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Carestream Health care for the elderly health care services to enhance human
Another year the Chung Yeung Festival, in carrying forward the Chinese nation respect and love the old traditional virtues, the more people pay attention to the elderly\\ s health problems. In addition, the development and progress with the times, people seek medical treatment for human services have higher requirements. As the world\\ s largest medical imaging and information technology (IT) company, CarestreamHealth, Inc, Inc. (Carestream Health), a positive response to this demand, for the majority of patients, especially older people to provide more humane care.
Today, China has become the world\\ s most populous country in the elderly, the aging population is facing enormous challenges. Data, to the end of 2010, China\\ s elderly population over 60 years and has reached 1.7765 million, the proportion of the total population 13.26%, and an annual growth rate of 3.3%. Care for the elderly, families and the government has not only the responsibility, but also the whole community, in particular, responsible corporate citizen to participate.
For the elderly, growing with age, the body\\ s major organ system function and structure of degenerative changes occur, many of the dangers of specific diseases and mortality rise with age. Therefore, medical experts suggest that the elderly should be targeted for in-depth examination, early detection and control of common diseases, maintain a healthy body. As a global leader in medical imaging products and solutions, Carestream Health is always the patient\\ s demands, and strive to achieve digital medical imaging, information and intelligence, for the majority of patients, especially elderly doctor convenience.
In terms of products, Carestream Health DR infinite family of products can be described as digital, information and intelligence products representative. \"Magic card\" DRX-1 system is the industry\\ s first wireless DR detector, the product belongs to box wireless device can be placed in any desired location to shoot – whether it is Bucky, a fixed bed check, or bed surface without grid camera, and other difficult shooting angles, allowing patients to feel comfortable. \"Devil\" DRX-Evolution is the function, ease of use, scalability, accuracy, and many set to enhance and create a new era of digital X-rays to the world\\ s first ISO-compliant with the magic card \"DRX-1 perfect combined to achieve unlimited free positioning, automatic positioning, automatic tracking, automatic mode of operation of the intelligence, not only reduces the labor intensity of medical staff to improve hospital efficiency, while fully meet the daily stand, supine X-ray photography needs This patient mobility for elderly patients, the greatly increased comfort during the examination.
In April, the latest CARESTREAMDRX-Nova digital X-ray photography imaging system, the industry\\ s first integrated wireless, the DRX-1 standard digital flat panel detector, a compact device design concept combines Carestream Health superb image processing technology , which can cover all the examination bed, wall stand, wheel chairs, stretchers and other conventional position and special position of the digital photography check to meet clinical needs of any photographer, regardless of the head, chest and abdomen or limbs, bones and other anatomical parts of the body, whether it is upright Bucky, lying check the bed or the various mobility wheelchair, stretcher patients with photography, it can easily meet the demand.
Carestream Health, Li Teng, vice president of Greater China, said: \"Respect is the traditional Chinese virtues of respect, care for the elderly but also take care of our own as a professional supplier of medical imaging products, Carestream Health want health care for the elderly play to their expertise, hold up the elderly with love happy old age. \"
Detection of medical electronic devices to help the pain
For health care, the patient was injured but no more than the specific source of pain can not find or can not describe the pain intensity is more difficult, which makes the diagnosis, assessment and treatment difficult. Stanford University School of Medicine researchers are developing an appropriate solution has the potential to bring medical services to help enhance the sales of the relevant OEM manufacturers.
Researchers are examining the development of a through functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) and support vector machine (SVM), to provide information without the patient\\ s case to determine more precisely the source of pain and intensity of the feasibility of diagnostic equipment. Such a tool will enhance the physician\\ s diagnosis and treatment.
Here is the current challenge for researchers and potential opportunities to explain, published in academic journals PlosOne on.
With severe cognitive or communicative disorders patients – such as the intensive care unit patients or elderly people with dementia – may not provide their own valid information about pain. For such patients, there is not much way to determine the presence or absence of pain. Although there are methods to determine the behavior (such as assessment of facial expressions, voice, body movements), but for action by the paralysis and other diseases affecting the patient may also fail. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a physical-based and do not need to communicate with the patient\\ s pain assessment tools.
Project has not ushered in a breakthrough, but researchers have made some promising results and have begun to medical institutions, hospitals, patients consulting field outlook for this equipment. In addition to helping direct users away, the pain clinic tools for OEM manufacturers and manufacturers of semiconductors and magnetic materials opportunities.
Stanford University researchers demonstrated in a series of highly accurate experimental pain Discovery (up to 80%), and concluded: \"Through fMRI and SVM could not communicate with the test case of those Discovery pain conditions.\" Researchers believe that the next job is to further experiments in the clinic environment.
Successfully reproduce the experimental results not only for the patient, also on the medical device manufacturers to help. Everyone wants to get rid of pain is a common problem, unfortunately, to determine the source of the problem to ensure that the effect is often very difficult to diagnose. Researchers know that people are the source of pain physicians are generally asked not give specific answers, so I hope to develop a tool to solve such problems.
Hebei to promote the five key health system reform
New Health Department, Hebei Province, Yang told reporters that since 2009, three years, Hebei financial capital invested 46.14 billion yuan health reform, to promote the five key health care system reform, has achieved remarkable results.
Comprehensive reform of township hospitals basically completed. National essential medicines system has been initially established, the new mechanisms work in full swing. As of the end of July, the province more than 1,900 township hospitals nuclear Kong setting a quota, president of competitive selection, full employment and other work has been completed. Urban community medical service center to start the comprehensive reform.
Continue to improve the basic medical insurance system. Medical insurance for urban workers, urban residents, medical insurance, co-ordinating the new rural cooperative fund, respectively, the maximum payment average wage of workers in the province, disposable income and rural per capita net income of more than six times; basic medical insurance to further enhance the management and service level urban employee health insurance, medical insurance for urban residents, all of the new rural cooperative medical expenses to achieve a co-ordination in real-time settlement.
Primary care health service system has been strengthened. Start the implementation of the GP-focused primary health care team-building plan, encourage and guide people to the primary health care services; implementation of the rural doctors undertake the task of public health services subsidy policy.
Basic public health services continues to increase. Standardization of electronic health records for urban residents filing number of 669.19 million, accounting for 44.52% the number of urban residents, rural residents and standardized electronic health records on file size 445.50 million, accounting for 8.05%.
Reform of public hospitals in an orderly manner. In Hebei Province issued a "reform of public hospitals in Hebei Province in 2011 to implement the pilot program," clearly the overall objectives and major tasks. In each municipality, the province s 11 municipalities and districts choose one of the counties (cities) county-level public hospital reform, proposed to focus on improving the financial system into public service, the President is responsible for the system, full employment, performance appraisal system, sophisticated management system, the attending physician system, coordination system on the lower level hospitals and other "seven mechanisms" to reform "to make medicine doctors" mechanism as the starting point, maintaining the public nature of county-level hospitals to improve hospital efficiency, and explore the reform of public hospitals The basic way.
Electronic medical records is an important measure to guarantee medical safety
In the establishment of electronic medical records as the core of hospital information systems, electronic medical records is an important measure to guarantee medical safety. Given the above, to accelerate the construction of hospital information, and lay a firm foundation background for electronic medical records and health records of the establishment and use of the network provide a strong platform.
Health records is equivalent to the database, leading through the Health Department, and under the hospital to coordinate to do, this is a public matter, not every unit of their own thing.
Electronic medical records, that electronic medical records, medical treatment is a record object and related health care activities recorded information repository, the repository of information to form a computer can handle, and safe storage and transport, the hospital authority Users can access it. Management of health records is the residents health (disease prevention, health protection, health promotion, etc.) the process of specification, the scientific record. Personal health of residents as the core, throughout the life course, covering a variety of health-related factors, to achieve multi-channel dynamic collection of information, to meet their own needs and health of residents in the management of information resources (documentation).
Electronic health records, also known as electronic health records, electronic health records that is the object on the health status of healthcare information repository. Ministry of Health is developing "second five" health development plan, including health information technology system is the "second five" important content and objectives. Implementation of electronic medical records, electronic medical records to establish and improve the core of hospital information systems is to achieve the important goal of modern hospital management measures, to promote the equalization of health services, health care management to promote scientific, standardized, specialized, fine, information technology development, improving health care services, protection of medical quality and medical safety, improve the hospital management has important and far-reaching impact.
In the establishment of electronic medical records as the core of hospital information systems, electronic medical records is an important measure to guarantee medical safety. Given the above, to accelerate the construction of hospital information, and lay a firm foundation background for electronic medical records and health records of the establishment and use of the network provide a strong platform. Health records is equivalent to the database, leading through the Health Department, and under the hospital to coordinate to do, this is a public matter, not every unit of their own thing.
Yixie domestic enterprises to accelerate import substitution opportunities related companies meet
December 19, issued by the Ministry of Health 2011-2015, the national B configuration of large medical equipment planning notice. Give full consideration to the development of non-public sector needs a reasonable configuration space reserved for planning, support non-public medical institutions in accordance with the approved scope of practice, hospital grade, service population, etc., the rational allocation of large medical equipment.
Obviously, this plan is to adjust the allocation of resources around and reduce health care costs are two basic objectives, the re-expansion of the medical device market, but the configuration level is not high-end equipment to ensure the primary care-based configuration. B is a large medical device to be approved by the provincial health department, the configuration permits issued. Including X-ray computer tomography device (CT), magnetic resonance imaging medical equipment (MRI), X-ray digital subtraction angiography (DSA), medical linear accelerator (LA), single photon emission computer tomography device (SPECT) 5 species, to eliminate the blind pursuit of high-end medical equipment. Minimize the purchase price, prompting a further decline in medical costs.
This notice is to encourage domestic procurement of medical equipment, medical equipment, domestic help speed up the process of import substitution. Currently, foreign investment accounts for about 80% of CT market with China\\ s market share, MRI 90% market share of the market, while domestic producers Wandong market share is quite small. In addition, the notice specified that the \"minimize the purchase price,\" which perhaps will push down the market price of related products. Ultimately reduce the cost of patient care.
It is reported that the stent area, domestic enterprises has been largely achieved import substitution, music universal health care (300003:12.81, -0.35, ↓ -2.66) and other domestic companies currently occupy about 80% of the total market share.
Planning focus on security equipment blank areas, remote and inaccessible areas of the county and city (prefectural) configuration requirements. All localities must improve primary health care service system planning and implementation work to meet the county hospital construction and equipment reasonably necessary to effectively improve the county\\ s public health service doctor for medical treatment capabilities and fairness, accessibility. The full increase in the rational use of existing equipment based on the principles of the new configuration on the public sector capacity utilization required to meet not less than the local province (autonomous regions and municipalities) 80% of the average conditions.
CT medical equipment trading activity in China
The U.S. import surge
Imports and more economically developed areas of private enterprises to import the main European and Asian export share three percent each.
Computer-aided tomography (Computed Tomography, referred to as CT) as an important means of detection, has been widely used in clinical subjects, the scope of the inspection, including almost every part of the body. Latest statistics show that from January to September 2011 (below), our CT machine to maintain a certain growth in both imports and exports. China imported a total of 547 sets of CT machines, an increase of 25.46%; related imports amounted to $ 485,000,000, an increase of 35.98%; average import price of $ 886,500 / units, an increase of 8.39%. Same period, China exported CT machine 1451 units, up 12.74%; related exports was $ 232 million, an increase of 15.43%; However, the average export unit price of $ 163,200 / units, down 1.84 percentage points. This shows that China\\ s demand for high-end CT machines is increasing at the same time, the global CT market is active.
China\\ s main source of imports of CT in the United States, Japan and Germany, the three accounted for the same period the CT machine, 95 percent of total imports. Among them, China\\ s imports from the United States, 219 CT scanners, representing an increase of 55% over the same period last year, accounting for the same period China\\ s CT machine for 40% of total imports; CT machine imports amounted to U.S. $ 212 million a year earlier, an increase of 90 % over the same period China\\ s CT machine 44% of total imports. China\\ s total imports from Japan, 192 CT scanners, representing an increase of 21% over the same period last year, accounting for 35% of total imports; CT machine imports to Japan amounted to U.S. $ 134 million a year earlier, an increase of 5% over the same period China CT machine for 28% of total imports. China\\ s total imports from Germany CT machine 108 units, representing an increase of 24% over the same period last year, accounting for the same period China\\ s CT machine 20% of total imports; CT machine for German imports amounted to $ 121 million, compared with an increase of 15% over the same period last year over the same period China\\ s CT machine 25% of total imports.
Imports more economically developed areas
Imported by domestic provinces (regions and municipalities), it seems, China\\ s economy is more developed regions of the CT machine imports and imports higher. Among them, Beijing CT machine imports and imports of the first column, respectively, 144 and $ 147 million, accounting for the same period China\\ s total imports and the CT machine 26% of total imports and 30%. Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shandong and other regions of the CT machine imports and imports is also high. The regional economy is more developed, more medical equipment budget, while residents of health care services are higher, demand is greater for the CT treatment.
Private enterprises as the main import
Private enterprises are the main imports of CT machine, CT machine imported a total of 296 units over the same period China\\ s total imports of CT 54%; related imports amounted to $ 269 million, accounting for the same period in our CT machine 55% of total imports.
State-owned enterprises in the CT machine in second place ranking in imports, imports of 229 units over the same period China\\ s CT machine for 42% of total imports; related imports amounted to $ 199 million, accounting for 41%.
Europe, Asia, the export share of three percent each
China\\ s exports to the purpose of the CT machine market concentration in Europe, Asia and North America, China\\ s exports to these three regions the number of CT machines are 465 units, 441 units and 346 units, accounting for the same period the total export volume of China\\ s CT machine 32%, 30% and 24%.
The main export destination is the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, France, India, Germany and Brazil, who together account for seven CT machine in China over the same period 73% of total exports. Among them, exports to the U.S. CT machine 341 units, representing an increase of 11 percent over the same period last year, accounting for 23%; CT machine to the U.S. exports $ 055 million, representing an increase of 9% over the same period last year, accounting for the same period in our CT machine 24% of total exports. 147 units exported to Japan, representing a decrease of 15% over the same period last year, accounting for 10%; related exports amounted to $ 026 million, representing an increase of 14% over the same period last year, accounting for 11%. Exports to the Netherlands 147 units, representing an increase of 153% over the same period last year, accounting for 10%; related exports 0.24 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 134% over the same period last year, accounting for 11%.
Export volume of China\\ s largest CT scanner provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) of Beijing, Shanghai and Liaoning, the three regions accounted for the same period China\\ s CT machine 99% of total exports. Among them, Beijing exported 691 units, 48%; related exports 1.20 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 52%. Shanghai exported 523 units, 36%; related exports was 0.72 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 31%. Liaoning exported 223 units, 15%; related to exports of 0.39 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 17%.
Foreign-funded enterprises as the main export
The same period, foreign-funded enterprises exported 1377 sets of CT machine, CT machine in China over the same period accounted for 95% of total exports, exports of $ 218 million related, accounting for 94%.
It should be noted that in recent years, to limit over-investment and over-purchase of major medical equipment, the State of CT scanners and other products to implement a \"configuration card installed\" and permit system, the configuration of the CT machine level implementation of strict supervision. Although these government initiatives can not control the CT scanner market, however, can be sure that our CT machine under the influence of the growth rate will remain in a certain reasonable limits.
The first three quarters of China reached 22.3 billion yuan investment in health care
In recent years, \"to promote the biotechnology industry to accelerate the development of a number of policy\" release, the new medical reform program to stimulate the implementation of other favorable factors, the healthcare industry in a portfolio of policy-driven focus on integration into the era ushered in new opportunities for development .
The recently held 2011 China Healthcare Investment and Financing Forum, the Qing Branch Group released statistics show that China\\ s medical health field in 2010 a total amount of investment reached 1.303 billion U.S. dollars, the investment amount and number of cases have reached record highs, while the 2011 amount of investment in the third quarter reached $ 3.524 billion, is 2.7 times the year 2010.
\"Medical industry is a sunrise industry, health care reform for the entire industry for over ten years, compared with the past have been greatly improved, improved fundamentals.\" Zero2IPO Group, Founder, Chairman and CEO Gavin Ni said. He also said the medical equipment output value of the ratio of 25% per year growth in 2011, has more than 10 companies listed on the medical health industry, mainly in the GEM, the overall price-earnings ratio is higher, so more and more aroused VC / PE in attention. Last year, overall investment in the medical industry is reaching the highest level.
CCB International Wealth Management, said general manager Xu Xiaolin, 2009, the implementation of health care reform, not only promoted the development of the entire healthcare industry, and promote the growth of enterprises, it also brings a lot of investment opportunities, these opportunities are generally concentrated In the chemical field of medicine and biomedical fields.
He also pointed out that medical services, medicine and medical equipment and pharmaceutical business will have good investment opportunities, \"medical equipment and pharmaceutical business, has been in the new health reform we feel there is a very large context of the rapid development period.\"
Venture partner in Jiuding Yu Bo seems more confidence in China\\ s pharmaceutical industry is extremely active from the capital, \"the core point is extremely active in the domestic capital to attract returnees come back with a technology business, which is our future expectations.\"
\"With the new medical reform policies, demand-side market greatly expanded coverage has reached 90% range, but the demand in urban areas, a higher proportion.\" IDG Capital Partners Suyang said.
He also said that more optimistic about the bio-pharmaceuticals, and abroad that this rate will soon shorten the distance. \"The healthcare field is certainly moving forward, unlike solar and other areas will face big setbacks.\"
Legend Capital, Managing Director at the Liu Zehui view, the medical industry is a healthy investment industry, relationships and families, related to each individual, there are a lot of sensitivity, with the average consumer have a lot of difference. \"The traditional sense of the hospital from the area of ??investment is very narrow, for the VC / PE investment in terms of the first cycle is relatively long, the second in China\\ s complex economic environment, is difficult to give his own power to do PE things. \"
In this regard, Liu Zehui introduction, Legend Capital, an increase of two types of investment, one for medical and health institutions to provide services; one for the health food. \"If you go up and then overlay this area in China, cast a very wide area.\"
Gavin Ni, introduction, and Qing dynasties in the medical industry, venture capital has been invested in four companies; Xu Xiaolin, said CCB International in April 6th, 2009 Development and Reform Commission has been filed, and now cast 12 single items.
Fidelity Asia Ventures Director, Chief Representative in Beijing Rebecca said, Fidelity Asia this year, six investment projects in the medical field, including two medical equipment projects, three bio-pharmaceutical projects, as well as a former drug research the project. \"We are very broad in terms of the layout of the entire health care, from drug development company, to the very size of the original drug to the will to be concerned.\"
Central investment 4.212 billion yuan for the 1960 Primary Hospital update equipment
Currently, the central government into the largest single year in medical projects – municipal (county) level and the national Chinese Medicine Hospital Medicine Hospital capacity building project entered the implementation stage. Invested a total of 4.212 billion yuan a year, according to reports, the project\\ s main objectives and tasks is to improve the city (county) level and the national Chinese Medicine Hospital Medicine Hospital medical equipment conditions. Project funding will focus on investment in the Midwest and eastern regions 1960 and old, side, and poor cities (counties) and ethnic Chinese Medicine Hospital Medicine Hospital. Among them, the county hospital 1814, each grant 200 million; municipal hospital 146, each grant $ 4 million.
August 9, held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, in 2011 the work of the National Office of Chinese Medicine (bureaus) of the forum, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine to all provincial departments, \"Master\" describes the project goals and tasks, involving scope, content, budget distribution, etc., and project performance requirements.
State Pharmaceutical Administration of Medical Administration responsible person stressed that, as Chinese medicine hospitals, national health hospitals, in the purchase of equipment must be given priority to buy medicine, national health diagnostic equipment, in principle, related to the acquisition cost less than 30% of the total acquisition cost.
According to the project schedule requirements, before the end of this year, 95% of the project will update the hospital\\ s equipment is completed. State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine urged all localities to strictly implement the bidding process, in strict accordance with the scope of the project funds for the use of funds, to prevent reckless money and other illegal behavior. The Board will combine treasury and network monitoring platform for the council to conduct dynamic monitoring of project implementation and will also check with the Ministry of Finance jointly supervise the project implementation.
Yi Xie market size of China s far higher than the global level
Consumption in China\\ s aging and long-term government investment will support the medical device industry; equipment with global per capita consumption level, China has five to six times the room for improvement; of health care costs account for about 5% of GDP, well below the U.S. 16 %; China\\ s medical device market share of total pharmaceutical market size of 14%, 42% and a far cry from the global level.
According to the medical device investment source, the leading medical equipment company and the growth rate far exceeds the Baiyao Baiyao 2003-2010 Henry and Henry\\ s compound annual growth rate of profit was 34.9% and 33.8%, has created a myth; and medical devices over the same period in WEIGAO and Mindray Medical, and up to an annual compound growth rate of 48.4% and 44.5%. Medical device industry Ushimata frequent, and if the diving medical, listed three and a half years up to 12 times.
According to medical experts, key recommendation in the ability of low-end horizontal expansion Xinhua diving medical and health care, innovation and strong high-end machine Qianshan medicine. Strong channels and rich diving medical products and promote each other, the field has been to build competitive advantage OTC will be enjoying high growth of home medical equipment industry, and overseas marketing office and hospital period of rapid growth and great potential. Medical and pharmaceutical companies across the Xinhua Hospital two major markets, to disinfection and sterilization products as the cornerstone of a strong penetration and extension of the endogenous surrounding areas, one-dimensional offense and defense the early competitive advantage; major shareholders to change? P management incentive fund to promote old is new shoots, ushered in operation turning point.
Accordingly, the Commissioner considered medical devices, high-end look at innovation, lateral expansion of the capacity of low-end look. We propose a technical look at the industry level and the competitive landscape changes, from the diversification of innovation to enhance the look overseas market concentration driving force of business growth. On this basis, we propose the core investment logic: high-end look at business innovation, enterprise horizontal expansion in the capacity of low-end look, and gives the medical device industry investment matrix.
Today three major characteristics of the medical device industry to provide Ushimata soil. 1) segments, many, many areas of the subject can produce a good 1-2; 2) medical device companies to expand the boundary than the drug companies to large, naturally susceptible tenbagger; 3) all segments of industry, stage structured, any time points are in a period of high growth segments.
Worth of foreign equipment into China jumped three times
China\\ s high-end medical equipment in more than 80% of the foreign multinational monopoly, imports of medical equipment in China\\ s large market share has more than 70% of the hospital, and these foreign medical devices into China after the price is generally 3-5 times the price in the local . Medical equipment in this regard led to high prices, but also exacerbated the \"expensive\" contradictions.
In a large hospital, patients need to do orthopedic fixation, even if security a \"nail\", the doctor will first think of foreign brands. Foreign equipment is not only expensive, it is not satisfactory to use. Jiang Baoguo, deputy director of Peking University Health Science Center, said the current clinical orthopedic medical devices used mostly abroad in accordance with European and American race design, with people skeletal anatomy does not match the increased difficulty of surgical procedures, increasing patient risk, but because of domestic no high-quality products, only a passive foreign products. \"We can build satellites, why not produce joint and screw?\" Expert advice and support to strengthen government support to encourage the influx of related industries, leading enterprises to create, enhance the ability to compete with international companies.