The status quo and prospect of "Internet Plus" community empowerment

For achieving the strategic objectives of "Healthcare for all" and "Healthy China 2030" proposed by the World Health Organization and the Chinese government, how to maximize the leading role of general practice in primary medical care has become a key problem to be solved. In our researches on the concept, development history, status, and future prospects of "Internet Plus" and "community empowerment", we found that the theoretical system of "community empowerment" emphasized enhancing the control of community members in primary medical care, optimizing the allocation of medical resources, optimizing the structure of community medical care organization, and comprehensively improving primary medical care service. "Internet Plus" enables the theory of "community empowerment" to be realized and endowed with more powerful functions, and it has been widely used in primary medical services, public health, family contracts, drug security, medical settlement, medical education, and medical management. The combination of "Internet Plus" and "community empowerment" can maximize the allocation of medical resources, improve the quality and efficiency of chronic diseases management, enrich the means of training basic medical personnel, and enhance the ability to respond to public health emergencies. Although the practical application of "Internet Plus" and "community empowerment" still exist some problems such as the low level of cognition and acceptance of the masses, the confidentiality of information and privacy, the lack of laws and policies, etc., it is undeniable that the combination of Internet plus and community empowerment is a powerful weapon for general practice to play a key role in primary health care in the future. It's important to keep exploring how to maximize the use of limited primary medical resources by the combination of "Internet Plus" and "community empowerment".