Medical reform requires the grassroots ** X-ray machine generation tide to gradually approach

The business club reported on May 18. According to the medical reform plan, in 2015, the county-level hospitals will fully reach the level of Grade-A hospitals, and the problem of county residents will be effectively resolved. By 2020, county-level hospitals will achieve The level, which is now the level of prefecture-level hospitals, places high demands on medical equipment and enables medical equipment companies to see the prospects for medical devices and the space and potential for development.” Zhu Qingsheng, President of Rural Health Association A few days ago, he said at the "Seminar on the Deployment of Suitable Imaging Equipment Technologies for Secondary Medical Institutions."

At present, a considerable number of county hospitals have low-grade X-ray machines, which are mainly outdated equipment and poor imaging quality, which affects the quality of diagnosis to some extent. In this year's policy-oriented reform of public hospitals that focus on county hospitals, county hospitals are likely to set off an upsurge of video equipment updates.

Choose price or efficiency?

“At present, the penetration rate of grass-roots imaging equipment is still very low. The market for DR (digital radiography) equipment and CR (computer radiography) equipment has great room for growth in China, especially in secondary hospitals.” Philips Healthcare He Hong, senior director of Greater China's Image Marketing Department, said.

For county-level hospitals, choosing a DR device or a CR device or an MRI is really a difficult choice. Due to the large number of medical imaging equipment items, grass-roots hospitals have weaker ability to control technology. Therefore, the suitability and cost-effectiveness of equipment and equipment configuration in secondary medical institutions are particularly important.

Professor Guo Qiyong, vice president of the China Medical Equipment Association, gave an example of how to select equipment: Compared with the working efficiency of traditional X-ray machines, DR, and CR, the traditional X-ray inspection took out film for 6 minutes, CR inspection required 7 Minutes of time, while DR is an exposure completed, its work efficiency is greatly accelerated. Due to its good compatibility, DR is more suitable for use at the grass-roots level. It is easy to operate, saves time and effort, and improves efficiency.

It is understood that at present, CR equipment is gradually withdrawing from large urban hospitals, and DR equipment is not popularized in secondary hospitals and county-level hospitals due to relatively high prices.

Under this circumstance, the industry has formed two different viewpoints. One view is that basic hospital equipment should first be equipped with DR equipment to achieve one step. Another view is that there is a shortage of funding for basic hospitals, CR equipment is a more appropriate choice.

"Equipped with a set of DR equipment at least to invest millions of dollars, CR equipment 1.2 million yuan price is undoubtedly more suitable for the actual situation of primary hospitals." Some experts say.

The savvy manufacturers naturally take into account the financial aspects of primary hospitals. At the 65th China International Medical Equipment Fair, manufacturers launched DR equipment for primary hospitals, and demanded "affordable high-configuration DR equipment that can be repaired for free for three years with very low maintenance costs." .

Informatization advantage determines the trend?

In terms of the construction of medical imaging equipment, the gap between the secondary and tertiary hospitals, and between the economically developed regions and the economically underdeveloped regions is significant. The Eastern City Hospital has entered the era of digital video, and the Midwest Hospital seldom prepares digital imaging equipment.

Regardless of DR equipment or CR equipment, they have to solve a problem - the long-term development of imaging equipment, especially its ability to successfully interface with medical information. Professor Guo Qiyong pointed out: "Medical imaging equipment as the hospital's most basic device, digitalization is a must. At present, the informatization of medical devices has matured. In order to improve the level of basic hospitals, including all equipment, including imaging equipment, monitoring equipment , we must use information technology to monitor."

Many experts believe that DR will become a future trend because DR is better than information integration. Some industry insiders boldly predicted that "by 2012 and 2013, DR equipment sales may reach a scale of 3,000 to 4,000 units."

However, some companies believe that some of the technical features of the existing DR equipment are not suitable for the use of the grassroots. Tan Jianzhong, director of marketing for Toshiba Medical Systems Co., Ltd., said that he could not agree with the argument that DR has a large space for development in primary hospitals and DR entered the era of double boards. The price of double-board DR is too high, and it is difficult to achieve coverage in county hospitals and expand. The best method for clinical value is to use a mobile tablet that can be checked for different parts.