Novel Model of Internet-based Healthcare Services

(China Daily, September 25, 2020)

Xian Janssen, a pharmaceutical subsidiary of healthcare group Johnson & Johnson, signed a memorandum of understanding with the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University in Shaanxi province to establish a novel model of internet-based, patient-centric healthcare services in China. The partnership will create an e-hospital, the first of its kind collaboration between a multinational pharmaceutical company and a general, tertiary hospital in the country, according to the two partners. This e-hospital will provide convenient virtual health services for patients aiming to reduce doctor-patient communication cost and improving access to innovative medicines and health solutions. The services will first start with patients suffering from blood cancers, solid cancers, immunology, and pulmonary arterial hypertension.