Internet Healthcare Policy Analysis, Evaluation, and Improvement Path: Multidimensional Perspectives

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Policy
• Digital Health
• Health Management

Background:

• Internet healthcare is key to China's digital health transformation and the Healthy China strategy.
• Ensuring scientifically sound policies is crucial for effective internet healthcare development.
• This study addresses potential issues and inadequacies in current internet healthcare policy texts.

Purpose of the Study:

• To analyze and assess national-level internet healthcare policy documents.
• To identify characteristics, policy instrument distribution, and evaluation outcomes.
• To provide recommendations for optimizing policy amalgamation and implementation.

Main Methods:

• Policy bibliometrics
• Content analysis
• PMC Index Model
• Analysis of 134 national-level policy documents

Main Results:

• Policies emphasize service quality, technological innovation, and management standardization.
• Policy instruments show implementation imbalances despite alignment with development stage.
• Policies are generally well-formulated but require refinement and reinforcement.

Conclusions:

• Strategic optimization of policy instrument amalgamation and implementation is imperative.
• Achieving a dynamic equilibrium in policy combinations is necessary.
• Refining policy content regarding nature and effectiveness will maximize utility.