3G will hasten the Internet remote medical services market of universal application (1)

As broadband technology really into 3G consumer groups, through remote sensing technology to deliver video and off-site consultation transfer of telemedicine services, will be the future of many health systems development a priority.

Recently, Beijing announced that starting this year until 2012, nationwide implementation of the "information infrastructure upgrade plan, including the second and third-level hospital outreach online registration appointments and family-oriented communities, telemedicine services, realization of the doctor doesn't go out.

At the same time, the reporter was informed that Shanghai is also planned by the year 2010 to the Yangtze River Delta in radiation 15 city or area, with the help of high performance broadband information network "3TNet" makes 100 million households in remote medical, educational, and other information services.

The expert believes that broadband technology, for ordinary residents of the "three" (do not go out, do not go out, the doctor doesn't go out) will promote rapid remote access technology, and will hasten the telemedicine service this emerging and the tremendous potential of the market.

Broadband surge boosts health equality

Telemedicine is remote, generally refers to the network, and other technology in a distant part of the lag between the doctor and the doctor for two-way information transfer between the complete doctor's information gathering, diagnostic and medical programmes.

The "use network information technology, and promote urban hospitals and community health service agencies, positive development for the rural and remote areas of telemedicine.

"This is the new health reform programmes devoted a chapter of medical and health information system-building goals. 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 in the health services in achieving synergies and integration, in order to promote the flow of flexible and patient resources and structure optimization, the realization of "6-in-one" in the medical reform objectives.

It is understood that, in recent years the teleconsultation national health information network in the first phase of construction plans to invest $ 2.36 billion, of which $ 1 billion to the Central Government, local government invested a total of $ 1.3 billion, with the support of the new health reform, the industry generally optimistic about the prospects for telemedicine, numerous related businesses are also on this showed strong interest.

A rough estimate of the community, based on the new health reform and the Government plans to add new 48 billion Fund to support rural health services system, two policies issued in the next three years, the Government of the medical equipment market will reach $ 100 billion on the investment.

Some data indicate that the current market size of China's medical electronics is 250 billion, an increase of 16 per cent growth rate in more than the global market growth rate of 12%; in large populations and medical resources of China unevenly distributed, remote medical will be 80% of the total population of rural areas with high-quality medical services, become a valid medical equality.

Whereas the United Kingdom industry Division life science business unit Senior Manager Robert · kips, also told reporters that the United Kingdom's medical device businesses and I'm looking forward to be able to participate in China's remote medical aspects of the exhibition, because remote medical or electronic health must be the future of health care markets, one of the main directions of the medical service of the digitized, electronic on consolidation of doctors, nurses and patients have a very important role.