Reading the evidence

Read doctor and department profiles carefully

Keep identities, department descriptions, dates and sources separate when comparing public provider information.

The useful starting point

Compare the same factual fields across profiles: official name, institution, campus, department, stated role, source and date checked. Keep the institution’s wording for professional interests. A profile can help you prepare questions, but it cannot establish clinical suitability or appointment availability.

From an official source

Start with the institution’s information

Article 6 of China’s medical-institution information-disclosure measures includes institutional details, department locations, staff identification, services, service processes, prices and consultation channels among its disclosure categories. These categories provide a useful starting point for finding administrative information.

Source: Measures for Information Disclosure by Medical and Health Institutions

Our checking method

Separate the fields before comparing

A short biography can mix several different claims. Write each one separately and keep its source alongside it.

  • Name and institution: check the original name, hospital and campus together.
  • Department and role: preserve the official wording; label a translation as a translation.
  • Professional interests: record what the source says without turning it into a treatment recommendation.
  • Schedule: check the current official booking channel separately from the biography.
  • Evidence: keep the page URL and date checked for each fact; label missing or conflicting details.

Our checking method

Handle conflicting information openly

If two pages disagree about a campus, department or role, keep both links and their dates. Ask the institution which information is current. Do not merge two people because their translated names look alike, or assume a missing English page means a service is unavailable.

Our checking method

What a comparison cannot decide

Our method does not infer outcomes, availability, language fluency or a best doctor from a title or biography. Use the comparison to identify questions and evidence gaps. Clinical decisions belong with an independently selected licensed clinician.

Sources & corrections

References checked on . The review date records our source check; it does not verify today’s availability at an institution.

  1. Measures for Information Disclosure by Medical and Health InstitutionsNational Health Commission of China · Chinese · Published 2022-01-04

    General disclosure categories, especially Article 6; not verification of an individual profile or current legal advice.

We separate sourced facts from our checking questions. To flag a source error, email contact@medical2china.com with this guide’s URL and the correction. Do not include personal information or medical records.