Yinchuan and WeDoctor Forge Strategic Partnership to Build a Digital Health Community

VCBeat (WeChat ID: vcbeat) has learned that on June 21, the Yinchuan Municipal Health Commission and WeDoctor Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on “Internet + Healthcare” in Yinchuan. Through this partnership, both parties aim to place people’s health at the center, leverage internet, big data, and artificial intelligence technologies, and explore the establishment of a digital-based health community. They will further advance coordinated reforms in healthcare services, pharmaceuticals, and medical insurance, comprehensively enhancing Yinchuan’s development level in “Internet + Healthcare” and health-related big data.

Yinchuan boasts a solid foundation for the development of “Internet + Healthcare,” having already established a 1.0 demonstration effect for innovative “Internet + Healthcare” services nationwide. Moving forward, Yinchuan City will open up to introduce more high-quality medical, technological, and industrial resources. Under the guidance and requirements of national policies on medical consortia and medical communities, it will collaborate closely with WeDoctor Group to transform Yinchuan into a national highland for the 2.0 development of “Internet + Healthcare” within three years, pioneering the establishment of a digital-based health community in China for the first time.

Ma Xiaofei (left), Director of the Yinchuan Municipal Health Commission, and Liao Jieyuan (right), Chairman of WeDoctor Group

Both parties have agreed to establish the Yinchuan Health Community Leadership Group, its Office, and an Executive Team, and to prepare for the establishment of the Yinchuan “Internet + Healthcare” Development Center. Adhering to the principles of government leadership and social participation, they will jointly build a municipal population health information platform centered on electronic medical records (EMRs) and a regional intelligent tiered diagnosis and treatment system, comprehensively promoting the implementation of projects in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical insurance, medical education, and integrated medical and elderly care. Vertically, this will achieve interconnectivity among various medical and public health data systems across all levels of medical institutions in the city. Horizontally, it will integrate application systems for public health, medical services, medical security, centralized drug procurement, and supply. The aim is to accelerate the formation of a healthcare service system based on individual resident health profiles, establishing a new model of health-centered medical services and medical security.

It is reported that Yinchuan has attracted more than 30 enterprises specializing in “Internet + Healthcare,” forming a cluster of leading companies nationwide in this sector. Significant progress has been made in the application of “Internet + Healthcare,” the construction of remote diagnosis platforms, health and medical big data, and industrial parks. Currently, the total number of registered online physicians in Yinchuan, including those from Ningxia Internet Hospital and Yinchuan Smart Internet Hospital, has exceeded 30,000, with cumulative patient consultations surpassing 13 million.

In the future, Yinchuan City will further implement innovative applications spanning four administrative levels—city, county, township, and village—across five key domains: medical care, pharmaceuticals, health insurance, medical education, and integrated medical-elderly care. Leveraging the citywide population health information platform, Yinchuan will promote the construction of standardized specialty diagnosis and treatment systems to enhance the capabilities of medical institutions at all levels. The city will explore centralized procurement of drugs and consumables, pilot reforms in payment methods for Health Communities (Jian Gong Ti) and innovations in commercial health insurance, and promote innovative applications such as electronic health cards and cloud-based mobile clinic vehicles. Furthermore, Yinchuan will drive innovation in medical education and talent development by introducing “online + offline” training programs for general practitioners and health managers, while promoting the application of medical artificial intelligence systems at the grassroots level. The city will also explore smart medical-elderly care solutions and implement a new digital dual-habitat elderly care model. Through these initiatives, Yinchuan aims to achieve rapid progress in both the healthcare sector and industry, providing residents with more proactive and efficient medical and health services.

Ma Xiaofei, Director of the Yinchuan Municipal Health Commission, stated that Yinchuan will continue to leverage its first-mover advantages as the Ningxia “Internet + Healthcare” Demonstration Zone and home to the Yinchuan “Internet + Healthcare” Industrial Park. The city aims to revitalize its medical and health resources by building an open “Internet + Healthcare” ecosystem. This initiative will accelerate the development of platforms for population health informatization, smart elderly care and medical services, family doctor contracting, and standardized specialty diagnosis and treatment systems, positioning Yinchuan as a pioneer in establishing a digital healthcare community with industry-wide demonstrative impact.

Liao Jieyuan, Chairman and CEO of WeDoctor Group, stated that both parties aim to establish a foundational database centered on health within three years, with core components including electronic health records (EHRs), electronic medical records (EMRs), and electronic prescriptions. They will build the Yinchuan Population Health Information Platform and form alliances in medical technology, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and innovative services in Yinchuan. Innovative services will span four administrative levels—city, county, township, and village. The synergistic effects of integrated reforms across healthcare delivery, pharmaceuticals, medical insurance, medical education, and elderly care are becoming evident, while the industrial agglomeration effect of Yinchuan’s “Internet + Healthcare” 2.0 is beginning to take shape.

It is reported that WeDoctor, as an internationally leading healthcare technology platform, has to date connected more than 2,700 key hospitals across China, over 290,000 physicians, and 190 million users. Its primary care model, centered on cloud-based mobile clinics and regional intelligent tiered diagnosis and treatment platforms, has reached a population of more than 25 million across eight provinces in China, while its smart medical insurance services cover over 20 provinces, including Fujian and Anhui. Meanwhile, R&D in medical artificial intelligence has achieved key breakthroughs in more than ten specialty areas, establishing a “Three-Medical Linkage” service network—integrating healthcare delivery, pharmaceuticals, and medical insurance—that is progressively expanding nationwide.