Goal

The purposes of Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital are providing holistic health care services, clinical education and medical technology research and expect to be the highest quality holistic care and occupational medical specialty hospital. The core values of Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital are followings:

1. Cooperation: By the team collaborative mode of medical and administration, which integrate and manage team resources to provide patients the most appropriate care.
2. Accountability: Provide a friendly medical environment and community health building and assume responsibility for patients and employees.
3. Reverence: Emphasize on patient safety, medical ethics, patient rights and private, also respect the value of life.
4. Effectiveness: Improve the medical care and service performance quality, also enhance administrative efficiency and information integration.

Missions

1. Community Medicine: Integrate community resources and collaborate with local schools, enterprises and community development associations to promote health activities.
2. Tropical Medicine: As an evacuation responsible hospital for Center for Disease Control to Kaohsiung airport and harbor. Provide consulting services of tourism infection and infection prevention vaccination.
3. Acute and Critical Medicine: Provide timely and appropriate emergency medical services to public within moderate score emergency medical capabilities assessment.
4. Environmental and Occupational Medicine: Enhance the prevention and treatment of environmental and occupational injuries, co-operating with on government policy to strengthen general knowledge of occupational health.

Accomplishments

1. Healthcare Quality and Efficiency: By international and nationwide quality indicators such as Taiwan Quality Indicator Project (TQIP) and Taiwan Healthcare Indicator Series (THIS) to improve service quality, also combine 40 quality-related committees to monitor the quality control of medical service. Accord to patient safety policy by the Health Bureau, not only to promote patient safety work but also create a safe environment.
2. Friendly Medical Environment: We have organized women-friendly hospital demonstration to observe with Department of Health of Kaohsiung City Government and received age-friendly hospital accreditation by National Health Department and Barrier-free environment-friendly selection of Kaohsiung City. Besides we earned the premium of friendly building selection by Ministry of the Interior, friendly workplace and best breastfeeding rooms of Kaohsiung City.
3. Health Promotion: To promote health important, we set up a fitness center for employee and community health classroom for hypertension patients. Also has held annual sport competition, diet activities and organized different activity clubs to encourage employees to regard health, we received the “Health Navigator Award of the Outstanding healthy workplace” from National Health Administration.
4. Teaching and Research: We passed the Evaluation. In order to reform the Accreditation, we designated to draw up and execute the hospital-wide programs of teacher training.
5. International Medical Services: To play the role of medical diplomacy, we have actively assisted international medical-related service including international medical aid, international donors supplies, cross-strait exchanges, global and China medical personnel observing and training.
6. Future Prospects: Based on the core values of cooperation, accountability, reverence, and effectiveness, we continue to strengthen the organization and management, enhance administrative and medical efficiency and expand health strategic alliance. We will provide community residents with high quality health care services and fulfill social responsibility. Expect Siaogang Hospital to become the highest quality holistic care and an Occupational Medical Specialty Hospital in future.