ABSTRACT
Online health community is the typical mode of online health service.The government encourages the development of the internet-based health services to propose the health policy.Through finding out problems of online health communities,and analyzing the practice and theory status of literature research,political suggestions are put forward for online health development.Through summarizing the development status and practice effect of online health community,the achievements and problems of online health communities in China are analyzed.The rational use of online health communities helps to optimize health care resource allocation.However,there is no mature models and regulation.The development and the impact of health care reform needs further study.