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The Practice and Thinking of Mobile Internet Medical
Tingting Chen#1, Chuandi Pan*2
#1
student,*2professor & The first clinical medical college
Wenzhou Medical University,Wenzhou,China
Abstract—The mobile Internet medical has changed
I.THE INEVITABLE TREND
the model of conventional medical, gotten rid of the
In terms of the general trend, mobile internet
shackles of time and space, so that patients can
medical is an inevitable trend of future hospital
interact with doctors through mobile terminals such
health services. Firstly, the core development of
as mobile phone anywhere at any time. It is a new
mobile internet is infiltrate these industries which
direction in the development of medical industry. In
are with
this paper, combined with the mobile internet
the long tail. For example the communication
medical practices in our hospital, we introduce an
industry and resale industry have been impacted
inevitable trend of the development of mobile
greatly by mobile internet.“Wait three hours for
internet medical, the content and challenges of
three minutes” is normal phenomenon for patient in
mobile internet medical, and also put forward some
hospital, so the health care industry which will be
suggestions and thinking on mobile internet
impacted inevitably is in conformity completely
medical.
with these features.
features of inefficiency, large space and
Secondly, health resources allocation is not
Keywords— mobile internet, mobile health, mobile
reasonable, most of high quality medical resources
internet medical, Wearable Devices.
are concentrated in large cities. As population of the
The market form Health apps is anticipated to
word is aging gradually, people with chronic disease
grow 25% per year with no foreseeable end in
such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and
sight[1].In recent years, the application of mobile
cere bro vascular diseases are increasing and the
internet medical come into being large numbers,
demand for medical and health services become
since health care reform and the development of
more
mobile information technology, which will bring
distribution of health resources result in the
new changes to medical information services.
contradiction between demand and supply, this
Mobile
provide opportunities for the further development of
internet
medical
combine
the
vital
signs collection, monitoring, medical diagnosis,
hugely.
The
shortage
and
unbalanced
mobile internet medical.
medical consultation of conventional medical with
Thirdly, in 2013, 95 million Americans used
mobile internet through wearable intelligent devices
their phones to access health information or use m
and big data analytics. Thus, all the information
Health
associated with the disease release from hospital
2012[2].As the user habits of post-90 and post-80
and paper and these information can be upload and
has changed, mobile internet medical is accepted by
shared freely so that consultation of doctors
the younger generation. The development of mobile
between country or city can realize easily. Patient
Internet, the popularity of intelligent terminal, the
can communicate with doctor whereby mobile
progress of sensor technology, etc, all of these offer
devices rather than communicate with doctor face to
mobile internet medical the soil of explosive growth.
face. As a result, they needn’t go to the hospital for
In this frame work, progress in the direction of high
some ailments.
performance computing, cloud computing, big data
applications
(apps),
up
27%
from
analyses, and soon will provide the key tools to
make
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breakthroughs possible[3].
in 20,adult outpatients are misdiagnosed in the
Finally, mobile internet medical represent the
new directions of health care industry, which can
get rid of the shackles of time and space, and
United States each year[4].Clinical activities is
normalization and complexity, so the business
contribute to solve the contradiction between the
related must comply with the policies and
health resources unbalance and the growing health
regulations. Mobile internet medical cannot instead
care demand. It is the medical development model
of diagnosis face to face, because the clinical
that the national health development planning
manifestations and symptoms of many diseases is
commission guide and support actively.
complex and individual difference of patient is
II.CONTENT OF MOBILE INTERNET MEDICAL
From the portable blood glucose detector to
obvious.
It
is
examinations
necessary
of
that
professional
the
auxiliary
instrument
and
the remote consultation based on mobile network
on-site diagnostic, otherwise medical disputes will
and then to the various mobile App which provide
be caused potentially if the communication between
online medical service for patients, the mobile
patient
internet medical is everywhere. Wearable devices
internet platforms.
add to cloud platform and online health services are
doctor
just
rely
on
mobile
Then, the mass medical data generated by
the main applications of mobile internet medical.
Wearable devices is the device that embed
and
most of wearable devices, such as blood pressure
Sensor and wireless communications technology in
and blood sugar is just monitored and recorded
glass, watch, bracelet, costume, footwear and other
simply, since the national level standardization is
daily dress. The vital signs can be monitored by
deficiency. So, it is difficult to share the massive
wearing these daily dress. we can not only upload
medical data, the lack of in-depth analysis of
these vital signs such as blood sugar, blood pressure
and blood oxygen to smart phone, but also upload
the
monitoring data
to
cloud platform.
Thus,
cloud platform analyze these data and connect to
HIS(hospital information system).In this case, if any
outliers apper, HIS will provide alerts and some
feasible medical advices.
massive
amounts
medical offers a way to provide an instant
communication channel for patient and doctor.
Patient can connect with the hospital anywhere at
any time. The transformation that the offline mode
of whole process queuing for registration, payment
and examination report traditionally turned into the
make
us
lose their real value to medical science.
Finally, the concept of consumer must be
changed. Consumers are willing to pay for it, so as
to
mobile
internet
medical
can
achieve a
sustainable development. It has been made a
business model
The online service function of mobile internet
of medical data
hospitals,
in some countries
insurance
that
doctors,
company
and
pharmaceutical company will pay for the mobile
internet medical. However, in china, the mature
business model hasn’t been formed, it has much to
do
with
the
fact
people’s
that
concept and consciousness about the mobile internet
medical have not formed.
mode of online trading, offline diagnosis has
IV.THE PRACTICE IN OUR HOSPITAL
In order to solve the problem that getting
achieved.
III.CHALLENGES
medical service is difficult for the masses, the first
Taken together, the current development of
affiliated
hospital
of
Wenzhou
referred
to
medical
the
“First
mobile internet medical still face all kinds of
university(hereinafter
challenges. According to a recent study in BMJ
Affiliated Hospital”) develop an APP called
Quality & Safety, approximately 12 million, or one
WYYY(It has the public version and the doctor
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version).The function of WYYY includes all parts
convenient for the patient who are familiar to doctor
of medical process. Before treatment, the intelligent
or who should be on schedule to hospital for return
triage function module can make patient get
visit.
a general sense of their condition and help them
Besides, WYYYAPP and Medical care outside
make an appointment appropriately, which will
the hospital information system, First Affiliated
greatly improve the accuracy of the appointment. In
Hospital also has developed other mobile internet
the treatment, patient can sign in on the mobile
medical palt form with aid of social resources
phone and message will inform them what to do
include network operators and online payments
next. This function can save a lot of time for
platform, such as the We Chat Official Accounts
patients who have to wait in line. After treatment,
and Alipay Wallet service. So, it is not only very
the examination reports and medical records can be
continent for patient to make an appointment,
accessed directly on the mobile phone. The module
recharge, view reports, communicate with doctor
of asking doctors help patient tele consultation, so
anywhere at any time, but also easy for doctors to
that they don’t have to go back and forth to hospital
use mobile devices do their daily work, such as
and
diagnosis,
home
for
some
ailment,
therefore
the
giving
doctor
orders,
making
treatment cycle can be shorten. Besides, WYYY
appointment for the return visit patients and
also has the family health function which will
querying historical medical records.
upload the blood pressure measured by electronic
Under the circumstance of information, First
sphygmomanometer to the cloud platform and these
Affiliated Hospital redefine and optimize medical
data can be pushed to WYYYAPP they bound, both
service process. In such case, the ubiquitous
the public version and the doctor version. Alerts
“three long one short" problem in hospital is solved
will be provided for any outliers, so that patient can
efficiently
get health care from not only doctors but their
trouble to access medical service is also relieved, so
families.
that the
Medical care outside the hospital information
and
the
problem
of
doctor-patient relationship
difficult and
and
patient
satisfaction is improved. The mobile internet
system developed by First Affiliated Hospital
medical
has further facilitated
promoted
the traditional hospitalization model and gotten rid
main
of the shackles of time and space. It is now carrying
function of this system is hierarchical medical,
out many purposes, such as the remote transmission
physician-patient communication and medical care
and monitoring, medicine rescue and remote
outside the hospital. The out-patient, rehabilitation
consultation and communication. The problem that
and nursing work undertaken by large and
health resources allocation is not reasonable and
medium-sized hospitals will be shunted into the
unbalanced distribution of health resources between
grass-roots medical
big regional hospitals and community hospitals is
patient
and
physician-patient communication.
organizations
hierarchical
medical
The
through
the
function.
has
changed
solved successfully.
Physician-patient communication is a platform that
V.THINKING AND SUGGESTIONS
constructed with internet technology, include three
Despite some concerns, the use of mobile
functions of medical advice, patient socirty and
internet medical can be tremendous advantage for
health records. Doctors can make doctor order
patients
directly after communicate with patients of the
proper solution to these issues, such as policies and
patient society members through medical care
regulations and mature business model still need
outside the hospital module. After receiving the
time,
message relative, patient can pick up the medicine,
gradually become an important part of people’s
make tests check and other checks directly. It is
daily life with the rapid development of mobile
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internet application in medical. While enjoy
AUTHOR DETAILS
convenience brought by mobile internet medical,
A. Tingting Chen, first author, medical informatics,
we should face the challenges positively.
Department of Biomedical Engineering.
The low barriers to entry, the lack of regulation
Address: hospital information department, First
and other reasons result in definitely a mess of
Affiliated
Hospital
mobile internet medical industry, so the relevant
University,Naibaixiang
government departments should formulate policies
Zhejiang Province,china
of Wenzhou
Medical
Town,Wenzhou,
and perfect the present laws as soon as possible. To
B. Chuandi Pan,corresponding author,working as
change the wildly growth and the mess status quo of
a professor from department of biomedical
mobile
engineering
internet
medical
industry,
clear and
in
Wenzhou
medical
detailed regulations on behaviors of the industry,
university,Wenzhou,china.his
such as qualification examination, qualifications of
direction
doctors, the disposal of medical disputes and
experience in teaching field more than 15
consumer right protection should be made.
years.
While developing the mobile internet medical,
is
medical
main
research
informatics.he
has
Address:hospital information department,First
the application of new security technology and the
Affiliated
Hospital
optimization and reconstitution of medical service
University,Naibaixiang
process is inevitable. Without the national standards
Zhejiang Province,china
of Wenzhou
Medical
Town,Wenzhou,
and industry standards, we should dare to make
some breakthrough of business instead of just
waiting for the formulation of standards. We can
make
decisions
with
the
aid of
detailed analysis,define the entire risk spectrum and
do business stably. The balance of safety and
efficiency should be achieved during this process.
Thus, the business of hospitals, such as the medical
work,
education,
scientific
research
and
the administration will be promoted and a typical
example will be set up for the industry peers.
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