Internet Healthcare

Internet healthcare is the umbrella industry frame in No.206 检索、送药、看病：互联网医疗这些年 | 中国互联网故事22. It covers hospital IT, medical literature retrieval, doctor communities, appointment booking, online consultation, drug ecommerce, internet hospitals, medical content, AI-assisted workflows, and long-term health management.

The episode’s core position is that healthcare cannot be “internetized” like a standard consumer service. Platform matching works poorly when doctor supply is scarce, diagnosis is risky, service quality is hard to standardize, public hospitals control the core resource, medical insurance shapes payment, and regulation must protect patient trust.

Connections

• Hospital Information System, Medical Literature Search, and Online Appointment Registration — early infrastructure and access layers.
• Online Medical Consultation, Pharmaceutical Ecommerce, and Internet Hospital — consumer-facing and institutional service layers.
• Medical Platform Trust Crisis and Online Healthcare Regulatory Boundary — trust and policy limits.
• HMO Managed Care, 数字健共体, and Medical AI Workflow Integration — later health-management and system-efficiency route.