Yinchuan issues new rules to set up "safety valve" for Internet consultation and treatment services

From Ningxia Yinchuan City Health And Health Committee was informed that Yinchuan City will be implemented on September 1 "Yinchuan City Internet Consultation service norms (trial)," this new regulation clearly defined the bottom line and red line of Internet medical services, Internet hospitals and physicians code of conduct, etc. to make clear requirements, and Internet medical cases, medication, data security management, etc. , in order to further standardize internet diagnosis and treatment behavior, to ensure the quality and safety of Internet diagnosis and treatment.
First of all, the norms clearly, Internet hospitals should be through face recognition and other human characteristics recognition technology, strengthen the management of physicians, to ensure that doctors receive their own visits. If more than one physician provides medical services in the form of a team, the physician assistant, nurse, etc. shall not engage in the consultation and treatment behavior in the name of the physician.
The specification also emphasizes the moderate use of technical means, for example, clearly stated that artificial intelligence and other technologies should not be used to completely replace doctors for consultation, writing medical records, prescribing and other medical behavior;At the same time, the specification emphasizes the principle of online and offline agreement, clear on-line diagnosis and treatment process must be consistent with offline, should follow the first consultation, writing medical documents, and then make disposition opinions of the process, it is strictly prohibited to purchase drugs after supplements. Physicians can continue their medical behavior only if they have access to the same information over the Internet as below-line consultations and are sufficient to support the same diagnosis and disposition as offline consultations. Otherwise, the physician should immediately terminate the Internet consultation and advise the patient to visit an offline medical institution.
In addition, Yinchuan City clearly stated that Internet hospitals should not link any income of a physician to the amount of drugs they prescribe, do not induce a doctor's prescription behavior with the profits of the drug, and may not give doctors any points or activities in the form of disguised rebates. (Xinhua)