Ping An Good Doctor Partners with Nearly 50 Major Hospitals Including Aviation General Hospital of China Medical University and Sichuan Province No.2 Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to Build a New-Generation Internet Hospital

On July 18, VCBeat (WeChat ID: vcbeat) learned that Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited (stock abbreviation: “PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR,” 1833.HK), a globally leading healthcare ecosystem platform, announced it had entered into strategic partnerships with nearly 50 large hospitals across China, including the Aviation General Hospital of China Medical University, the Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Sichuan Province, and the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University. By pooling advantageous resources from all parties, these collaborations aim to jointly build new-type “Internet Hospitals” and leverage globally leading AI medical technologies to create a new ecosystem for Internet Hospitals.

Since 2018, the State Council and the National Health Commission have successively issued policies such as the “Opinions on Promoting the Development of ‘Internet + Healthcare’” and the “Administrative Measures for Internet Hospitals (Trial),” which permit medical institutions to establish internet hospitals, leverage internet technologies to provide safe and appropriate medical services, conduct online follow-up consultations for certain common and chronic diseases, and issue online prescriptions for selected common and chronic conditions; these policies also provide clear standards and guidelines for the development of internet hospitals.

In June this year, the State Council issued the "Key Tasks for Deepening the Reform of the Medical and Health Care System in 2019," explicitly stating that the policy documents on pricing and medical insurance payment for internet-based diagnosis and treatment, to be formulated by the National Healthcare Security Administration, would be completed by the end of September 2019.

Within the new ecosystem of internet hospitals co-built by PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR and hospitals, PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR’s “Hospital Cloud” system will integrate with the Hospital Information Systems (HIS) of partner hospitals, forming an all-in-one internet hospital management platform that combines an online diagnosis and treatment platform, a prescription-sharing platform, and a health management platform. This novel internet hospital model leverages PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR’s globally leading AI healthcare technologies and the medical resource advantages of physical hospitals to enhance the efficiency of the healthcare system and improve patients’ medical experience.

A representative from PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR stated that the unified management platform established by both parties can integrate the patient, hospital, internet hospital, and supply chain ends, covering services such as online follow-up consultations, prescription circulation, medication delivery, and chronic disease management, thereby providing patients with composite medical and health services.

This new model of internet hospitals can help healthcare institutions address pain points such as patient attrition during out-of-hospital follow-up, break down the barriers between in-hospital and out-of-hospital care, and expand the scope of hospital services. Meanwhile, internet hospitals will also serve as a platform for data integration and sharing, facilitating interoperability and real-time information exchange among various stakeholders, thereby creating a complete closed-loop online-to-offline medical service system.

PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR’s multiple core advantages have formed the basis for active collaboration with physical hospitals.

First, PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR possesses mature operational capabilities, enabling systematic management of its internet hospital to enhance diagnostic and treatment efficiency, thereby providing efficient services to both patients and hospitals;

Second, PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR has a professional medical team supported by AI medical technology, ensuring that the quality of online consultations also reaches a high standard;

Third, PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR’s drug supply and warehousing distribution capabilities are industry-leading, with complete drug qualifications and efficient delivery, enabling a fully online process from consultation to prescription to medication pickup;

Fourth, PINGAN GOOD DOCTOR provides a one-stop medical and healthcare service solution, covering patient-centered “full-process” services.