National Planning Commission of Health spokesman Song Shuli said: relates to the Internet is not allowed to carry out medical diagnosis and treatment, and can only do health counseling.

Song Shuli said, according to the implementation of the main health care, telemedicine include two categories:

Song Shuli: One is telemedicine among medical institutions, medical institutions, especially among relatively poor conditions, a relatively low level of medical institutions to a number of specialist or a combination of forces are relatively strong large hospitals to seek expert help, it is provide telemedicine services to patients between medical institutions. The second category of medical institutions to use information technology to provide medical services directly to patients, we refer to this as "telemedicine."

Song Shuli that telemedicine is different from face to face since the diagnosis and treatment, the State Health Planning Commission in order to ensure the quality and safety supervision of telemedicine, the relevant institutions and personnel have strict requirements.

1, telemedicine services only allow medical institutions, medical institutions to carry out a particular category, one specialist service to have the appropriate qualifications, we can not do without this specialist to carry out the specialist telemedicine services.

2, physicians should also carry out telemedicine services have the appropriate professional qualifications, medical institutions to carry out telemedicine services process must strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations and codes of conduct to ensure the quality and safety, but also to protect the patient's right to know.

It is understood that in January this year, the State Planning Commission and the National Development and Reform Commission agreed Wei in Ningxia, Yunnan and other five provinces to carry out the policy remotely pilot a chat, PLA General Hospital, Beijing Union Medical College Hospital and the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital, to be open for the five provinces All high-quality medical resources. Song Shuli said other work related to medical diagnosis and treatment are not allowed to carry out on the Internet.

Song Shuli: on the Internet some of the other relates to medical diagnosis and treatment is not permitted to carry out, you can do health counseling, but not to carry out diagnosis and treatment.