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. 2021 Sep 16;23(9):e18307. doi: 10.2196/18307

Table 2.

General clinic departments associated with the internet hospital.

Departments Scope of services
Common chronic diseases departmentsa Provide follow-up management services and health guidance, adjust and prescribe drugs, prescribe examinations, provide services for patients with common and chronic diseases
Health management Provides health management guidance for healthy people and interpretation of routine physical examination reports
Pharmacy Provides an online medication guide for patients
Nursing specialties consultation Provides nursing consultation such as wound and stoma nursing for discharged patients and people with mobility difficulties, as well as nursing guidance for pregnant women, mothers, and babies
Fever clinicb Screens out suspected COVID-19 patients and guides them to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment; patients who are judged to be infected with ordinary viruses are instructed on care at home

aIncluding the Departments of General Practice, Hepatitis Center, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Respiratory Medicine, Kidney Disease Center, Neurology, Rheumatology, Pediatrics, Mental Health, and Geriatrics.

bOnly set up during the COVID-19 pandemic [19].