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Title The Smart Health Initiative in China: The Case of Wuhan, Hubei Province
ID_Doc 44564
Authors Fan, MY; Sun, J; Zhou, B; Chen, M
Title The Smart Health Initiative in China: The Case of Wuhan, Hubei Province
Year 2016
Published Journal Of Medical Systems, 40, 3
DOI 10.1007/s10916-015-0416-y
Abstract To introduce smart health in Wuhan, and provide some references for other cities. As the largest mega-city in central China, Wuhan is investing large amounts of resources to push forward the development of Smart Wuhan and Health Wuhan, and it has unique features. It is one of the centerpieces of China's New Healthcare Reform, and great hope is put on it to help solve the conflict between limited healthcare resources and the large population of patients. How to plan and design smart health is important. The construction of Wuhan Smart Health includes some aspects as follows, like requirement analysis, the establishment of objectives and blueprint, the architecture design of regional health information platform, evaluation and implementation, problems and solutions, and so on. Wuhan Smart Health has obtained some achievements in health network, information systems, resident's health records, information standard, and the first phase of municipal health information platform. The focus of this article is the whole construction process of smart health in Wuhan. Although there are some difficulties during this period, some smart health services and management have been reflected. Compared with other cities or countries, Wuhan Smart Health has its own advantages and disadvantages. This study aims to provide a reference for other cities. Because smart health of Wuhan is characteristic in construction mode. Though still in the initial stage, it has great potentials in the future.
Author Keywords Smart health; Regional health information platform; Information system; Smart city
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000368730900018
WoS Category Health Care Sciences & Services; Medical Informatics
Research Area Health Care Sciences & Services; Medical Informatics
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