To explore new medical model in public hospitals through integration of "Internet +" medical services and commercial insurance

December 1, International Medical Services and Health Management Platform of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji Hospital was officially launched, which will greatly facilitate medical services and health protection of foreigners in the city. Director of Department of Private Education from Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Yang Zhao, President of Renji Hospital Weiping Li, Party Secretary Lian Guo, Vice President Daxiang Wen, Chairman of Yiban Network Changzhi Li, President of Yiban Network Minglun Zhu, Aetna President Timothy Cocchi, and more than 60 Chinese and foreign representatives from various Renji Hospital partners including commercial insurance companies and health management institutions, attended the launch ceremony for the on-line of the platform.
With the rising international status of Shanghai, the numbers of foreigners like teachers who come to work, study and live in Shanghai has been rising, which put forward new requirements for medical and health protection. At the same time, with the elevated economic level of Shanghai, more and more people choose the model of commercial insurance as a useful supplement to social security. Therefore, through the strong support of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, Renji Hospital and Yiban Network cooperated to develop an Internet medical and health management platform with independent intellectual property rights to realize intelligent management of the whole process.
The platform is based on the WeChat platform with Chinese and English bilingual interactive medical system under the throughout health management philosophy. Commercial insurance customers only need to pay attention to the public No "Renji Hospital International Medical Service RenjiHospital" through the WeChat platform to enter into the platform. By clicking on different service options, customers can get professional online advice, convenient medical appointments, warm reminders, real-time access of reports, continuous health management, and so on. Afterwards, the customers can directly connect with the high-quality and personalized medical services in the International Clinic of Renji Hospital.

The official on-line of the platform will greatly enhance the complete on-line and off-line medical experience of customers to meet diverse health needs and make another bold attempt to explore new medical model in public hospitals through integration of "Internet +" medical services and commercial insurance, which will inject new vitality for raising quality of medical services involving foreign elements in Shanghai.
As the first western medicine hospital in Shanghai, Renji Hospital have been providing high-quality medical services for a large number of patients with its strong medical strength, superb treatment technology, home-oriented service attitude and the core values of benevolence and benefiting mankind. Yiban Network is a comprehensive interactive community network platform for the college education, life service and cultural health under the support of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. It mainly provides multi-level services such as online learning and information dissemination for teachers and students. The establishment of the International Medical Services and Health Management Platform of Renji Hospital under the cooperation with Yiban Network will provide high-quality, timely and convenient medical services for foreigners like foreign teachers working in Shanghai. (Correspondent Ying Zhou / Translator Weiwei Zhang)