Green environment with green forests and clean air in our surrounding
is the br pride of the Chosun University Hospital.
The Chosun University Hospital, since its opening in 1971 with 19 medical departments and 200 hospital beds with the goal of making contributions towards the improvement of the national health through medical treatment, education and researches, has established itself as the best private university hospital in Honam region of Korea as the result of the continued advancements through designation as the official hospital for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, execution of agreement as collaborating hospital with the Budang Seoul National University Hospital in 2004 and execution of the agreement as cooperative hospital for medical treatment with the Yenben City Hospital in Gilin Province, China.
Recently, the completion of the construction of the new medical ward (Specialized Medical Treatment Center) eliminated the inconvenience of the patients in having to be transferred to and moved around different medical departments for the extensive range of tests they are undergoing. Accordingly, we are now able to provide truly customizedmedical treatmentservice, thereby receiving highly favorable responses from the patients.
Patients who had undergone medical treatment at least once at the Hospital and their family members have widely spread the convenience of the medical treatment provide by each of the medical centers including the best center in the region of Gwangju by words of mouth, thereby generating greater ripple effects than anticipated.
In the new medical ward constructed as a Specialized Medical Treatment Center with 4 above ground floors, 4 underground floors and total floor area of 16,198.42㎡accommodates the following centers: ▲ Cancer Center ▲ Cardiovascular Center ▲ Diabetes Center ▲ Spine Center ▲ Joint Center ▲ Emergency Medical Treatment Center for Trauma ▲ Sports & Health Rehabilitation Center,and ▲ Comprehensive Medical Examination Center.
Among these, the Sports & Health Rehabilitation Center, the first in the region, provides rehabilitation therapy, physiotherapy and exercise therapy concurrently for patients who have undergone the surgery for the nerve or musculoskeletal system (knee, ankle, waist, shoulder and elbow, etc.) due to the disabilities that manifest as the results of stroke or brain damages, and sports injuries and accidents.
Moreover, operating rooms with the most advanced high-tech facilities, recovery room and intensive care unit have begun their operation. Accordingly, the Hospital has undisputedly established its status as the leading medical institution in the region. Furthermore, we managed to establish ubiquitous hospital (U-Hospital) by equipping ourselves with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, Order Communication System (OCS) andPicture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
Therefore, the medical staffs of the Hospital can not only have access to their patient information anywhere in the country using PDA or notebook computer but also provide medical treatment for the patients including the issuance of prescriptions for their patients.
In addition, we have further upgraded the level of the medical services of the Hospital by adopting PET-CT, equipment for detection of cancer at early stage, for the first time in the region of Gwangju.
In addition, we have completed the One-Stop medical treatment system through collaborating medical treatment system for each of the diseases by installing a connecting passage between the Specialized Medical Treatment Center and the main ward of the Hospital as well as completed the implementation of the centralized hospital management system to activate the One-Day surgery by shortening the duration of surgery and to enhance our responsiveness for the emergency situations.
