage Partner Hospitals from 4 to 12

Additional Agreements Signed With Eight Secondary Hospitals in the City
Building a Comprehensive Care Network Between Hospitals and the Local Government

Hwaseong Special City in Gyeonggi Province is significantly expanding its network of partner medical institutions for the "Discharged Patient Care Linkage Program," which supports patients in leading stable lives within the local community after leaving the hospital. The number of participating hospitals will be increased from four to twelve, thereby strengthening the integrated medical and care support system.

Park Jooyeon, Head Nurse at Hwaseong Central General Hospital, is explaining the application procedure for integrated care for discharged patients. Provided by Hwaseong City

On May 11, the city signed a Financial business agreement with eight secondary hospitals in the area, agreeing to establish an organic partnership to support the reintegration of discharged patients into the community.

This agreement follows the previous partnership established in March with four general hospitals: Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital, Hwaseong Central General Hospital, Wonkwang General Hospital, and Hwaseong Yuil Hospital. The newly participating medical institutions are: Dongtan City Hospital, ABC Hospital, Hwaseong DS Hospital, Teunteun Hospital, Bareudaim Hospital, Himangchan Hospital, Su&Su Hospital, and Hyangnam Smart Hospital, making a total of eight new partners.

With this, Hwaseong Special City has completed a network of twelve partner hospitals, enabling hospitals to assess discharged patients' health conditions and care needs in advance and to directly connect them to the city for prompt, customized service.

Shin Hyunju, Director of Care and Welfare, stated, "The care gap that occurs during the transition from hospital discharge to returning to daily life is directly linked to citizens' quality of life. Based on a dense care system built through public-private cooperation, we will continue to develop 'Hwaseong-style Integrated Care' so that all citizens can enjoy a healthy and happy old age in their own homes."

Meanwhile, in addition to this linkage program, Hwaseong Special City is also promoting thirteen regionally specialized integrated care initiatives, including home medical care (Western and Korean medicine), home rehabilitation, home medication management, residential environment improvement, and care-safe housing. The city plans to continue expanding the care infrastructure by leveraging the abundant local medical resources.

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