To actively respond to the challenges of the population aging in China, this paper introduces the concept of the PHM model, along with the theoretical support for achieving the "proactive health" instead of the "passive health". The Proactive Health Management (PHM) model is a person-oriented model, which emphasizes one's "own-responsibility" for one's health, in the context of the whole population's engagement and benefit. This paper analyzes the historical development of the health management in China and proposes five dimensions of the PHM concept, including improving the public awareness of the health management, accurately predicting the health risks, intelligently warning for the health crises at an early age, and developing effective interventions, improving health outcomes for all. This paper explores the supporting conditions and technology systems applied in this PHM model based on these five dimensions. Specifically, this paper suggests to conceptualize the PHM, to promote the PHM community at the policy level, and to utilize the information technology, the artificial intelligence, and the behavioral health intervention in the health field. The existing challenges of applying the PHM in practice are reviewed, along with the potential future directions to develop the PHM model in China, particularly, in the health management, the data ecology, the artificial intelligence, the community practice, and the evidence-based medicine. The PHM focuses on the whole population's engagement to ensure that the Chinese population benefits from this model. This study proposes a PHM model as a "five dimension-in-one-place" model that integrates with the informatics and bionomics technologies, putting one's health information in a life circle.

proactive health management  /  health risk management  /  national health