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consultation, diagnosis, treatment, and related more with pharmacies and village clinics and deploy
medical services. Hu Shijie, president of Guangdong more internet hospital terminals in neighboring
Provincial Hospital for Occupational Disease districts and counties. Internet hospitals are making
Prevention and Treatment, said the opening of medical services more accessible for patients in
the internet hospital provides convenience and critical and complicated conditions. Telemedicine
multiple channels for workers to seek medical is mainly for patients in critical and complicated
services. The doctors and medical staff from the conditions at primary-level medical institutions,
internet hospital saw a total of 71 people online while internet-based medical consultation is
and answered another 77 online consultations on offered to patients on subsequent visits who
the first day of the hospital operation. The online could miss the prime time for treatment once
patients and consultants mainly dealt with the their situations worsen if they can't make it to big
determination of pneumoconiosis, deafness, the hospitals in time. The combination of telemedicine
definition of suspected occupational diseases, and internet-based medical consultation is able
occupational contraindications, as well as the to timely detect and deal with new symptoms
prevention and treatment of contact rhinitis, developed by patients and thus better guarantee
the rehabilitation of pneumoconiosis pre-work their health. For example, the China-Japan
occupational examination and other related Friendship Hospital has been connected to nearly
issues. The internet hospital also offers a medicine 6,000 medical institutions across the country via
delivery service to its patients. In 2021, more than its internet hospital system, including 580 offering
300,000 people with occupational diseases sought integrated elderly care and medical services. A
medical treatment and services at the hospital total of more than 13,000 remote consultations
in Guangdong, with 30% of them suffering from have been carried out (Shaotie and Biluo).
varying degrees of hearing impairment. New
types of occupational diseases, mainly involving
chemical poisoning, have also been detected
in Guangdong in recent years. Guangdong has
developed emerging industries and workers have
a high probability of exposure to new chemicals,
which increases the risk of contracting new types
of occupational diseases, making internet hospitals
especially useful for the population (Caixiong).
Internet hospitals have been embracing rapid
development in China over the recent years. Back
in 2018, there were only about 100 such facilities
across the country, while the figure now exceeds
1,600. These online hospitals offer click-and-
mortar medical services. Integrating subsequent
visits, follow-up visits and medical consultation
services, they allow patients to enjoy medical
services without stepping outside of their homes.
There are many examples available of this aiding
those with elderly or disabled relatives. Being able
to be seen or diagnosed online and have medicine
prescribed to them is a great boon to the increasing
elderly population of China. To further exploit the
advantages of online medical services and benefit
more patients, Chongqing University Three Gorges
Hospital (CUTGH) in southwest China's Chongqing
Municipality has connected village clinics to its
internet hospital. The hospital will also collaborate
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consultation, diagnosis, treatment, and related more with pharmacies and village clinics and deploy
medical services. Hu Shijie, president of Guangdong more internet hospital terminals in neighboring
Provincial Hospital for Occupational Disease districts and counties. Internet hospitals are making
Prevention and Treatment, said the opening of medical services more accessible for patients in
the internet hospital provides convenience and critical and complicated conditions. Telemedicine
multiple channels for workers to seek medical is mainly for patients in critical and complicated
services. The doctors and medical staff from the conditions at primary-level medical institutions,
internet hospital saw a total of 71 people online while internet-based medical consultation is
and answered another 77 online consultations on offered to patients on subsequent visits who
the first day of the hospital operation. The online could miss the prime time for treatment once
patients and consultants mainly dealt with the their situations worsen if they can't make it to big
determination of pneumoconiosis, deafness, the hospitals in time. The combination of telemedicine
definition of suspected occupational diseases, and internet-based medical consultation is able
occupational contraindications, as well as the to timely detect and deal with new symptoms
prevention and treatment of contact rhinitis, developed by patients and thus better guarantee
the rehabilitation of pneumoconiosis pre-work their health. For example, the China-Japan
occupational examination and other related Friendship Hospital has been connected to nearly
issues. The internet hospital also offers a medicine 6,000 medical institutions across the country via
delivery service to its patients. In 2021, more than its internet hospital system, including 580 offering
300,000 people with occupational diseases sought integrated elderly care and medical services. A
medical treatment and services at the hospital total of more than 13,000 remote consultations
in Guangdong, with 30% of them suffering from have been carried out (Shaotie and Biluo).
varying degrees of hearing impairment. New
types of occupational diseases, mainly involving
chemical poisoning, have also been detected
in Guangdong in recent years. Guangdong has
developed emerging industries and workers have
a high probability of exposure to new chemicals,
which increases the risk of contracting new types
of occupational diseases, making internet hospitals
especially useful for the population (Caixiong).
Internet hospitals have been embracing rapid
development in China over the recent years. Back
in 2018, there were only about 100 such facilities
across the country, while the figure now exceeds
1,600. These online hospitals offer click-and-
mortar medical services. Integrating subsequent
visits, follow-up visits and medical consultation
services, they allow patients to enjoy medical
services without stepping outside of their homes.
There are many examples available of this aiding
those with elderly or disabled relatives. Being able
to be seen or diagnosed online and have medicine
prescribed to them is a great boon to the increasing
elderly population of China. To further exploit the
advantages of online medical services and benefit
more patients, Chongqing University Three Gorges
Hospital (CUTGH) in southwest China's Chongqing
Municipality has connected village clinics to its
internet hospital. The hospital will also collaborate
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