"I have high blood pressure for many years, and I have to buy blood pressure drugs every month, and I heard that there are discounts for outpatient co-ordination, but I went to several nearby pharmacies and asked, and they all said that only with a prescription can I enjoy the policy. To prescribe a prescription, you have to go to the hospital, and for someone like me who has a chronic disease, how many times a year do you have to run! Mr. Li, who lives in the Xiaodian District of Taiyuan City, often suffers from such troubles, and there are not a few people like him.
Today, there is a good solution to this dilemma. With the approval and support of the Shanxi Provincial and Municipal Medical Insurance Departments, Harmony Medical Internet Hospital has carried out the "Internet" medical service medical insurance payment work, which can be prescribed, and people can get professional prescriptions from experts with a tap on their mobile phones.
The outpatient co-ordination policy will be implemented from 2023, and in-service and retired employees will be given a certain amount of outpatient co-ordination** every year, which can be deducted proportionally when outpatient medical treatment and drug purchase. The overall quota of outpatient clinics in Shanxi Province is 1,800 yuan per year for in-service personnel and 2,000 yuan per year for retirees. In order to ensure the standardized implementation of the policy, patients need to hold an external prescription from a designated medical institution when purchasing drugs at retail pharmacies in order to enjoy this discount. As a result, many people find it inconvenient to prescribe, especially those with various chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
In order to solve the "pain points" of outpatient co-ordination services, the provincial and municipal medical insurance departments aimed at the advantages of Internet medical care, and launched the first batch of designated institutions for medical insurance payment of "Internet" medical services in Shanxi at the beginning of this year, and Harmony Medical Internet Hospital is among them. As early as 2021, Harmony Medical was approved by the Shanxi Provincial Health Commission and obtained the qualification of Internet hospital to run medical services. Based on this, after Harmony Medical obtained the approval of the "Internet" medical service medical insurance payment, it provided assistance for the people to enjoy the outpatient co-ordination discount conveniently for the first time.
It should be noted that, according to the national requirements, Internet hospitals are limited to receiving repeat patients, so patients who have not undergone offline first consultation cannot currently use the "electronic prescription" of Harmony Medical Internet Hospital. "In order to standardize the information of the patient's first diagnosis, patients are currently required to have a follow-up visit to the Internet hospital only after the first diagnosis of Harmony Medical. The relevant person in charge of Harmony Medical said that the Jinyang Clinic of Harmony Medical and the Dry Xiguan Clinic can currently provide the first diagnosis service, and will gradually expand to other branches of Harmony Medical in the future. The model of "integration of the first diagnosis and follow-up institution" helps experts to form standardized health records according to key information such as diagnosis, examination results, allergies, and drug history, so as to ensure the rigor of follow-up and the safety of patients' medication.
Industry experts believe that with the help of the Internet technology and service advantages of medical institutions such as Harmony Medical, more patients can conveniently and efficiently use the outpatient quota and enjoy the benefits of national policies, which is in line with the original intention of the new national medical insurance policy to benefit the people. In the future, Harmony Medical will continue to expand the "Internet Medical" sector to provide convenient and high-quality medical services for more patients.