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Making China’s Healthcare More Mobile: Wuxi Launches ‘Smart Medical App’

The Wuxi Medical App makes Chinese health care more digital.

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November 1, 2018

With the trial launch of the Wuxi Smart Medical app [无锡智医APP], patients of eight different Wuxi hospitals can now experiment with navigating their healthcare through mobile.

In late October, the Wuxi Municipal Health Planning Commission launched a trial version of the so-called “Wuxi Smart Medical App” [无锡智医APP] in cooperation with eight hospitals in the city of Wuxi, Jiangsu province – a city with a population of more than six million people.

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Hans van Dijk

November 2, 2018 at 12:36 am

I know Wuxi as frontrunner in health care. But I don’t think this APP will solve the problem. The mismatch between hospital capacity and number of patients (90% with simple medical problems) can only be solved by thourough reform of the system. I know experiences in Fujian and there we pilots in Beijing and other cities for booking online. Very limited effect.

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