China News Service, Liuzhou, August 3 (Chen Qiuxia, Shen Bei) Recently, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital conducted a remote consultation with medical staff of Rong'an County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, which is more than 100 kilometers away, with the help of mobile 5G network. Yang Fan, the chief physician of the first ward of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, consulted a 75-year-old male patient with experts in the Department of Endocrinology, Respiratory Medicine, and Neurology. They conducted a detailed analysis of the patient's condition and discussed the next treatment plan.
Rong'an County is a poor county located in the northwest of Guangxi. The local medical resources are insufficient and the medical level is relatively backward. In this 5G remote consultation, the ultra-fast sharing of data and pictures allows experts to have face-to-face exchanges and discussions as if sitting in the same meeting room, providing patients with multidisciplinary joint high-quality consultation opinions, greatly improving the quality and effectiveness.
The picture shows Song Xinghui, deputy director of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, using the "Smart Hospital 2.0" system for rounds. Photo by Chen Qiuxia
"5G remote consultation can support remote high-definition video consultations, allowing patients to enjoy the diagnosis and treatment services of experts from higher-level hospitals in primary hospitals, solving the problem of imbalance of medical resources, saving time for patients, and alleviating the difficult and expensive medical treatment of patients. Question.” said Yang Fan, chief physician of the First Ward of Cardiovascular Medicine, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital.
According to reports, behind the above-mentioned 5G "high-tech" consultation, it is precisely because Liuzhou Workers' Hospital has fully launched the 5G smart hospital solution. In October 2019, Liuzhou Workers' Hospital launched the "Smart Hospital 2.0" system, realizing a one-stop service for online consultation and treatment before the hospital. "Under the 5G high-speed network, the consultation and ward round system can be opened in seconds. CT image retrieval is very convenient, and remote high-definition video consultations can be performed at the same time, which greatly improves our work efficiency." Liuzhou Workers' Hospital Song Xinghui, deputy director of the department, said after the application of mobile rounds supported by 5G technology.
Hou Peiyong, deputy dean of Liuzhou Workers’ Hospital, introduced that the hospital will continue to develop in-depth cooperation with various companies in "5G + medical", and jointly study cloud computing, information security, big data applications, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and other wisdom based on 5G technology. Medical informatization topics, exploring and developing smart medical informatization applications including 5G pre-hospital first aid, 5G medical remote teaching, 5G remote B-ultrasound, 5G normalized remote surgery, 5G remote clinic, 5G remote imaging diagnosis, etc.
The picture shows the one-stop service center of Liuzhou Workers Hospital. Photo by Chen Qiuxia
"We will use 5G technology to build a leading 5G+ smart medical demonstration hospital in the region, promote the improvement of the level of primary medical institutions in the medical consortium, and bring tangible convenience to the people." Hou Peiyong said. It is understood that there are currently 6 county-level hospitals in Liuzhou that intend to develop smart hospitals, among which the smart hospital project of Rongshui County People’s Hospital has been formally signed.
Zhang Shijie, deputy general manager of the government and enterprise customer department of Guangxi Mobile Liuzhou branch, said that at present, the company is actively promoting the construction of medical information, and will promote the integration of 5G into the medical system reform to create a smarter and more humanized medical system. In the future, Guangxi Mobile Liuzhou Branch will further integrate 5G high-speed, low-latency, massive connectivity, and wide coverage into the medical industry, create 4 major 5G medical business scenarios, and promote 5G in telemedicine, smart hospitals, and emergency The in-depth application of rescue, AI medical care, and 5G+ smart medical care will promote the sinking of high-quality medical resources, improve the level of medical resource sharing, and deepen the construction of smart hospitals, so that the people can enjoy better and more convenient medical and health services. (Finish)