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. 2017 Aug 8;5(3):e22.
doi: 10.2196/medinform.6799.

Hierarchical Medical System Based on Big Data and Mobile Internet: A New Strategic Choice in Health Care

Yaogang Wang #  1 , Li Sun #  1 , Jie Hou #  1
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Hierarchical Medical System Based on Big Data and Mobile Internet: A New Strategic Choice in Health Care

Yaogang Wang et al. JMIR Med Inform. .

Abstract

China is setting up a hierarchical medical system to solve the problems of biased resource allocation and high patient flows to large hospitals. The development of big data and mobile Internet technology provides a new perspective for the establishment of hierarchical medical system. This viewpoint discusses the challenges with the hierarchical medical system in China and how big data and mobile Internet can be used to mitigate these challenges.

Keywords: continuity of patient care; medical services; mobile health.

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

Figures

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Changes in the numbers of medical institutions, outpatients, beds and bed utilization between hospitals and primary medical institutions from 2005 to 2014 in China.
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The theoretical model of hierarchical medical system based on big data and mobile Internet.
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Figure 3
Functions of hierarchical medical system based on big data and mobile Internet.
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Figure 4
The data sharing and processing system architecture.
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