Release date: 2009-07-01
A few days ago, Lingkexin, a company dedicated to China's health communication consulting company, pointed out: In 2009, there will be five major changes in the traditional medical treatment model. Whether the change is good or bad is still unknown, but these changes do reflect the wave of innovation in “network medical treatmentâ€.
1. Online online "home" treatment
Online “home visit†treatment is the core of online medical treatment, which is not common at present, but I believe that it will be popular in the future. At present, the “Healthy Hello†website in the United States provides video chat, SMS, instant messaging, email and other services for doctors and patients. The monthly fee is $35, and each chat, instant message, phone charges are $50 to $100, and short messages. Free, longer mail costs $150 per hour. Routine admissions cost between $150 and $200, and on-site treatment costs between $150 and $200.
But there are two things to note. “Healthy Hello†does not accept health insurance and is only available in certain parts of Brooklyn, New York City. According to the plan, “Healthy Hello†will also be extended to other parts of New York and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.
American Well, which opened in Hawaii on January 15, 2009, is another leader in exploring the “network-based†model. Patients can communicate with doctors online, online, by phone, by text message or by instant messaging. If the patient is a member of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield, a non-profit medical insurance association formed by a number of companies, it costs only $10 per 5 minutes instead of 5 per member. A fee of $45 is required for the minute. The US Health program expanded its services to other regions in 2009.
2. Network virtual clinic
In Houston, Texas, people can see a virtual clinic at Walmart. Patients can talk to a doctor at the service center via a video link. The doctor examines the patient's throat and ears through a camera on the medical device in the virtual clinic. The medical technicians of the virtual clinic can carry out activities that must be carried out in person, such as measuring blood pressure and measuring body temperature. The most basic medical treatment fee is $59.
3. Medical consultation website
“What is the normal temperature of the baby's armpit?†“If you forget to take the medicine today, should the dose be doubled tomorrow?†You can go to the medical consultation website to get a timely answer, such as justanswer.com and askaddoctor.com. These sites indicate that their specialists can answer questions quickly and answer a question for $15.95.
4. The test results are taken online.
More and more medical systems put their test results online so that they can be accessed directly by patients. This means that the patient can check if the doctor is performing the treatment correctly. For example, Doug Smith, a patient at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, examined his CT scan and found that the doctor missed the cancer.
5. Doctors' online consultation cases
Health economist Jane Saraconk said: "It is not just ordinary people like you and me who use the social networking site of Twitter. Doctors also use this website to find answers to intractable diseases." Sarah Songkang is also in Health Populi. I opened a blog.
When some doctors encounter strange symptoms, they will go to Twitter to seek help from other doctors. "Hello. I have a problem. Does anyone help?"
Meredith Abreu Reich, vice president of research at Manhattan Research (a medical market research company), said: "The process of seeing a doctor has always been a telephone appointment, going to the hospital, waiting for a doctor, and there is no change. But from now on At the beginning, the situation will be different.†“The network has changed the way we manage our finances, the way we travel, and the way we buy real estate, but the way we see a doctor is the same as our grandparents. This situation is going to undergo tremendous changes,†said Reich. Many doctors will close traditional clinics, set up "telemedicine" clinics, and conduct all or part of the treatment services in a certain way through the Internet."
This means that patients can chat with doctors via online videos, ask doctors via email, or get online consultations from doctors at a low-cost medical consultation website.
A person in charge of China Health Communication Consultant Lingkexin Company pointed out: The video communication between patients and doctors described at the beginning of this article, this "network medical treatment" medical model can not replace face-to-face medical treatment, Kasala finally went to the clinic Visit and contact the home clinic. He said: "Doctors can do more in the clinic than online." Shanghai Medical Device Industry Association
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