Practice of mobile App-based chronic care management for discharged patients by pharmacists within a medical alliance / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Regional medical alliances help distribute high-quality medical resources to primary healthcare institutions.Under the guidance of " Internet-plus Healthcare" and " Hierarchical Medical System"policies, pharmacists are also exploring new management approaches for discharged patients with chronic diseases.The authors developed a Chronic Care Management(CCM)platform based on mobile App Yi Xing, and carried out full-range CCM for discharged patients in cooperation with pharmacists within the alliance. This CCM practice can contribute to an innovative transformation of pharmaceutical care, deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care to primary institutions, improve patients adherences and efficacy of medication, reduce adverse reactions, and save costs.