At the workshop, experts pointed out some existing limitations in the management and use of medical supplies in hospitals such as: Treatment units are still not aware of the value of inventory in proportion to the problem of capital backlog, the record system is still heavy on hard copy documents, the process of estimating medical supplies and inventory rechecking is not strictly maintained, there are no effective solutions to monitor real-time inventory in the entire hospital system...

Major General, Doctor, Physician Tran Quoc Viet, Director of Military Hospital 175 spoke at the conference.

Lieutenant Colonel, Master Pham Dang Quynh, Deputy Head of the Equipment Department of Military Hospital 175 proposed solutions to improve the effectiveness of medical supplies management and use such as: Strictly maintaining the material management process from the planning stage to summarizing usage reports, promoting coordination between relevant agencies in periodic and surprise inspections of medical supplies management and use in departments... Hospitals need to complete the medical supplies management system subsystems, set up regular warnings on the system. Associate Professor, Doctor, Doctor Nguyen Huu Thinh, Head of the Equipment Department of Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital shared key information about inventory management at the workshop.

Leaders of Military Hospital 175 presented flowers to thank the experts who presented at the conference.

Speaking at the workshop, Major General, Doctor, Doctor Tran Quoc Viet, Director of Military Hospital 175 emphasized: Quality management at hospitals is currently receiving great attention and a key task is to improve the management and use of medical supplies. Through this workshop, Military Hospital 175 and medical facilities will have more knowledge and new, effective solutions to manage and use medical supplies at hospitals. This will be the premise to support the optimization of medical costs in medical examination and treatment, which is of particular interest to the health sector nationwide.

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