Qiangsen Fengdong Internet Hospital Secures First Internet Hospital License in Xixian New Area, Accelerating 'Internet + Primary Care' Post-Pandemic

Today, the Xixian New Area, a national-level new area, issued its first internet hospital license. Xi’an Qiangsen Hospital’s Fengdong Internet Hospital has been approved to provide “internet diagnosis and treatment” services, becoming the first general practice medical institution in Xi’an to receive this accreditation. Henceforth, patients can consult with doctors “face-to-face” from the comfort of their homes without needing to leave.

VCBeat has learned that the license obtained by Johnson Hospital is an internet diagnosis and treatment qualification license issued by Fengdong New City of Xixian New Area. The hospital has also registered “Internet Hospital” as its secondary name, hence it is also known as Johnson Fengdong Internet Hospital.

He Haiyang, Founder and CEO of Johnson Medical, stated that Johnson Fengdong Internet Hospital is an “Internet Healthcare Innovation Platform” established by Johnson Medical Group in the Fengdong New City Free Trade Industrial Park, and represents a key component of Johnson Medical’s “Cloud + Terminal” service strategy. Through online video consultations, the platform directly provides patients with services including follow-up visits for common and chronic diseases, family doctor contract services, diagnostic opinions, and prescription issuance. It also offers outpatient appointment scheduling, home medication delivery, in-home nursing care, and health management services.

“Johnson Fengdong Internet Hospital will build an online-offline integrated medical service model covering pre-diagnosis, during-diagnosis, and post-diagnosis stages,” He Haiyang said regarding future development. “It will not only provide online-offline integrated family doctor services to community households but also establish ‘cloud clinics’ for enterprises and public institutions through the internet hospital platform, meeting their needs for medical care and health management.”

It is reported that Johnson Medical, established in 2014 in the Xixian New Area, is health-centric and promotes community-based first-contact care. The company has built a chain clinic ecosystem integrating “cloud + terminal + products + services,” providing Chinese families with high-quality, convenient, and safe general practice and family doctor services to address the “last mile” challenge of urban healthcare access. Currently, it operates more than 20 chain medical institutions in Xi’an.

A relevant official from the Fengdong New Area Free Trade Office in Xixian New Area told VCBeat that Fengdong New Area will efficiently leverage the platform-driven role of the Fengdong Free Trade Industrial Park, explore a new development mechanism featuring “dual-pilot linkage” between the Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Pilot Program for Innovation in Service Trade, and use the “free trade pilot” as a key to unlock the door to innovation and opening-up. In the field of healthcare, Fengdong New Area will actively explore new approaches, fully apply digital and high-tech means, give full play to the principal role of enterprises as market entities, and pioneer a new model of general practice-oriented internet-based healthcare.

A representative from the Administrative Approval and Government Services Bureau of Fengdong New City, Xixian New Area, stated that with the continuous introduction of national policies on “Internet Plus” healthcare, online diagnosis and treatment services are being vigorously promoted. As the first of its kind to go live, Johnson & Johnson Fengdong Internet Hospital will serve as a model for promotion throughout Fengdong New City, enabling residents to make fewer trips while data does more of the running. Through internet-based family doctor contracting services, the public can tangibly enjoy convenient, high-quality internet healthcare.

In April 2018, the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on Promoting the Development of ‘Internet Plus Healthcare’,” permitting the establishment of internet hospitals based on medical institutions. In September 2018, the National Health Commission and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly released the “Administrative Measures for Internet Diagnosis and Treatment (Trial),” the “Administrative Measures for Internet Hospitals (Trial),” and the “Management Specifications for Telemedicine Services (Trial),” marking the entry of “Internet Plus Healthcare” into the practical implementation stage. In September 2019, the National Healthcare Security Administration published the “Guiding Opinions on Improving Pricing and Medical Insurance Payment Policies for ‘Internet Plus’ Medical Services,” formally clarifying that medical insurance payments can be used for internet healthcare services.

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Liao Wanqing believes that internet hospitals represent a new business model that genuinely improves medical services, offering breakthrough innovations in optimizing the allocation of medical resources, enhancing the efficiency of healthcare delivery, improving disease diagnosis and treatment outcomes, and particularly addressing challenges such as difficulty in accessing medical care.

He Haiyang stated that new-type general practice internet hospitals, such as Johnson’s, are best suited for follow-up consultations and medication purchases for patients with common diseases and stable chronic conditions. By enabling medical consultations without leaving home and eliminating waiting times for appointments, these platforms truly enhance and implement tiered diagnosis and treatment. They optimize the allocation of medical resources across all stages—including consultation, examination, treatment, and post-consultation management—making healthcare access more convenient and efficient for patients. This approach bridges the “last mile” of home-based medical care, thereby better serving community residents.