National Notice: A large number of hospitals across the country are equipped with these equipment

Some people say that in the 5G era, one network cable and one interface can solve many remote things

On August 17, the four departments of the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Information and Communication Development Department, and the Planning Development and Information Technology Department issued the "5G+ Medical and Health Application Pilot Project List Publicity"

The document is related to the "Notice of the General Office of the National Health Commission of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on organizing the application of 5G+ medical and health application pilot projects" (Gongxindianlian Communication Han [2020] No.

The "Notice" was issued in November last year, requiring 8 key directions around emergency treatment, remote diagnosis, remote treatment, remote intensive care (ICU), Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment, hospital management, intelligent disease control, and health management.

In terms of first aid, the "Notice" proposes that as soon as the ambulance receives the patient, a large amount of vital information data such as the patient's physical signs and illness will be returned to the back-end command center in real time to help the doctors in the hospital to give correct guidance and formulate rescue in advance.

Combined with unmanned systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and rescue robots, it provides emergency rescue guidance, emergency rescue positioning of the wounded, and remote first aid services for complex environments such as disaster areas and battlefields

During diagnosis, relying on 5G networks and actively using VR/AR, holography, 3D printing and other technologies to support ultra-high-definition remote multidisciplinary consultation (MDT), remote image diagnosis, remote pathological diagnosis, remote ultrasound diagnosis, remote surgical guidance, medical education and training Remote diagnosis applications such as 4K/8K remote ultra-high-definition consultation and high-speed transmission and sharing of medical images, ultrasound, ECG and other information, and support the online integration of electronic medical records

In addition, with the help of the low latency and high reliability of the 5G network, combined with technologies such as medical robots and sensors, it supports doctors in carrying out diagnosis and treatment services such as remote surgery and remote radiotherapy

With the help of the 5G network, various medical devices can monitor the vital signs of critically ill patients in real time, continuously and for a long time during medical monitoring, and continuously report the location and vital signs of critically ill patients (including physiological signals such as ECG, respiration, and blood oxygen), and Able to report critical alarm information to medical staff

Support the construction of the hospital's 5G medical Internet of Things, organically connect the hospital's massive medical equipment and non-medical assets, and can realize medical equipment status monitoring, hospital asset management, hospital emergency dispatch, medical staff management, access security and other services

5G changes the medical service model

If 3G and 4G are ordinary trains, 5G is high-speed rail

The high speed of 5G network enables high-speed transmission and sharing of 4K/8K remote HD consultation and medical image data, and enables real-time consultation by experts anytime, anywhere

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At 21:30 on the evening of June 18th, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital activated the 5G urban disaster medical rescue system and conducted real-time remote video consultation with the frontline emergency rapid response team on a case of abdominal injury suspected splenic rupture in Changning County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

It is reported that this is the world's first case of applying 5G technology to disaster medical rescue
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In addition to the use of 5G technology in special environments such as disaster areas and epidemic areas, the daily medical services of hospitals can also use 5G to realize information resource sharing, system interconnection, and pre-hospital first aid and smart medical care
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5G technology is also the "highway" that promotes the interconnection of the medical consortium
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With the help of low-latency technology, real-time live surgery can be carried out on remote patients at the grassroots level.
Patients in some remote areas and counties and townships can perform complex operations locally to achieve cross-regional diagnosis and treatment
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According to statistics from the National Health Commission, in 2020, China has established 89.
5% of urban medical groups and county medical communities, realizing telemedicine internally
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The "Administrative Measures for Medical Consortium (Trial)" issued by the state in July this year proposed to gradually promote Internet diagnosis and treatment through the use of telemedicine, teleconsultation, tele rounds, tele teaching, tele ECG, telemonitoring and other forms.
Means, sink high-quality medical resources, and improve primary medical service capabilities
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According to incomplete statistics in public reports, as of the end of 2020, more than 200 hospitals in China have launched 5G-related projects
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Of course, there is still a long way to go before the 5G technology is fully implemented, so there are voices of doubt
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AI product development and design researcher Xu Boping said that at present, we should not have too much imagination about 5G technology
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On the one hand, the current hospitals are only at the stage of R&D and water testing, and many companies’ products are still incomplete.
The docking of medical institutions in remote areas and first-tier cities is still in a pilot stage, which has not formed a large-scale development.

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At the same time, the talent dilemma is also a big problem.
5G equipment must be directly guided and taught by manufacturers.
Most medical workers have not received relevant training, so it takes some acceptance period to ensure daily medical operations
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In addition, the price affordability of the grassroots suitable for remote surgery is also questionable
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Generally, medical equipment containing 5G networks and introduced into the system, such as CT equipment, are relatively expensive
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Although technological breakthroughs have been made, some small medical institutions cannot afford it in terms of financial budget
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For companies that develop and produce these medical devices, the acceptance of the 5G market is also an issue to consider
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At present, most of the medical applications of 5G technology are still in some wearable devices or a few remote first aid and guidance scenarios.
However, the trend of the country's implementation of 5G+ medical health is certain, and the change may only be a matter of time
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