The times make the heroes! The "digital health" digital medical device wave is surging

Ministry of Science and Technology: the establishment of "digital medical equipment research and development" pilot project

Since 2015, the Ministry of Science and Technology launched the "digital diagnosis and treatment equipment research and development" pilot project declaration and achieved success, since then the "digital diagnosis and treatment equipment research and development" key project was listed as one of the first six pilot projects and officially entered the implementation phase. These special pilot, more inclined to early diagnosis, precise diagnosis, minimally invasive treatment, precision treatment as the direction, to multi-modal molecular imaging, large radiotherapy equipment and other ten major strategic products as the focus, the system to strengthen the core components and key technology research, accelerate the integration of China's medical device field innovation chain and industry chain, to promote China's digital medical equipment into the ranks of international advanced as a whole.

The "digital diagnosis and treatment equipment research and development" special set cutting-edge and common technology innovation, major equipment research and development, application solutions research, application demonstration and evaluation research 4 tasks, under the 20 key directions. 7 major medical machinery companies, 20 key products or will be the first to benefit from the so-called digital diagnosis and treatment equipment, these devices refer to CT, MRI, color ultrasound, digital X-ray machine (DR) and other high-end high-value medical equipment that can transmit medical imaging information to doctors. The so-called digital medical equipment, these devices refer to CT, MRI, color ultrasound, digital x-ray machine (DR) and other high-end high-value medical equipment that can deliver medical imaging information to doctors.

Practical application scenarios for digital health care

As a doctor, Fan Lihong, secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, said that now using AI technology, he can easily tell patients the distribution and size of lung nodules, helping to improve diagnosis and treatment, while also helping patients to better understand their conditions. He also said that in the face of the wave of digital change, public general hospitals are actively seeking changes, and strive to "remove" the "walls" of medical services for the majority of patients through digital medical technology

In Fan Lihong's view, in the future, patients may use digital means to achieve self-service medical care: scheduling relevant tests as needed. In his vision of digital health care, intelligent medical equipment and telemedicine devices can also eliminate "time," "distance," "environment" and other medical "walls" to help realize the Health China strategy.

Hu Jialu of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, is the head of the hospital's Cardiology Department's online Internet clinic (e-Heart Clinic). According to Hu, by creating an "Internet + cardiovascular disease" medical and health service platform, "eHeart Clinic" has helped thousands of hypertensive patients to establish a complete online health file, and at the same time, joint departments to manage the whole cycle of patients; based on the "eHeart Clinic" to create a cardiac-specific follow-up system. The heart-specific follow-up system based on "e-Heart Clinic" has brought convenience to patients and is highly popular.


In the first quarter of 2021, digital health led the way in cutting-edge advances in biomedical and cross-disciplinary fields, with $15.3 billion in financing in the first quarter, more than half of last year's annual financing. Digital health as an area of cross-science innovation is one that, five years ago, no one really knew what it was or how to define it. Today, digital health and digital health care have been widely studied and translated into applications. Without the epidemic catalyst, digital health and digital health care might have taken at least a decade of long development, rather than the volcano-like eruption and overwhelming momentum it is today.