WeDoctor Expands Internet Hospital Footprint to 17 Provinces with Launch in Ningxia
According to VCBeat·VCBeat andTencent Research InstituteCommonPublished “The “2016 White Paper on Internet Hospitals in China” shows that the development of internet hospitals across China blossomed in many regions in 2016, having become the ultimate form of internet healthcare development and a “standard configuration” for traditional medical institutions to break down barriers and upgrade their services.
December 8,Ningxia Internet HospitalInAt the 2016 Summit on Advancing China’s Healthcare Reform through Internet Hospitals and the Signing Ceremony for Ningxia Internet HospitalLaunched and officially implemented in Yinchuan.Ningxia Internet Hospital is the first WeDoctor project launched nationwide after Wuzhen Internet Hospital.17 Provincial Internet Hospitals.
At the signing ceremony, nearly 400 attendees, including Ma Li, Vice Chairman of the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; Chen Xinshi, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Medical Journal; Bai Shangcheng, Mayor of Yinchuan City; Ma Xiuzhen, Director of the Health and Family Planning Commission of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; Li Yuhua, Member of the Standing Committee of the Yinchuan Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Helan County Party Committee; Sun Tao, President of Ningxia Medical University; Yang Yinxue, President of the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University; Peng Shuyou, Academician of the Surgical Academies of the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Europe; and Liao Jieyuan, Chairman and CEO of WeDoctor, jointly witnessed the launch ceremony of the Ningxia Internet Hospital.
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The Ningxia Internet Hospital is an internet healthcare platform jointly established by WeDoctor and the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, with support from the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan City, and Helan County. This collaboration was launched in response to the national “Belt and Road” Initiative and to advance the “Healthy Ningxia” project.
Located in the inland northwest, Ningxia faces a relative shortage of high-quality medical resources, with poverty caused or exacerbated by illness still prevalent in areas such as Xihaigu. To provide convenient medical services to residents across the region, WeDoctor and General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University—a leading Grade A tertiary hospital in northwest China—jointly established the Ningxia Internet Hospital on the first anniversary of the Wuzhen Internet Hospital. By integrating the online and offline strengths of both WeDoctor and General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, and prioritizing implementation in Helan County, this initiative enables residents of Ningxia to access high-quality medical services from across China without leaving their homes.
Liao Jieyuan introduced that the 240,000 experts, 7,200 expert teams, and eight remote consultation centers accumulated on the WeDoctor platform have all been integrated into the Ningxia Internet Hospital, establishing a network of expert and physician resources connecting Ningxia with the rest of China. The Ningxia Internet Hospital will facilitate data interoperability among medical institutions across the Ningxia region, providing continuous and proactive family doctor services based on electronic health records and health cloud cards to the 6.7 million residents of Ningxia. Additionally, leveraging economies of scale, the Ningxia Internet Hospital will enable reverse customization of pharmaceuticals, streamline intermediate distribution links, and reduce medication costs for the public.
By achieving interconnectivity with the Wuzhen Internet Hospital Platform, Ningxia Internet Hospital will link to 260,000 experts, 7,200 expert teams, and eight specialized remote consultation centers across China. This initiative aims to introduce high-quality medical resources into Ningxia. Leveraging the Resident Health Card Cloud Card as a carrier, it will provide Ningxia’s 6.7 million residents with integrated online and offline internet-based healthcare services, including appointment registration, online consultations, remote ward rounds, remote consultations, family doctor contracting, and electronic health records.Enhancing the Public's Sense of Gain from High-Quality Medical Resources, to alleviate the difficulties and high costs faced by the general public in accessing medical care.
Leveraging the Wuzhen Internet Hospital’s Specialty and Disease-Specific Consultation Center, we provide personalized access to high-quality expert resources, professional medical equipment, platform technology, and operational support tailored to the needs of healthcare institutions at all levels within the Autonomous Region. With a focus on hospital discipline development, we assist hospitals in strengthening their supply chain infrastructure.Enhance the service capabilities of academic disciplines, and maximize the unique innovations and advantages of select specialties., not only has it become a leading discipline in Yinchuan City and the Autonomous Region, but it has also grown into one with influence across Northwest China and even nationwide.
Ningxia Internet Hospital will facilitate the decentralization of high-quality medical resources from Zhejiang and Ningxia to municipal-, county-, township-, and village-level medical institutions, thereby establishing a six-tier hierarchical diagnosis and treatment assistance system spanning Zhejiang, Ningxia, municipalities, counties, townships, and villages.Enhancing the medical service capabilities of healthcare institutions at all levels in the Autonomous Region through precise, targeted assistance via both online and offline channels, thereby further deepening East-West collaboration and exchanges between Ningxia and Zhejiang.。
Leveraging the Wuzhen Internet Hospital, the Ningxia Internet Hospital connects high-quality medical resources in western regions—including Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang—with those in eastern cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. By reconfiguring production factors around the internet hospital model, it aggregates healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and insurance sectors in Ningxia. The initiative aims to build a health industry ecosystem valued at tens of billions of yuan, providing consultation and referral services for complex and rare diseases to western China and even Central Asia.Accelerate efforts to ensure that people in provinces and countries along the Belt and Road Initiative have access to high-quality medical resources.。