Beijing: DNV, the worldly leading provider of risk management and sustainability solutions, has today signed an MOU agreement for joint research with China Health Economics Institute (CHEI)—the research body under the direct leadership of Ministry of Health. The DNV-CHEI joint research institute called “Healthcare Risk Management Research Centre” will focus on China national healthcare reform strategy and hospital management from a risk management perspective.
“The Chinese healthcare reform is one of the largest undertakings in human history, directly impacting the entirety of China’s 1.3 billion population. We look forward to working hand in hand with CHEI to find appropriate risk analysis methodologies for both the national strategy and also at the hospital level,” said Per Marius Berrefjord, Managing Director of DNV Sustainability Centre in Beijing.
China now is carrying out a reform, aiming to build a basic health-care system that can provide "safe, effective, convenient and affordable" health services to all its urban and rural residents by 2010. It is now implementing the three-year action plan (2009-2011) which, with an investment of RMB850 billion ($124 billion), will enable all Chinese people to enjoy the universal medical services, by taking efforts in five aspects: expanding medical insurance coverage, building a basic medicine system, improving medical service system especially those at the grassroots level, providing equal public health services in both rural and urban areas and reforming public hospitals.
The founding of “Healthcare Risk Management Research Centre” in Beijing with CHEI as the partner demonstrates DNV’s strong and continued commitment to facilitating the sustainable development of China by fully exerting its comprehensive competences in areas not only in maritime, energy or industry. Both DNV and CHEI are to allocate fund & staff into the joint venture which is expected to start operation in near future.
The “Healthcare Risk Management Research Centre”, with the dedication of the two prominent solution providers, will contribute to China’s healthcare reform which now tops the agenda of the government, with three primary targets as follows:
1. To create the No.1 think-tank in the field of risk management in healthcare system advising the national and provincial governments;
2. To provide advisory services for Chinese healthcare policy making and management practices;
3. To contribute to the development of Chinese healthcare accreditation standards.
“DNV has well-established theories and tools in risk analysis with proven international experience. As China sets forth on the healthcare reform journey, we are pleased to have DNV as our partner and jointly create the top think tank to facilitate the government’s decision making and benefit the country population as a whole,” said Professor Zhang Zhenzhong, Director of CHEI and co-signatory to the MOU.
DNV is working diligently around the world to make healthcare safer and more effective. With the approval from the US Centres for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), DNV is helping American hospitals transform accreditation into a strategic business advantage and it is now the No.2 hospital accreditor in the US. DNV serves as the major external advisor to the government of the United Kingdom on its healthcare system. DNV is also No.1 hospital accreditation body in Brazil and the fastest growing accreditation body in India.
“The Chinese development model has gained increasingly international recognition and China’s adoption of sustainable practices creates stronger Chinese enterprises and contributes to a balanced and harmonious economic progress at the national level,” said Mr Berrefjord, pointing out that the national leadership have prioritised healthcare reform as a core requirement for the development of a harmonious society in China.
In China, the central government is now more than ever decisively creating required standards for national enterprises. DNV has found itself a role as a facilitator of national targeted goals, particularly related to sustainability, and works with both government and enterprises. China’s central government has launched the first three-year action plan for the long-term healthcare reform. In addition to developing a national policy, there will be 100 pilot programmes at state-run hospitals and an effort to resolve healthcare delivery to the 800 million people living in rural areas.
DNV Sustainability Centre
DNV is a leading global provider of services for managing risk, helping customers to safely and responsibly improve their business performance. Through its network of 300 offices in 100 countries, DNV is recognised for its leading technology expertise, risk methodology and industry knowledge.
DNV has assisted many governments, state-owned enterprises and private companies implementing sustainability standards and practices – in China and globally. DNV’s Sustainability Centre in Beijing has been established to utilise and adapt our leading scientific risk approach and global implementation experience to a Chinese context. The aim is to provide decision-making support and facilitate sustainable performance of large-scale projects in China.
DNV established its first office in China in 1888 to ensure safety in the shipping industry. Since then, DNV has taken leadership through innovation and competence development and non-compromising standards of quality and integrity in a variety of industries. DNV has 900 employees in 36 offices in China. The company was founded in 1864 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.