The status and challenges of online consultation service in internet hospitals operated by physical hospitals in China: a large-scale pooled analysis of multicenter data
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12787-6
Abstract: While Internet hospitals have rapidly developed as China’s dominant digital healthcare model, critical evidence gaps persist regarding operational status and challenges of their core online consultation services. This study aimed to evaluate the current status… read more here.
Keywords: online consultation; service; response; internet hospitals ... See more keywords
The effect of using internet hospitals on the physician-patient relationship: Patient perspective
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4239496
Abstract: BACKGROUND Internet hospitals are rapidly developing in China. Despite many studies regarding internet hospitals, there has been little further research that evaluates the impact of using internet hospitals on the physician-patient relationship during outpatient visits.… read more here.
Keywords: internet hospitals; patient; patient relationship; physician patient ... See more keywords
Attitudes and perspectives of 534 Chinese pediatricians toward internet hospitals
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DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.948788
Abstract: Background Internet hospitals introduced in China have effectively reduced service time and space, promoted high-quality pediatric medical resources to grassroots areas, solved the contradiction between supply and demand of pediatric medical resources, and met patients’… read more here.
Keywords: internet; development; internet hospitals; use internet ... See more keywords
Prescribing characteristics and guideline concordance of antihypertensive western and Chinese patent medicine in Internet hospitals in China: a cross-sectional study
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1580787
Abstract: Introduction Internet hospitals have emerged as a vital approach for patients seeking treatment for hypertension, with a significant increase in antihypertensive medication prescriptions through these innovative models. However, prescribing characteristics and guideline concordance of these… read more here.
Keywords: cpm; internet hospitals; medicine; guideline concordance ... See more keywords
Patients' choice preferences for specialist outpatient online consultations: A discrete choice experiment
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1075146
Abstract: Background Internet hospitals are multiplying with solid support from the Chinese government. In internet hospitals, specialist outpatient online consultations (SOOC) are the primary services. However, the acceptance and utilization rates of this service are still… read more here.
Keywords: choice; specialist outpatient; experiment; internet hospitals ... See more keywords
A queuing game theory approach to strategies for supplementing medical alliances with internet hospitals
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1610722
Abstract: With large hospitals actively establishing Internet-based healthcare initiatives to facilitate the downward referral of discharged patients, it is essential to examine the conditions under which such implementations are truly beneficial. This study categorizes medical alliances… read more here.
Keywords: medical alliances; cost; internet hospitals; arrival rates ... See more keywords