China Jo-Jo Drugstores has launched the first Internet-based Remote Hospital Network platform in Zhejiang Province, China.
The virtual physician platform will be offered onsite at its retail pharmacy locations.
This would allow the company to partner with virtually any accredited physician or hospital in providing medical consultation to customers who would then have immediate access to printed prescriptions and pharmacy dispensary services at the drugstores.
China Jo-Jo said it is currently in discussion to secure exclusivity for the Internet hospital platform in Zhejiang province and is in negotiations with an accredited regional hospital to provide physician services on the platform through a profit sharing agreement.
Lei Liu, Chairman and CEO of China Jo-Jo, said roughly 90 percent of China’s pharmacy prescriptions are handled by hospital dispensaries. The goal of the program is to increase transaction volume at China’s Jo-Jo retail locations while driving healthcare reform and innovation in the retail and online pharmacy business in China.
“In alignment with the recent healthcare reform in China, we continue to meet the needs of consumers by increasing products and services that expand prescription dispensary services from the hospital system into local communities,” he said in a news release. “As the Chinese government pushes for healthcare reform we will continue to provide ways to increase access and to provide competitive pricing for prescription drugs, especially for residents who do not live in major cities.”