WeDoctor and China Red Cross Foundation Launch Yaoyang Internet Elder Care Platform

VCBeat (WeChat ID: vcbeat) has learned that on March 28, the Development Center of the Red Cross Society of China and WeDoctor Group jointly held the “Launch Ceremony for the Establishment of Yaoyang Internet Nursing Home and the Kick-off of WeDoctor’s Donation Initiative to 1,000 Nursing Homes” in Beijing.

Shu Huiguo, former Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China; Chen Junhong, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of People’s Daily and member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC); Zhu Baocheng, former member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and former Head of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team dispatched by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to the Ministry of Agriculture; Huang Xianqi, former Vice President of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC; and Yin Deming, member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Red Cross Society of China, attended the event.

In 2018, the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on Promoting the Development of ‘Internet + Healthcare’,” calling for the improvement of the “Internet + Healthcare” service system and the development of “Internet + Medical Services.” In 2019, the National Health Commission released the “Pilot Work Plan for ‘Internet + Nursing Services,’” further clarifying that “Internet + Nursing Services” should primarily target individuals with limited mobility, such as the elderly who are advanced in age or disabled, patients in the rehabilitation phase, and those in the terminal stage, by providing nursing services including chronic disease management, rehabilitative care, specialized nursing, health education, and palliative care.

Jiang Dan, Director of the Career Development Center of the Red Cross Society of China, stated in his address that the Center has actively implemented President Xi Jinping’s important directives on the integrated development of the Internet and service industries. By leveraging its strengths as a public welfare organization and proactively partnering with WeDoctor Group to establish the Yaoyang Internet Nursing Home, the Center is jointly advancing the “Internet + Elderly Care” model, which holds significant importance for the development of China’s elderly care services.

First, it is an attempt to explore new models of smart elderly care and social elderly care services;

Second, it is a new and important initiative to develop the Yaoyang Elderly Care Support Platform;

Third, it helps enhance the service capacity and management level of elderly care institutions; fourth, it will enable more seniors to experience a greater sense of gain, happiness, and security in their old age.

Address by Jiang Dan, Director of the Career Development Center of the Red Cross Society of China

According to available data, since 1999, the Career Development Center has upheld the Red Cross spirit of “Humanity, Fraternity, and Dedication,” proactively leveraged the advantages of social organizations, and diligently built the “Yaoyang Elderly Care” service brand, characterized by humanistic care and the integration of medical and elderly care services. It has gradually established a Yaoyang elderly care service system primarily comprising the construction of Yaoyang elderly care institutions, the implementation of Yaoyang Care Initiatives, and the development of the Yaoyang Support Platform.

In his address, Liao Jieyuan, Chairman and CEO of WeDoctor Group, stated that WeDoctor is partnering with the Career Development Center to jointly build the Yaoyang Internet Nursing Home. This initiative puts into practice WeDoctor’s years of accumulated capabilities in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and insurance, facilitating the intelligent upgrade of 5,000 nursing homes under the Red Cross Society, constructing an integrated medical-care-pharmaceutical platform and a national elderly care portal, and creating a new dual-mode model for elderly care.

Address by Liao Jieyuan, Chairman and CEO of WeDoctor Group

It is understood that the “Yaoyang Internet Nursing Home” will center on health management for the elderly, leverage information technologies such as mobile internet, cloud computing, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) to comprehensively integrate high-quality cross-regional resources, establish a supply-and-demand platform for older adults and related service providers, and utilize smart terminal devices designed for seniors to deliver comprehensive, continuous, convenient, and accessible elderly care services.

“Yaoyang Internet Nursing Home” will primarily provide elderly care services in three categories: daily living assistance, medical and health care, and spiritual and cultural enrichment. Specific services include meal assistance, bathing assistance, and cleaning assistance; health record management, health assessment and management, remote monitoring of physical conditions, appointment registration, remote specialist consultations, geriatric nursing, and rehabilitation guidance; as well as psychological support, cultural and sports activities, mental health assessments, and sojourn-based elderly care.

According to VCBeat, WeDoctor Group will donate 1,000 sets of Yaoyang Internet Nursing Home software systems along with two years of free usage rights to the Career Development Center of the Red Cross Society of China through its “Donate to 1,000 Institutions” initiative. The Center will then transfer these donations to 1,000 elderly care institutions across China, aiming to help more such facilities enhance their service capabilities and management standards.