The New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Boosts Medical ICT Market

Information technology and emerging information technology have played a huge role in the diagnosis and treatment of the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) disease and epidemic prevention and control, and analyzed the continuous the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) treatment and epidemic prevention and control for various information and new technologies The demand for applications, and forecast the application and development of information technology in the future the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) and other potential infectious diseases in the treatment and prevention, as well as the prospect of hospitals being triggered by this event to achieve medical digital transformation leapfrog The development trend puts forward the IT demand driven by epidemic prevention and control, which can be used as a reference for ICT manufacturers to formulate product development and market development strategies in epidemic prevention and control and subsequent medical digital transformation.

"The sudden turbulent epidemic and the treatment of the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) patients have exposed problems such as shortage of medical resources, shortage of medical personnel and untimely prevention and control measures in the medical institutions' response to emergency public health incidents, and in the process of solving these problems Informatization has shown a tremendous role, which has made government health management departments and medical personnel further recognize the role and potential of medical informatization, triggering medical digital transformation to achieve leapfrog development. After this epidemic prevention and control, medical digital transformation has accelerated , The establishment of integrated clinical diagnosis and treatment and disease control and health management systems in the whole society, robots, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence are accelerating the application in health management, improving the disease prevention and control capabilities of the whole society, and improving the diagnosis and treatment rate and nursing level, and promoting The digital transformation of the medical and health service model promotes the realization of the "Healthy China" planning goal. "-Xiao Hongliang, Senior Research Manager, IDC China Industry Research and Consulting Services Department.

Health strategies costs in China are predicted to reach about $ 2 trillion annually by 2025, driven by an aging population and government efforts to broaden insurance coverage, making China the second-largest healthcare economy after the United States. More than 95% of China's 1.4 billion citizens have access to health insurance. The Chinese government has been embarking on a variety of health reform initiatives including the "informization" of the healthcare industry. Regional medical and telemedicine services, which is called "internet + healthcare" in China, are being implemented. The healthcare service providing business, health insurance, and pharmaceutical business are all transforming to achieve the goal of easier access to healthcare services and cheaper healthcare. All these trends demonstrate a digital transformation trend — in another words, China's healthcare industry is adopting the emerging technologies to fulfill the medical business with a DX model. It is breeding a ver y big and sustainable market for both technologies and transforming the healthcare business.