Check-ups can be done in nursing homes: Renji Hospital and Pudong Civil Affairs Bureau launch the Internet hospital "Smart ECG" project
Holter electrocardiogram examinations that required three trips to the hospital can now be performed in nursing homes. Test data can be transferred with one click, treatment recommendations can be sent online, and drug prescriptions can be delivered quickly. On October 18, Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and the Pudong New Area Civil Affairs Bureau jointly launched the Renji Hospital Internet Hospital "Smart ECG" project, which was first implemented in Shenjiang Nursing Home, Jinqiao Town, Pudong New Area.
Grandpa Wang, who has "settled" in Shenjiang Nursing Home, is an 80-year-old retired teacher. Recently, Grandpa Wang not only loses his temper easily but also suffers from heart palpitations, chest tightness and shortness of breath. It is a bit difficult to stand up. Due to his old age and inconvenient legs and feet, it has become difficult for Grandpa Wang to go out for medical treatment.
After the staff at the nursing home helped Grandpa Wang register at the Renji Hospital Internet Hospital and enter his condition information, after a short wait, the cardiologist at Renji Hospital gave a diagnosis and treatment plan through video consultation and suggested that Grandpa Wang undergo 24-hour dynamic consultation. ECG examination.
With the professional guidance of doctors and the help of nursing home staff, Grandpa Wang implemented dynamic ECG testing in the nursing home. The test results are transmitted in real time to the cardiologist at Renji Hospital through the 5G Internet platform for analysis and report. Experts from Renji Hospital also provided treatment and medication suggestions to patients in the Internet hospital based on this report, and the required drugs were delivered to the nursing home through the Internet hospital's exclusive drug delivery platform.
"I was originally worried about who would accompany me to the hospital, but now my problem of medical treatment has been solved." Through the "smart ECG" service, it not only solved Grandpa Wang's trouble of being inconvenient to go out for medical treatment, but also helped him quickly get professional medical services. Save time and worry.
Bu Jun, a cardiology expert at Renji Hospital, said that 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiogram examination is one of the important means of diagnosing heart disease. In the past, a dynamic electrocardiogram examination required patients to go to the hospital three times. "Compared with the 24-hour ambulatory ECG testing currently carried out by public hospitals or third-party diagnostic platforms, the 'Smart ECG' project breaks the limitations of time and space through 5G Internet hospital technology, enabling rapid communication between doctors and patients and accurate ECG data. Transmission makes it easier for patients like Grandpa Wang who have difficulty traveling, and it also helps doctors accurately obtain information and provide diagnosis and treatment," Bu Jun said.
In recent years, Renji Hospital and the Civil Affairs Bureau of Pudong New Area have actively explored the innovative model of "Internet Hospital Nursing Home" integrating medical care and nursing care, and based on Pudong New Area, continue to deliver high-quality medical services to the people. This time, the "Smart ECG" project of Renji Hospital's Internet hospital introduced by Shenjiang Nursing Home is a new attempt to focus on innovative "new methods" of integrated medical and nursing care services and explore smart medical services for the people.
Wang Zheng, vice president of Renji Hospital, said that Renji Hospital Internet Hospital continuously improves life cycle medical management of pre-diagnosis screening, in-diagnosis intervention, and post-diagnosis follow-up by creating full-course comprehensive care in ten specialties such as cardiac health care. Nowadays, the elderly can obtain one-stop services such as 24-hour ambulatory ECG examination, blood sampling and report issuance issued by tertiary hospitals based on the Internet without leaving the nursing home, solving the problem of medical treatment for the elderly, especially those who are bedridden for a long time. problems and reduce the burden on nursing homes and family members. Currently, Renji Hospital cooperates with 35 elderly care institutions in 5 districts of the city, covering nearly 11,000 elderly care beds, and provides more warm digital services to elderly patients.