Factors Influencing Adoption and Use of Telemedicine Services in Rural Areas of China: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: The shortage of medical resources in rural China reflects the health inequity in resource-limited settings, whereas telemedicine could provide opportunities to fill this gap. However, evidence of patient acceptance of telemedicine services from low- and middle-income countries is still lacking.

Objective: We aimed to understand the profile of patient end-user telemedicine use and identify factors influencing telemedicine service use in rural China.

Evaluation of a village-based digital health kiosks program: A protocol for a cluster randomized clinical trial.

Background: To address disparities in healthcare quality and access between rural and urban areas in China, reforms emphasize strengthening primary care and digital health utilization. Yet, evidence on digital health approaches in rural areas is lacking.

Objective: This study will evaluate the effectiveness of Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital's Digital Health Kiosk program, which uses the Dingbei telemedicine platform to connect rural clinicians to physicians in upper-level health facilities and provide access to artificial intelligence-enabled diagnostic support.

Digital Health Technologies Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic In a Tertiary Hospital in China: Development and Usability Study.

Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a continuing global pandemic. Hospitals are integral to the control and prevention of COVID-19; however, they are facing numerous challenges during the epidemic.

Objective: Our study aimed to introduce the practical experience of the design and implementation of a web-based COVID-19 service platform at a tertiary hospital in China as well as the preliminary results of the implementation.

Using an Internet-Based Hospital to Address Maldistribution of Health Care Resources in Rural Areas of Guangdong Province, China: Retrospective and Descriptive Study.

Background: Health care maldistribution is a long-term problem in China. Telemedicine is an efficient way to deliver medical resources to remote areas; however, there are few studies on the effectiveness and challenges in providing health care from rural to urban areas in China.

Objective: The objective was to describe the effectiveness and challenges of telemedicine for providing health care from Guangzhou to rural areas in Guangdong Province.

Investigating the differences of body mass index and waist circumference in the follow-up assessment of patients to cardiac rehabilitation with acute coronary syndrome.

Obesity management is a key point during cardiac rehabilitation. The effect of new index, waist circumference (WC), in the obesity management of cardiac rehabilitation is not clear yet. Therefore, our study compared the WC index to the body mass index (BMI) in the evaluation of obesity management for the patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in a well-designed cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP).