June 17, 2021
Western Pacific
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Pathway-Driven Coordinated Telehealth System for Management of Patients With Single or Multiple Chronic Diseases in China: System Development and Retrospective Study
Integrated care enhanced with information technology has emerged as a means to transform health services to meet the long-term care needs of patients with chronic diseases. However, the feasibility of applying integrated care to the emerging "three-manager" mode in China remains to be explored. Moreover, few studies have attempted to integrate multiple types of chronic diseases into a single system.