Objective To explore the evaluation index and appointment mechanism of healthy professional titles. Methods We collected the data of people evaluated and appointed as advanced professional titles, and the evaluation and appointment documents in West China Hospital. We analyzed the evaluation index and appointment mechanism. Results A total of 400 people gained senior title promotion. The evaluation indexes focused on academic degrees, papers, research projects, patents, as well as awards and honors. The research achievements reduced of 80% people who had gained senior titles. Conclusion Current evaluation indexes prefer to inflexible index and ignore flexible index. The appointment mechanism lacks outcome evaluation, and the professional title will not be eliminated once appointed. In the future, we should improve the evaluation index and appointment mechanism focusing on the specific characteristics of healthy professional titles.