ABSTRACT
Objective:To analyze the overall situation and existing problems of the scientific and technological innovation capacity of hospitals in Shandong Province, propose strategies for the construction of first-class medical disciplines in hospitals, promote the transformation of medical science and technology achievements into clinical application, and provide a reference basis for building a highland of health scientific and technological innovation.Methods:Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics (STEM) data of hospitals in Shandong Province in 2020 were obtained by network research method, and the scientific and technological innovation capacity and sustainability of hospitals and disciplines were analyzed by statistical description method, assignment method, and NetDraw visualization tool.Results:The number of national top 100 hospitals and disciplines in Shandong Province ranks seventh and sixth in China, respectively. Only three hospitals in Shandong Province are among the national top 50, covering 80.6% of provincial top-ranked disciplines, while 41.6% of the national top 100 disciplines in Shandong Province are ranked after the top 50 in their respective discipline lists. The hospital scientific and technological innovation capacity of Shandong Province is at the middle-upper level with few and uneven distributions of first-class hospitals and disciplines, leading to a relatively weak overall science and technology impact.Conclusions:Given the current situation in Shandong Province, it is suggested that hospitals should take STEM as a guide to strengthen the construction of scientific research environments, vigorously develop clinical research, continuous strengthen discipline construction, and emphasize scientific innovative talent training and research integrity education, providing a science and technology strategic support for the acceleration of the medical scientific and technologic innovation and the promotion of high-level innovative province construction.