Huashan was the first hospital in China to have a cooperative relationship with Harvard University, and very early on understood the medical needs of foreigners residing in the country. As early as 1989 it set up a foreigners 'clinic, the majority of patients being from the US, Europe and Japan. The number of patients from outside Shanghai has grown from just a few initially to about 150 a day at present.
做為中國境內第一所與美國哈佛大學合作的醫院，華山很早就體認到外籍人士在大陸的醫療需求，早在 1989 年就設立外賓門診，以歐、美、日本病患居多，境外病患也從早期的個位數，增加到現在一天 150 人左右。