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China starts pilot network for distance elderly care services
Updated: Jul 31, 2020
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BEIJING — China's health authority on July 30 started a nationwide pilot network, providing integrated elderly care and medical services to the country's aging population.
The network offers distance services, including telemedicine, chronic-disease management, follow-up medicine delivery, guidance on caregiving, and medical lectures, said the National Health Commission.
More than 5,400 medical institutions on the Chinese mainland have been connected to the network.
