** MISSION **
Chinese Hospital, a community-owned, not-for-profit organization, exists primarily to deliver quality health care in a cost effective way, responsive to the community's ethnic and cultural uniqueness, providing access to health care and acceptability to all socioeconomic levels. Chinese Hospital is governed by a voluntary Board of Trustees, broadly representative of the community, and strives to assume a leadership role in all health matters.
We will work collaboratively with other community health care plans and providers in realizing this vision
* Community ownership and responsiveness
* Community leadership
* Cultural uniqueness
* Concern for a broad spectrum of health needs, including but not limited to
hospital care.
The mission defines the basic purpose of the organization and guides the organization in selecting among the many strategic options.
** VISION **
Chinese Hospital is committed to improving community access to a quality, culturally sensitive and affordable health care delivery system which is dedicated to improving community health status, promoting preventive practices and wellness, and providing coordinated and appropriate health care services.
We will work collaboratively with other community health care plans and providers in realizing this vision
* IMPROVED COMMUNITY ACCESS
* PROVISION OF INTEGRATED SPECTRUM OF SERVICES
* IMPROVED FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND WELLNESS
** VALUES **
* INTEGRITY
* RESPECT
* EMPOWERMENT
* TEAM WORK
* ACCOUNTABILITY
* QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
* COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND BENEFIT
* PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES
History Of Chinese Hospital
** History **
Chinese Hospital is a unique healthcare provider within the City and County of San Francisco, with a long and rich history of providing access to culturally competent health care services for the Chinese Community. In 1899, the Tung Wah Dispensary opened in San Francisco’s Chinatown. By the early 1920s, the Dispensary had outgrown its space, while other San Francisco providers continued to deny health care access to the local Chinese community.
In 1923, fifteen community organizations created the Chinese Hospital Association, a new non-profit public benefit corporation. The fifteen founding members of the Board of Trustees raised funds for construction of the new facility at 835 Jackson Street. Chinese Hospital opened its doors with 60 acute beds on April 18, 1925.
In the mid-1970s Chinese Hospital required a new facility. The Board of Trustees conducted extensive fund raising and received Hill Burton funding for construction of a new hospital facility that opened on September 29, 1979 at 845 Jackson Street, next door to the original Chinese Hospital. The Hospital maintained a licensed bed capacity of 59 beds. The Medical Staff gained a seat on the Board of Trustees in 1980, totaling sixteen constituent member organizations.
In the mid-1980s, managed care programs surfaced in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through a collaborative program with Blue Shield of California, Chinese Hospital and its physician organization (Chinese Community Health Care Association) created Chinese Community Health Plan. In 1987, Blue Shield transferred the health plan to the ownership of Chinese Hospital, which received its own Knox-Keene license from the State of California Department of Corporations. This plan provides commercial coverage for individual and employer groups, most of which represent small Asian businesses. Chinese Community Health Plan also serves Medicare and Medi-Cal enrollees in the community. Chinese Hospital and its physician partner, Chinese Community Health Association (a not-for-profit IPA), serve additional Medicare, Medi-Cal and commercial enrollees under capitated arrangements with several commercial, Medicare and Medi-Cal managed care plans.
Today, the hospital provides a full range of primary and secondary acute care and ambulatory services to a multi-cultural clientele within the San Francisco Bay area. The hospital is licensed for 54 acute care beds and features an Intensive Care Unit, Medical Surgical Units, Telemetry Unit, Same Day Surgery Unit, Endoscopy Unit, a Level 4 Standby Emergency Medical Service (Treatment Center), Specialty Clinic for Disease Management and Women Health, Operating Rooms and an array of clinical diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Chinese Hospital also meets the health needs of its community needs by providing access to healthcare through its community clinics: Sunset Health Services, Excelsior Health Services and Daly City Health Services.
Chinese Hospital is committed to meet community needs into the 21st Century. As demographics, health care practices and technology continue to evolve, Chinese Hospital will also evolve. Chinese Hospital continuously:
* Places our patients and community first;
* Offers each member of our community the ability to reach his or her highest
potential for health;
* Focuses on prevention and wellness through education and selective eastern
medical practices;
* Values our physician partnership;
* Believes that access, clinical care and service should be continuously
assessed, evaluated and (as necessary) improved; and
* Provides access to an integrated variety of services through multiple
providers and health plans.
