Review in 2009 the medical industry: information technology and medical reform accompanying IT manufacturers nugget (1)

For the medical industry, 2009 doomed to go down in history.

New health reform programmes introduced with NT's investment is undoubtedly to the advance of medical information, provides a dose of strong heart mind that attracts many manufacturers into the medical field, launched a fierce rivalry.

This article from several angles recalled medical industry information during the year history: health reform opened a new era in medical information; IT manufacturers nugget medical industry; medical and health information standards in construction to a new phase in the development of electronic medical records; usher.

Health reform opened a new era in medical information

Medical information development area has reached more than 20 years old, has information on medical institutions and did not receive sufficient attention.

New health reform programmes, will all become history. New health reform programme in information system for the first time with the public health system, health care system, health insurance system, drug supply systems, and medical management mechanisms, operating mechanism, input mechanism, the price formation mechanism, regulatory mechanisms, technologies and personnel protection, the legal system, called "new health reform's four-beam eight columns". This is the area of health information technology usher's historic opportunity, but also faces enormous challenges.

January 23, Premier Wen Jiabao hosted a State Council Executive meeting, considered and approved in principle on the deepening of medical system reform of opinion "(hereinafter referred to as the" opinion ") and the 2009-2011 deepening medical system reform implementation programme.

6 April, the State Council officially announces new health reform programme, 3 years at all levels of Government are expected to invest 85 billion for health care reform. 22 July, the State Council issued a "medical system reform on the five key work arrangements" in 2009, the launch of the new health reform.

About medical and health information technology, new health reform programme requirements: establishment and practical shared medical and health information system.

Programme pointed out: "promoting health information technology. To promote public health, medical, medical insurance, medicine, financial supervision information system to the integration of resources to enhance information standardization and public service information platform, the progressive realization of uniform high-efficiency, interoperability. Speed up the construction of medical and health information system. Perfect to disease control network for public health information system to improve prediction and early warning and analysis reporting capabilities; to establish a population health records, build rural and community-based health information network platform; to hospital management and electronic medical records, hospital information system; use network information technology, and promote urban hospitals and community health service institutions. A positive development for the rural and remote areas of telemedicine. The establishment and improvement of health care information system. Speed up the Fund management, cost accounting and control, management and supervision of medical acts, insured units and personal management services has a complex function of health care information system. Strengthening the basic medical insurance, basic medical insurance in town resident, CMS and charity information system construction, implementation and information system of medical institutions, actively promoting "one cartoon" approach, accessible insured (hop) medical treatment, to increase the transparency of medical services. The establishment and improvement of national, provincial and municipal levels of drug administration, drug testing, adverse drug reaction monitoring information network. Establishment of basic drug supply system. ”

In the image and metaphor as "a top, 4 beams, eight pillars" of the new health reform programmes, the information as one of the pillars, occupy an unprecedented special section.

Because of this, many experts in the industry showed a strong interest. China health information society information technology professional Committee Director Yao Chi-hung said the medical reform goals without the support of information technology. Only through information technology, the establishment of shared services, health services, all aspects of implementation of cooperation and integration in order to promote the flow of flexible and patient resources and structure optimization, to the realization of "6-in-one" in the medical reform objectives. National Ministry of health statistics information center, Deputy Director of the King is considered: with the national health system reform implementation, the hospital Informationization have also come to an important gate, how to solve the various hospital information development imbalances, focused problem, need power play and at the same time. Beijing Gonggongweishengxinxizhongxin Kui Wensheng Officer considers: when it comes to health reform and the role of the information, I think that the health reform in the key is not to write information to do the most critical is the information included in the medical reform files, this is unprecedented. The Center for economic research, Peking University Professor Li Ling: the entire health care system's management is actually a flow of information, if the information asymmetries, the medical areas of market failure occurs, the China medical reform can succeed, information is one of the key. Wu hequan, Vice President, academician of Chinese Academy of engineering held: medical is the people's livelihood, health information, taking into account the development of the economy, protect the livelihood of the important starting point. Medical information is a coverage, equity, and efficiency is high, the supervision and management in place of the important support of health care system.

Domestic and foreign IT companies dig gold medical industry

Our hospital is 3 million total, including 1200 three hospitals, outpatient clinic doctors, hospital doctors digital less than 20%.

This figure means that, in the new health reform policy, medical information is expected in subsequent financial, telecommunications and other industries, became the fastest application market. According to IDC predictions, it is expected that by 2010, the whole IT market in China Medical investment will reach $ 12 billion, and the 2007-2011, China's medical industry information investment scale of the CAGR is expected to reach 17%.

Whether it is a world class enterprise or local-level enterprise, regardless of actual combat experience drywall or new to the field of the businesses that have seen this tempting cake.

A number of original on HIT learned of local IT firms, starting with excellent background that progressively wading area of health information. While steeped in this area for many years, health IT enterprises, but also in the rich experience on top of the start and the Government, the hospital's new round of interaction. Intel, Microsoft, SIBranch, IBM and other world-class IT enterprises, on the one hand, accelerate development speed, on the other hand and close cooperation in health institutions.

Simple tidy can discover these vendors at this year's assert:

31 August, UFIDA Announces $ 1 billion yuan RMB to set up specifically for healthcare information technology subsidiary--ufsoft healthcare information system co., Ltd., to contend for medical information market.

For new health reform, Neusoft has established the "Neusoft medical business development center", the introduction of electronic health records, electronic medical records and health digital dictionary as a standard, covering medical and health information throughout the entire process of the range of solutions.

Singapore Wilmar Group (annual turnover of nearly 300 million, in 2009 the world top 500 ranking of the 300) wholly-owned subsidiary in China, the focus for the medical industry with comprehensive solutions.

Microsoft in the United States, China and Thailand established medical technology development team, RD and team forces are expanding; China Team for China the actual needs of the medical institutions to provide localized solutions.

While medical solutions team member of the "emerging markets" is the largest research and development direction of ATC homepage one of curiosity of r.

2009 Dell company in the medical industry has some columns of the action, with 39 billion acquisition of United States medical information industry leading Perot Systems (Perot Systems) caused by the industry concerned with the company.

This acquisition makes Dell Inc. to become as health user "tailored" medical information solutions company.

Lenovo 2008 medical computer designed for machines, continuous application of medical research, the user will be launched in 2010 and upgrade health care exclusively for the machine.

In IPC areas of the world famous Taiwan-funded enterprises-Advantech Corporation started its American medical information area of mature technology and product introduction, the domestic medical information of the user to bring new ideas and applications.