Volume 2,Issue 3
Research on the Improvement Paths of Rural Public Health Service Supply in the Context of Digital Village
In the context of digital villages, the digital transformation of rural public health is subject to multiple constraints. Based on the literature and cases, three dilemmas are identified: the urban-rural digital divide coexists with farmers’ weak legal awareness, low digital literacy, and a supply-demand mismatch; fiscal investment emphasizes construction over operation and maintenance, with insufficient funding, making it prone to “zombie platforms”; and data silos coexist with talent shortages, as the public health workforce is insufficient and urban-rural allocation is imbalanced. Accordingly, it proposes an improvement approach of “legal safeguards, offline-first, digital as a supplement, equal emphasis on construction and operation, and bridging the divide.”
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