Kaohsiung Municipal Cijin Hospital
(Operated by Kaohsiung Medical University under commission)

In Cijin, health has never been a term confined to the consultation room, but a part of daily life closely intertwined with living. On this island embraced by the sea, the population structure is gradually aging, and the “three highs” (hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia) and chronic diseases have become the most real and pressing issues requiring long-term attention for older adults. It is within this context that Kaohsiung Municipal Cijin Hospital has been quietly cultivating its efforts, step by step, implementing health promotion throughout every corner of the community.

This year, these long-term efforts received tangible recognition. Cijin Hospital was awarded the “Gold Award in the National Health Administration Kidney Disease Health Promotion Institution Care Quality Incentive Program,” standing out among numerous medical institutions nationwide and becoming a benchmark for care quality and community health promotion. This gold award represents not only performance on evaluation indicators, but also trust and practice accumulated over a long period of time.

For Cijin Hospital, kidney disease prevention and treatment has never been limited to managing a single illness, but rather comprehensive care beginning at its source. Hypertension, hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia—chronic conditions that may seem familiar yet are easily overlooked—are the most critical risk factors for kidney disease. The hospital team regards the prevention and management of the “three highs” as the foundation of community health. Through outpatient follow-up, case management, health education interventions, and community screening, they accompany older adults step by step in stabilizing their health status and preventing disease from silently worsening.

For Cijin Hospital, stepping beyond the hospital grounds has always been routine. Community sites, long-term care stations, and activity centers have all become venues for health promotion. Measuring blood pressure, testing blood glucose, and providing chronic disease education are not cold data points, but ongoing dialogues with residents. Physicians, nurses, dietitians, and case managers form an interdisciplinary team, replacing one-time interventions with long-term companionship, ensuring that “prevention” is truly implemented.

This deeply rooted model has also brought care closer to daily life. For many older adults, health is no longer simply about “whether one is ill,” but whether one can maintain daily routines and continue participating in community life. What Cijin Hospital safeguards is precisely this line of defense, ensuring that chronic diseases do not become obstacles to living.

In addition to the Gold Award for kidney disease care, Cijin Hospital also received the “National Health Administration ROC Year 114 Kidney Disease Health Promotion Institution Care Quality Improvement Incentive Program – Regional Hospital Category Innovation Award,” as well as the Specialty Theme Bronze Award and the Implementation Achievement Bronze Award in the Diabetes Health Promotion Institution Care Quality Assessment. These awards, from different perspectives, affirm the hospital’s efforts and achievements in integrated chronic disease care. Yet the true core always returns to the same principle: “Keeping health within the community and integrating care into daily life.”

In Cijin, healthcare is not merely about treating disease, but about safeguarding lives that are aging, yet still vibrant. This gold award is both recognition and responsibility. Moving forward, Cijin Hospital will continue to take the island as its starting point, deeply cultivating local services, accompanying older adults to move forward more steadily and further, and making health the most grounded part of everyday life on this island.

Cijin Hospital Receives the National Health Administration Gold Award for Kidney Disease Care

Cijin Three Highs Patient Support Group Activity