China News Service, Wuhan, April 9 (Reporter Ma Furong) Under the guidance of the medical team members of the Shanghai-aiding Medical Team of the Union Hospital Affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as “Wuhan Union Hospital”), some of them are in the Shanghai New National Expo Fangcang shelter hospital. Patients in Hall W1 experienced the remote “online consultation” of doctors and patients through their mobile phones on the 9th.
Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital opened an online consultation platform for Shanghai Fangcang shelter patients Photo courtesy of Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital
There are some patients with basic diseases and chronic diseases in the Fangcang shelter hospital. In order to improve the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment, Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital has established an online chronic disease consultation platform for the patients of Shanghai Fangcang shelter hospital, relying on the advantages of online diagnosis and treatment service of its Internet hospital. The platform is divided into four major sections: chronic disease consultation, psychological consultation, inspection consultation, and pharmacist consultation. It can provide free medical consultation, medication guidance, psychological counseling and other services.
At 8:00 p.m. on April 8th, as soon as the news that Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital opened an online consultation platform for Shanghai Fangcang cabins was released, medical staff in the hospital signed up one after another, and the platform quickly gathered experts from internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics and other specialties. There are more than 300 experts in the hospital, many of whom have participated in the treatment work on the front line of the fight against the epidemic.
Shanghai Fangcang shelter hospital patients experience online consultation Photo courtesy of Wuhan Union Hospital
The consultation service is available 24 hours a day. In order to ensure timely response to inquiries from Shanghai Fangcang cabin patients, many doctors sacrifice their rest time while juggling work.
It is reported that Wuhan Union Medical College Hospital began to carry out Internet medical treatment in 2019. After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, in order to relieve the pressure of medical treatment and reduce the risk of infection, the Internet hospital of the hospital added online prescription and mailing drug services. After years of operation, it has integrated many services such as intelligent consultation, appointment registration, online payment, online consultation, online prescription, drug mailing, health education and so on. (End)