Incheon Himchan General Hospital wins the best first grade for the second consecutive pneumonia adequacy evaluation
Jul 28, 2025
Incheon Himchan General Hospital once again proved the excellence of pneumonia treatment.
Incheon Himchan General Hospital announced that it obtained the highest grade, grade 1, in the '6th Pneumonia Appropriateness Assessment' organized by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. In particular, it received the highest grade in the 「5th Pneumonia Appropriateness Assessment」 conducted immediately after the opening of the hospital in March 2021 (October 2021 to March 2022), and achieved the second consecutive first grade in all pneumonia appropriate assessments conducted since the opening of the hospital.
From October 2023 to March 2024, a total of 599 medical institutions, including 46 senior hospitals, 304 general hospitals, and 249 hospitals, participated in the evaluation of cases of intravenous antibiotics for more than three days among adult patients over the age of 18 hospitalized with pneumonia.
Pneumonia adequacy assessment is a system to evaluate the level of treatment of medical institutions based on four monitoring indicators: ▲ Oxygen saturation test ▲ Severity test use ▲ Sputum culture test prescription rate ▲ Blood culture test before first antibiotic administration ▲ Appropriate antibiotic administration rate within 8 hours of arrival at the hospital.
Incheon Himchan General Hospital achieved a comprehensive score of 98.4 in all indicators. This is about 15 points higher than the overall average of 82.9, which is an excellent performance at the top.
Kim Bong-ok, Director of Incheon Himchan General Hospital, said, "This evaluation result is an important achievement that shows how systematic and effective the pneumonia treatment system and patient-centered treatment system are at our hospital. We will continue to fulfill our responsibilities as a hospital to protect the health of the community through prompt and accurate treatment."."
Incheon Himchan General Hospital announced that it obtained the highest grade, grade 1, in the '6th Pneumonia Appropriateness Assessment' organized by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service. In particular, it received the highest grade in the 「5th Pneumonia Appropriateness Assessment」 conducted immediately after the opening of the hospital in March 2021 (October 2021 to March 2022), and achieved the second consecutive first grade in all pneumonia appropriate assessments conducted since the opening of the hospital.
From October 2023 to March 2024, a total of 599 medical institutions, including 46 senior hospitals, 304 general hospitals, and 249 hospitals, participated in the evaluation of cases of intravenous antibiotics for more than three days among adult patients over the age of 18 hospitalized with pneumonia.
Pneumonia adequacy assessment is a system to evaluate the level of treatment of medical institutions based on four monitoring indicators: ▲ Oxygen saturation test ▲ Severity test use ▲ Sputum culture test prescription rate ▲ Blood culture test before first antibiotic administration ▲ Appropriate antibiotic administration rate within 8 hours of arrival at the hospital.
Incheon Himchan General Hospital achieved a comprehensive score of 98.4 in all indicators. This is about 15 points higher than the overall average of 82.9, which is an excellent performance at the top.
Kim Bong-ok, Director of Incheon Himchan General Hospital, said, "This evaluation result is an important achievement that shows how systematic and effective the pneumonia treatment system and patient-centered treatment system are at our hospital. We will continue to fulfill our responsibilities as a hospital to protect the health of the community through prompt and accurate treatment."."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
