( People's Daily Health Client Reporter Wang Aibing ) "According to the existing data, in my country, there are about 100 million patients who need wound treatment every year, and about 30 million patients with severe patients. With the increase of population aging and the number of patients with chronic wounds, if no intervention is performed, the cost of wound treatment will gradually increase." On October 23, at the expert discussion meeting on the completion of the research on the ulcer regeneration medical system, the head of the research group, professor and executive dean of the Tsinghua University School of Public Administration, Zhu Xufeng said.
ulcerology is a disease composed of open injuries, surface wound infections, and skin and mucosal ulcers that are difficult to heal for a long time. The onset process includes pathological changes such as wound exudation, infection, and ulcers; skin and mucosal rupture and soft tissue damage ; and regenerative medicine is designed for patients with severe injuries or chronic diseases whose body does not respond sufficiently to restore functional tissue.
"At present, aging of the population structure has brought about changes in the disease spectrum. The number of patients with wounds caused by diabetes , obesity, burn , etc. is increasing. All kinds of wounds not only bring great pain to patients, but also require high treatment costs." Liao Zangyi, executive director of the project and associate professor of , School of Politics and Public Administration, China University of Political Science and Law, pointed out that based on this, the establishment of the ulcer regeneration medical system and the formulation and implementation of standards is urgent.
On July 11, Liao Zangyi (second from right), an associate professor at the School of Politics and Public Administration of China University of Political Science and Law, conducted research in the Department of Wound Restoration of Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Photo provided by the interviewee
People's Daily Health Client reporter learned at the seminar that at this stage, clinical medicine 's attention to wounds is increasing day by day, and the country is gradually providing wound treatment at the policy level to support it. In December 2019, the National Health Commission of issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Diagnosis and Treatment Management of Chronic Difficult Healing Wounds (Ulcers) on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Skins (Ulcers)", which standardized the capabilities of departments for chronic wound diagnosis and treatment, and required comprehensive second-level and above hospitals with conditions to set up wound restoration departments. Subsequently, a number of policies were issued to fill the gap in my country's chronic wound treatment standards.
"my country's ulcer regeneration medical system is in a critical stage. Whether from the perspective of clinical application or the needs and acceptance of our patients, the current ulcer regeneration medical system has received unprecedented attention." Xu Peng , Chairman of the Board of Directors of Meibao Group and Director of the Global Sustainable Development Institute of Tsinghua University, told the People's Daily Health Client reporter that the ulcer regeneration medical system can not only reduce the medical burden of wound treatment and repair in my country, but also enable the wounds of trauma patients to be regenerated and improve the quality of repair.
In this regard, Liao Zangyi suggested that, first, the clinical application of the regenerative medical technology system has matured and can be fully promoted to establish a national standard for the regenerative medical system for ulcer regeneration; second, improve the internal management mechanism of the regenerative medical cooperation alliance; third, pay attention to the development and capacity building of wound restoration disciplines in policy allocation and hospital management; fourth, improve the standardized clinical path of regenerative medical technology in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases; fifth, explore the efficacy of medical insurance for the advantageous diseases of ulcer regenerative medical; finally, improve the management system of the regenerative medical system and the two-way referral mechanism.
