The four major goals of telemedicine in Henan Province:
1, all medical associations in Henan Province will realize the full coverage of telemedicine, and the scope of services should be gradually expanded to rural, community and other primary medical institutions.
2. Electronic health records and electronic case information***sharing will be realized within the medical clusters.
3. The goal is to realize the interconnection of medical information with the goal of "one card".
4, "Internet +" as a means to build smart hospitals, so that wearable devices, intelligent medical guide triage, intelligent medical image recognition and other intelligent medical experience more accessible.
Background of telemedicine in Henan:
Henan Province has implemented the "Patient Satisfaction Enhancement Project" since 2018, utilizing a three-year period, focusing on medical institutions above the second level, and implementing a healthcare system covering outpatient services, nursing care, etc. in the Henan Province, The medical system in Henan Province, focusing on medical institutions above the second level, has implemented ten initiatives to improve medical services, including outpatient services, nursing services, medical ethics and medical style construction, to innovate the medical service model, to promote the high-quality development of medical services, and to satisfy the people's new demand for medical services.
Henan requires tertiary hospitals to further increase the proportion of appointments for diagnostic and treatment services, outpatient and hospital follow-up patients' appointments are accurate to one hour, while priority should be given to the primary care institutions within the medical association to reserve a number of sources; hospitals with the conditions to gradually improve inpatient beds, day surgery appointments and other extended services. For patients with acute and critical illnesses to open up the "green channel" to provide seamless emergency services.
Reference: People's Daily - Henan medical association to achieve full coverage of telemedicine in the next three years