Wudang district enhances public healthcare

Wudang district's healthcare system has implemented a series of targeted reforms to improve access and efficiency in recent years, delivering tangible improvements in public health services.

The district's medical consortium has fully integrated key township health centers through unified staffing, resource allocation, and rotation mechanisms to address disparities in grassroots medical capacity.

Eight senior physicians and eight registered nurses have been assigned full-time to eight township clinics and two community health centers, where they provide on-site diagnosis, mentoring, and training, bringing high-quality medical services directly to local residents.

A newly launched one-stop service center streamlines registration, payment, consultation, and prescriptions, benefiting over 30,000 people since January 2025. A shared diagnostic system now allows CT, MRI, and endoscopy referrals from grassroots institutions to be directly accepted by the central hospital, reducing the need for multiple visits and lowering patient costs. So far, 698 patients have benefited from this referral integration.

A medical staff member in Wudang goes to the residents' homes to measure blood pressure for free. [Photo/WeChat account of Wudang]

The district has also advanced prescription safety by introducing pre-audit and rational drug use modules at all township and community centers, ensuring the safety of medications for over 140,000 patients.

A 24-hour integrated referral system linking village clinics, township health centers, and the central hospital has enabled efficient dual-direction referrals, with 135 successful patient transfers in 2025. Smart health tools like connected glucometers and sphygmomanometers have supported real-time chronic disease monitoring for over 160,000 residents.

Wudang is also piloting a cloud pharmacy system that centralizes supply chains and prescriptions across one central pharmacy, 13 member institutions, and 77 village clinics. Patients can fill out e-prescriptions locally and receive medications the next day with full insurance coverage and real-time billing.

Additional efforts include a low-cost vaccination site serving previously underserved communities and a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) rehabilitation clinic that has helped 18 diabetes and hypertension patients effectively manage their conditions.