The Health and Planning Commission has reset the scope of telemedicme online medical treatment is in a dilemma

The State Health and Family Planning Commission has issued the Opinions on Promoting Telemedicies in Medical Institutions (hereinafter referred to as opinions), which makes it clear that telemedicme must be carried out by medical institutions to medical institutions, and that doctors who require telemedicme must be carried out in their own units. "Opinion" did not include the current market feng shui Internet medical consultation, causing controversy in the industry.
industry analysts believe that the current market for a variety of "telemedicme" is not covered, which means that the policy is tightened.Individuals excluded from medical institutions
Opinions state that telemedican services are medical activities in which one medical institution (hereinafter referred to as the "inviting party") invites other medical institutions (hereinafter referred to as "invited parties") to use communication, computer and network technology (hereinafter referred to as "information technology") to provide technical support to patients treated by medical institutions. In the eyes of some practitioners, such as Dr. Chun Yu and other online consulting bodies are also part of telemedicanism, or through mobile phones for online health consulting, these belong to telemedicaning, Beijing Haizhi Junteng Management Consultants Co., Ltd. General Manager, Haichuan President Wang Hai believes that the New Deal stipulates that telemedicaning is a medical institution to medical institutions, the connotation and extension is relatively narrow.
chen Hongyan, secretary-general of the medical device branch of the China Medical Materials Association, for example, now many companies develop telemedicine programs for individuals at home or work some discomfort, through computers or mobile phones to transmit their own adverse symptoms, while through intelligent means of blood pressure, blood sugar and other testing and transmission, computer or mobile phone software to do a summary of these data analysis, and then give tips, whether to observe or immediately go to see a doctor. If you go, do you want to go to Sanjia Hospital or Community Hospital, etc. "This telemedicine program is not part of the New Deal's concerns and is somewhat biased." Chen Hongyan thinks.Telemedicine does not include health consultation
The Opinion states that telemedicine services include: telepathic diagnosis, telemedicine imaging (including imaging, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, electrocardiogram, electromyogram, electroencephalogram, etc.) diagnostics, remote monitoring, remote consultation, remote outpatient clinic, remote case discussion and other projects prescribed by the provincial and above health and family planning administrative departments. Literally, medical consultation and health management are not included in the telemedic services program and are excluded from this provision.
" telemedicology has pathological diagnosis, imaging diagnosis this is practical, but the New Deal to exclude online medical health consulting, will make practitioners in the field of telehealth counseling how to do a lot of confusion. Wang Hai said.
" actually acts as a family doctor by summarizing, analyzing, and then giving reminders or advice about a patient's symptoms online. At the same time, online consultation has played a tri-diagnosis role, patients on the Internet to get medical advice, will not be due to headache brain fever blindly go to triple-A hospital. Mr Chen said.Seem limiting physicians' work units
The Opinion stipulates that doctors must conduct telemedicanism in their medical institutions, and Li Dachuan, Director of the Medical and Nursing Department of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, reiterated at a press conference on September 11th that "there is a medical safety risk if patients are diagnosed and treated only through online consultations and information provided by patients." In order to ensure the medical safety and quality of patients, but also to ensure the rights and interests of both doctors and patients, we stipulate that doctors must be in the medical institutions in the remote medical services, the main body of legal responsibility is also the medical institutions where doctors are located."
Li Dachuan said that the National Health and Family Planning Commission collected opinions and suggestions from the masses and all regions to revise and improve the regulations on the management of tele-medical services in due course.
wang believes that doctors must be in their medical institutions, which limits the development of online medical consulting services. "The current hot telemedican connotation and extension provisions are so narrow, the New Deal's current market is difficult to regulate and guide the role. If modified, it is suggested that the connotation and extension of telemedicanism should be expanded, and other telemedicanism methods and means should be covered to guide and standardize together. (Bio Valley)