Weimai Innovation Seminar Ignites CHINC, Experts Chart New Blueprint for Internet + Healthcare

On April 23, the 2021 CHINC Special Satellite Symposium, hosted by the National Hospital Administration Institute, organized by the Chinese Journal of Digital Medicine, and exclusively supported by Weimai, convened an innovative discussion under the theme “New Models and New Technologies Empowering Hospitals to Optimize Existing Resources and Expand Growth.” Numerous presidents of renowned hospitals in China and industry experts attended and shared their insights, jointly charting a new blueprint for “Internet + Healthcare” services.

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New Technologies and Models Help Hospitals Optimize Existing Resources and Expand Growth

Amid the pandemic over the past year, numerous hospitals have launched internet hospital platforms, yet many remain at a loss as to how to further deepen and optimize their operations. In his presentation, Dr. Fang Xiangming from the Guanghua School of Management and the Institute of Computer System Architecture at Peking University expressed the hope that hospital administrators would liberate their thinking, address current challenges with a forward-looking perspective, and thereby develop strategic methodologies.

Dr. Fang Xiangming pointed out that patient sources, costs, and services are the three key issues that public hospitals need to address at present. How to enable medical institutions to precisely acquire patients in the shortest time, how to make the cost of serving each patient more reasonable for every hospital, and how to innovate existing services and provide valuable services in a timely and precise manner—these are the key points that public hospital managers need to consider currently.

“Under the trend of DRG/DIP payment reform, only new technologies and new models can help hospitals optimize existing resources and expand incremental growth,” said Dr. Fang. Public hospitals must also embrace market economics, implement service tiering, and build a multi-level service matrix to shift from “patients seeking services” to “services reaching patients,” thereby rapidly enhancing medical services and driving value-added growth.

Citing examples from Jinhua, Xuzhou, and other regions, the Weimai healthcare platform encompasses basic services from the majority of local hospitals. Furthermore, multiple hospitals and specialties have implemented whole-course disease management models. Building upon existing hospital services, this approach addresses patients’ end-to-end needs, expanding the scope and content of medical care, thereby making access to medical consultation and treatment as convenient and accessible as everyday shopping or ride-hailing.

Dr. Fang’s brilliant, impassioned, and down-to-earth speech attracted a large audience, filling the conference hall to capacity.

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Cutting-Edge Technology Makes Healthcare Services More Integrated into Daily Life and Home Settings

Chen Haixiao, Director of Taizhou Enze Medical Center (Group), shared with attendees the innovative practices implemented since partnering with Weimai. He posited that while the information age was characterized by users seeking out services, the digital age is defined by services proactively reaching users. From technological innovation to model transformation and ultimately value enhancement, disruptive innovation is driving a rapid shift in healthcare service delivery models within the medical industry.

The Internet Healthcare Services Innovation Research Institute, jointly established by Enze Medical Center (Group) and Weimai, is dedicated to exploring and refining service pathways based on the “Internet Plus” model that cover all disease types, the entire care continuum, and the entire population, thereby fostering deep trust and highly harmonious doctor–patient relationships.

Currently, Enze Medical has partnered with Weimai to deliver a series of whole-course disease management services, including integrated maternal and child healthcare, abortion care, child growth management, day surgery, and post-diagnosis/post-operative rehabilitation management. This collaboration has driven significant business growth and achieved high user satisfaction.

“Integrating healthcare into daily life and the home setting is a highly compelling goal in the development of ‘Internet + Healthcare’ services,” said Chen Haixiao. Indeed, this aligns closely with Weimai’s service model, which extends “from inside to outside the hospital, from offline to online, from single encounters to cyclical care, and from ad-hoc interactions to personalized engagement.” Driven by cutting-edge technologies such as AI, big data, 5G, and robotics, healthcare-related products and services are becoming higher-quality and more accessible, turning the vision of “discharge without disengagement—care follows you home” into reality.

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From Connection to Intervention: Weimai’s AI-Powered Digital Healthcare Takes Center Stage

At the seminar, Ying Li, Vice President of Weimai, delivered a keynote speech titled “Real-World Data Research Based on Internet-Plus Full-Course Disease Management.”

“Digital therapeutics are software-driven (data and algorithm-based), evidence-based intervention programs used to treat, manage, or prevent diseases,” explained Ying Li. In her view, internet healthcare currently mostly operates on the periphery of medical practice, limited to connecting patients with providers, whereas digital healthcare grounded in evidence-based medicine truly enters the core of clinical care, enabling internet healthcare to evolve from mere connectivity to active intervention.

Using digital therapeutics for comprehensive family-based intervention in children with autism and for managing complications in cancer patients as examples, Ying Li vividly demonstrated the practical application of digital therapeutics centered on Weimai’s “Neumann AI Architecture + Kailinsande Full-Course Disease Management System.” She illustrated how data-driven precise treatment and continuous health management engagement enable medical teams to deliver high-quality services to patients with minimal effort and ease.

Ying Li believes that the application of digital therapeutics can not only empower business operations and support scientific research, but also integrate regional collaborative care, in-hospital treatment, and post-discharge home-based management by leveraging real-world data. Guided by clinical pathways and truly patient-centered, this approach delivers professional and compassionate services to patients.

Continuously renewing amidst development, staying true to its original mission amidst change. “Illuminating medicine with technology” is not just a slogan for Weimai; its ever-emerging real-world value directly demonstrates the feasibility and superiority of cutting-edge technology in advancing medical science.

From the past to the future, Weimai has remained steadfast in its mission, dedicated to providing users with more precise, high-quality services, and letting the power of technology illuminate the life journeys of more people.