Preliminary Study on the Working Mechanism of West China Hospital of Sichuan University Telemedicine in the Prevention and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019/ 新型冠状病毒肺炎防治中华西远程医学工作机制初探

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 has become a public health emergency of global concern, posing a great threat to people’s health As a state-level large-scale general hospital with rich medical rescue experience in dealing with emergent public health events, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and earthquake, West China Hospital of Sichuan University quickly established six working mechanisms for telemedicine West China Hospital of Sichuan University set up a team of clinicians to provide multi-disciplinary telemedicine consultation, telemedicine education and joint rounds on line with the 5th generation mobile networks, which designed to help estimate patients’ condition, innovate the mode of diagnosis and treatment, and improve service efficiency in remote institution including preferred hospitals for coronavirus disease 2019 patients in Sichuan Province and telemedicine alliance units outside the province