The Jilin Provincial Commission of Health issued the Approval on the Application of the No.1 Hospital of Jilin University to Take the No. 1 Online Hospital of Jilin University as the Second Name, the first of its kind in Jilin Province, on May 26, 2020. A competent online hospital like this is of milestone significance for the No.1 Hospital of Jilin University, marking another step has been moved forward for the goal of intelligent construction. 

As the largest tertiary-level, grade-A hospital in Jilin Province, the No.1 Hospital of Jilin University undertakes the important task of serving more than 27 million people in the province. To optimize its service for the majority, the No.1 Hospital of Jilin University adopted the system of e-health card in January 2019, which integrates “all functions into one card” from reservation for registration, medical treatment, checkup, inspection, drug collection, payment and information query. In January 2020, the hospital opened online channels for anti-epidemic inquiries, which reduced in-patient aggregation and lowered the risk of cross infection. 

For the construction in the early stage, the No.1 Hospital of Jilin University gradually realized such functions and services as registration reservation, outpatient registration, medical settlement, intelligent guidance, organ donation, in-patient prepayment, in-patient fee inquiry, reservation for checkup, online payment, commercial insurance based on internet, self-service machine, WeChat service account and mobile App. 

After its online version goes operational, the No.1 Hospital of Jilin University will provide such medical services as telemedicine, health consultation, health management, follow-up and return visit of common and chronic diseases, and remote consultation of difficult, complicated diseases. Insiders say such effort will no doubt reduce the burdens and difficulties of patients on the way of going back and forth to the hospital, thereby making it more convenient, faster and more comfortable for those in need.