The sudden spread and epidemic of "
the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19)" in 2020 has become a major public health event for China and the world. China has launched a comprehensive the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic to defend health.
The evolution, mutation, and spread of viruses exist objectively. In the race against viruses, the “timely” discovery, “precision” prevention and control, “effective” treatment, and “rapid” resumption of labor as much as possible test the level of governance in the medical and health industry and the entire society.
Chinese
digital technology colleagues are actively involved in the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic of this war. The construction of 5G live broadcast "Vulcan Mountain", in addition to China's shocking global speed, 20 million online users feel the high-definition and low-latency capabilities of 5G video transmission And 5G enables telemedicine collaboration and precision diagnosis and treatment between "digital hospitals" is more worthy of promotion. We also see that AI and cloud computing capabilities greatly accelerate virus gene assembly / mutation analysis,
AI-based CT quantitative screening can output in seconds, and the opening of cloud-based AI computing power provides solid numbers for the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic modeling Base. The non-contact digital prevention and control based on "two-dimensional code" has greatly improved the safety and efficiency of the work of first-line prevention and control workers.
In addition, advances in industry supervision, including AI-based CT quantitative screening services, are expected to be approved by the State Drug Administration, providing a favorable guarantee for the legality of AI in medical treatment. As a new medical service model, the "Internet" hospital has greatly relieved the pressure of ordinary patients to visit and offline medical institutions.
However, we still feel that the disposal is not fast, the measures are not elegant, and the materials are not timely enough. From the perspective of digital governance, behind the "speed", a strong digital infrastructure and digital processing system are needed to support, including the reliable and secure collection of personal data , Multi-source big data integration, data intelligence and decision-making, command linkage, etc.
Looking into the future, we have seen the potential of
digital technology, and the time has come to build the next generation of digital medical and health systems. Emerging digital technologies will surely further integrate with medical health, help the industry's digital transformation, and comprehensively improve the country's medical and public health. Level of governance.
Digital Technology Practice in the War
According to the analysis report of the Research Report Institute of the Chinese Academy of Communications, 5G next-generation mobile communication technology and artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and other technologies have been combined and innovatively applied to
the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic prevention and control in various scenarios and scenarios across the country.
The 5G network is fully deployed in the hospital area of Vulcan Hill Hospital, which can meet the simultaneous communication needs of 25,000 people. The high-definition and low-latency video transmission capability provides guarantee for remote consultation and remote live broadcast. At the same time, the first-line medical staff of Vulcan Hill Hospital also conducted remote consultations on patients based on the remote consultation platform and the Beijing medical expert video connection, which improved the efficiency and effectiveness of case diagnosis and treatment, and relieved the tension and overload of the first-line medical staff in Wuhan Work pressure.
Currently, the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, the Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University Hospital, and the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences have all adopted AI-assisted virus detection, and the results have been well received. During
the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic, the number of CT shots in many first-line hospitals in the past month has reached the same level as last year. The application of AI-assisted screening technology has met the needs of CT analysis with high efficiency and high accuracy.
Another major focus ofthe new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic prevention work is to minimize the possibility of cross-infection caused by the movement of people and to maximize the safety of the movement of people. Thanks to the popularity of smart phones, new methods of scanning personal information based on “two-dimensional codes” and data passes for “zero” contacts have been widely used. This eliminates the complicated investigation step in the epidemic prevention work, while protecting the user's data privacy. For example, the personal “health codes” that have been gradually introduced throughout the country implement community management and traffic control.
Emerging digital technology application trends in the healthcare industry
Emerging digital technologies are bound to further integrate with medical and health, scene innovation is more abundant, and enter the stage of large-scale application:
01 5G becomes a digital hospital information network infrastructure
The 5G network has the characteristics of high transmission rate, low latency, massive terminal connection capacity and stable connection during mobile. It has unique value in the medical and health industry. We see that 5G has been applied in emergency rescue, remote monitoring, and remote ward rounding , Remote visits, remote guidance, remote consultation, etc. In the future, 5G-based new terminals and low-latency network characteristics scenarios such as remote ultrasound / remote surgery and AR / VR (augmented reality / virtual reality) assisted diagnosis and treatment are more worthy of industry attention.
When performing an ultrasound examination, the feel of the operator of the ultrasound equipment, the strength of the operation, etc. have a great influence on the examination result, and the amount of real-time data of the ultrasound image is also relatively large. The high bandwidth and low latency characteristics of the 5G network, combined with remote ultrasound examination of surgical arms and other instruments, can bring the experience of local operation to the ultrasound equipment operators, making the popularization of remote ultrasound possible.
5G applications extend to digital hospital wards, digital ICUs, smart operating rooms, smart logistics, and other broader application scenarios to become digital hospital network infrastructure.
02 IT infrastructure cloudification, artificial intelligence platform
Through centralized cloud construction, the construction cost can be greatly saved. After realizing the interconnection of data in regional medical institutions, Xiamen Health Bureau established a "cloud platform" to integrate the computer room of the hospital and the computer room of the public health system for data The cloud processing achieves 40% -50% CPU energy saving and 80% storage resource saving, which greatly reduces the overall investment and reduces the cost of independent maintenance of medical institutions. In the past few years, the medical industry's own business has been slowly moving from the traditional IT architecture to the cloud. After
the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic, various medical institutions quickly established awareness and usage habits of cloud products, and the advantages brought by cloudization will also be Be accepted faster.
In addition to accelerating virus recognition and improving the diagnosis and treatment rate in the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic prevention war, AI also plays a huge role in disease prevention, such as the B-ultrasound detection technology that combines handheld devices with artificial intelligence to achieve low cost, and machine vision based on research. Parkinson's early detection system, etc., these technologies will have a huge impact on human health.
Medical artificial intelligence technology continues to progress, and regulatory authorities are keeping up with the pace of technological development, and actively participate in the wave of industrial upgrades, which has always limited the issue of whether medical AI compliance is expected to be broken through. From another perspective, the value of medical AI products is also more recognized, I believe we will soon see artificial intelligence medical products on the market.
03 Wearable health equipment enhances the
digitization
of personal health management
In recent years, various types of wearable health devices have been gradually popularized in the market. Through big data analysis of personal health data, it provides decision-making basis and early intervention for disease prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment, and has become a wearable
technology-driven medical system. One of the core values of change. Among them, the important role of wearable health devices in early disease screening and personal health management has gradually emerged:
Early disease screening: Early detection and effective intervention management of high-risk groups are one of the important methods of disease prevention and control. Wearable devices can continuously monitor vital signs data in daily life, and discover the potential risks of the above diseases through artificial intelligence algorithms, thereby achieving early detection and early prevention of diseases, and greatly reducing the hazards of diseases.
To sum up
Medical health is the focus of people's livelihood, and the new coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19) epidemic prevention is a global issue. We are committed to bringing the digital world into everyone, every family, every organization, and building a smart world of interconnected things. I hope this article can attract the attention of experts in the medical industry and institutions, and drive valuable interactions and joint actions. And discussion.
