Das Intelligence Targets the Trillion-Yuan Smart Healthcare Market with Billions in Contracts and Comprehensive Solutions

In recent years, with the gradual maturation of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and mobile internet, smart city initiatives have been widely implemented across various regions. The concepts of informatization and integration in the healthcare sector have gained increasing acceptance, expanding from standalone hospital information systems to the integration of information across the entire health management lifecycle, extending beyond hospital care to include pre- and post-medical service stages. A grand blueprint for smart healthcare is gradually unfolding before us.

The current healthcare system has not yet fully evolved into an integrated whole; rather, it resembles isolated islands scattered across the vast ocean of the medical landscape. Smart healthcare will become the future’s fully integrated healthcare system by enabling more comprehensive interoperability and establishing a more intelligent infrastructure.

The Emergence of Smart Healthcare: Disrupting Traditional Medical ParadigmsThe advent of smart healthcare has shattered the conventional mindset of traditional medical systems. Traditionally, physical healthcare infrastructure and IT infrastructure were treated as separate entities—on one hand, hospital buildings; on the other, data centers, computers, networks, and related components. In the smart healthcare ecosystem, sensors are ubiquitous, embedded in patient rooms, operating theaters, medications, and beyond. Any medical system or process of interest can be measured, perceived, and identified.

As of 2016, China's investment in smart healthcare reached nearly RMB 50 billion, and it is projected to expand to RMB 100 billion by 2020. In the face of this vast smart healthcare market, major enterprises have entered the field, with some focusing on cloud computing, others on the Internet of Things (IoT), and still others on mobile health.

Shenzhen Das Intellitech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Das Intellitech”) has comprehensively deployed its smart healthcare initiatives from the outset, providing integrated solutions for the investment, construction, and operation of smart hospitals and regional medical big data across China. To date, Das Intellitech has delivered smart hospital solutions to more than 500 hospitals and provided full-lifecycle services for regional health and medical big data in Huainan and other areas, with transaction amounts reaching billions of yuan.

So, what is Das Intellitech’s smart solution? Why has it gained such widespread recognition from hospitals and local governments?

Regarding Smart Healthcare, its English abbreviation is WIT120 based on its definition; it is also a specialized medical term that has recently emerged. By establishing regional medical information platforms for health records and leveraging the most advanced Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, it facilitates interaction among patients, medical personnel, healthcare institutions, and medical devices, thereby progressively achieving informatization.

As the aging trend in Chinese society accelerates, demand for health services continues to grow. Since 2014, central and local governments have intensively rolled out a series of policies to deepen reforms in smart healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry, laying a policy foundation for the development of smart healthcare and providing broader growth opportunities for enterprises across various sectors.

Subsequently, internet companies led by BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent) have successively made strategic moves into the healthcare industry. Among them, Alibaba established AliHealth and its “Medical Cloud” services; a tripartite collaboration between Tencent, DXY, and ZhongAn Insurance has begun to take shape as an internet healthcare ecosystem chain. Many large enterprises have integrated medical resources through mergers and acquisitions, positioning themselves within the smart healthcare industry chain, thereby propelling smart healthcare into the spotlight and making it a highly sought-after sector.

Among them, Shenzhen-based Das Intellitech has also seized this opportunity. As a leading provider of smart hospital construction and regional medical big data operations in China, the company was founded in 1995 and successfully listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in June 2010. Guided by its mission to “make healthcare smarter and life healthier,” Das Intellitech focuses on continuous innovation in smart healthcare and possesses the capability to deliver comprehensive solutions for smart hospitals and regional medical big data. It has pioneered an integrated smart hospital solution centered on hospital intelligence and energy efficiency, operating room and clinical informatization, as well as IT and big data. Furthermore, it provides cities with big data services for medical consortia and medical alliances, along with investment, construction, and operational services for regional medical big data.

Based on the smart healthcare solutions currently offered by various enterprises, most are focused on isolated breakthroughs and operate in silos. This approach inevitably leads to numerous challenges. Given the multitude of stakeholders involved in smart healthcare—such as governments, hospitals, and companies across diverse industries—it is difficult to meet and reconcile their respective needs.

Taking hospitals as an example, they represent the most critical component of smart healthcare, with the majority of scenarios being implemented within hospital settings. Huang Deqiang, Vice President of Das Intellitech and Chairman of Das Jiuxin, who has long been deeply engaged in the healthcare industry, believes that if hospitals adopt construction solutions from a single enterprise, they may encounter numerous difficulties in subsequent stages.

First, the various systems within hospitals are not interconnected. The traditional bidding model results in siloed systems; a single hospital project may involve dozens of bidding entities at most, or at least more than ten. Although each individual system may appear satisfactory, they operate independently and lack interoperability. In contrast, hospital construction in the United States and Japan typically adopts the overall Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) model. While each specialized component may not be meticulously refined, the overall system performance is highly effective and user-friendly.

Secondly, hospital construction projects are typically large in scale, yet they often fail to adequately account for long-term energy consumption. Industry data indicates that hospital buildings consume 20% to 30% more energy than conventional buildings, with HVAC systems accounting for a particularly significant share of this usage. How can hospitals achieve sustainability and maintain controllable energy consumption? These are critical issues that many hospital directors need to address.

Furthermore, the construction process is complex and coordination is challenging. For a hospital, hospital administration is the forte of its directors; however, building a hospital requires coordinating mechanical and electrical systems, specialized medical facilities, government agencies, and other relevant supporting departments. Whether these processes can be optimized is also a question worthy of consideration.

The most critical issue is the source of funding for hospital construction and renovation projects, with the government largely serving as the financial backstop. Although most hospitals maintain strong cash flow in their daily operations, raising the substantial capital required for construction—often amounting to billions of yuan—remains a significant challenge.

To this end, Das Intellitech has proposed a comprehensive smart healthcare solution that leverages the concept of digital twins and employs cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, mobile internet, and the Internet of Things (IoT). This solution encompasses intelligent hospital systems and energy efficiency, operating room and clinical informatics, information technology and big data, as well as regional medical big data services.

Generally, smart healthcare consists of three components: the smart hospital system, the regional health system, and the home health system. Taking Das Intellitech’s smart hospital and the regional health and medical big data platform as examples:

1. The Smart Hospital System consists of two components: the Digital Hospital and Enhanced Applications. Das Intellitech has proposed the concept of the “Digital Twin Hospital,” a term inspired by the slogan “Digital Twin City” put forward by the Xiong’an New Area. Specifically, when constructing a new hospital, digital technologies are used to simulate a virtual hospital, which then models the operational status of the physical hospital through data simulation, thereby empowering the physical facility. Meanwhile, comprehensive data on the operational status of all equipment is retained. These historical data are leveraged to predict future operational conditions, while real-time data support AI-driven decision-making, ultimately guiding the overall operation and management of the hospital.

Centered on patients and anchored by the four key dimensions of “quality, safety, service, and efficiency,” Dashi Hospital’s health information system promotes sustainable improvement in clinical care, medical management, and quality control. By leveraging information technology, communications, and the Internet of Things (IoT), it delivers intelligent functional support as its visible interface, while designing a comprehensive hospital-wide information system to establish and refine an operational management framework, thereby achieving efficient synergy between hospital operations and clinical care.

In hospital informatization, Das Intellitech provides comprehensive solutions guided by international HIMSS Level 7 and JCI accreditation standards. By leveraging its proprietary information systems, the company introduces advanced international management concepts and meticulously designs hospital information workflows to maximize operational efficiency while meeting the needs of user departments to the greatest extent. Furthermore, it incorporates all departments across the hospital into the scope of informatization construction, integrates information systems via networks to avoid information silos, and achieves effective management of medical resources.

Its highlights include enabling paperless workflows for healthcare professionals, ensuring the continuity of patient care, leveraging data warehouse technology to analyze and mine clinical data, and supporting improvements in healthcare quality.

2. Regional Health System, comprising a regional health platform and a public health system. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet, mobile Internet, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT), Das Intellitech provides regional healthcare big data platform services to cities and large medical groups. This enables interoperability and information sharing of medical data, including electronic medical records, resident health records, prescriptions, laboratory tests, diagnostic examinations, and medication usage. Furthermore, in compliance with national laws and while ensuring data security and resident privacy, big data applications and value-added services tailored for residents and third-party institutions are developed based on population health information.

Currently, the service primarily targets three user groups. The first is residents, via the Resident Health Card and the Unified Platform for Appointment Registration and Management.

Second, for government clients, we develop integrated health management systems, performance evaluation systems, and health management decision support systems.

The third aspect involves providing full-lifecycle services for regional health and medical big data to cities and large healthcare groups. This specifically includes the construction, upgrading, operation, and maintenance of systems such as health information platforms, internet hospitals, and telemedicine (consultation) systems, thereby addressing issues related to interoperability, data sharing, and the allocation of medical resources among healthcare institutions within the region. Leveraging the company’s existing hospital client base and regional medical platforms, new internet-based healthcare services are extended to end consumers (C-end users).

In this way, by leveraging the interconnectivity and collaborative sharing of healthcare information, promoting rational drug use and controlling medical costs, and employing technical means and management service models such as internet-based remote diagnosis and treatment, chronic disease management, and health management, we can minimize residents’ out-of-pocket medical expenses and reduce overall societal healthcare expenditures.

Meanwhile, applications such as “Internet + Healthcare,” big data, and artificial intelligence will continuously give rise to new models and formats of medical services, providing multi-tiered healthcare services to residents and promoting the development of the healthcare industry.

To date, leveraging its group resources and innovation strengths, Das Intellitech has served over 500 large hospitals across China, with transaction volumes reaching billions of yuan, and has participated in the development of the health and medical big data industry in multiple cities, including Huainan. For instance, the project for the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University was undertaken through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, with Das Intellitech providing all funding except for civil construction costs. Its most notable feature is the pursuit of HIMSS Level 7 certification. The project is scheduled for completion in October this year, with main construction works already finished.

In the realm of big data, Das Intellitech has partnered with the Huainan Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission to develop the Huainan Regional Medical Big Data Project. As the first smart healthcare Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project among the national demonstration initiatives announced by the government, it places data at its core and provides four operational services: a Comprehensive Urban Medical Payment Platform, an Integrated Supervision System for Pharmaceuticals, Supplies, and Consumables, an Electronic Prescription and Prescription Circulation Platform, and a Health and Medical Big Data Platform. The project is committed to establishing a health and medical big data industrial cluster with distinct local characteristics, thereby driving the development of the health, medical, and related big data industries.

Meanwhile, all tertiary and secondary hospitals as well as township health centers in Huainan will be interconnected, with future rights to the operational data generated by this project.

At the hospital level, taking Huai’an Hongze District People’s Hospital in Jiangsu Province as an example, Das Intellitech adopted a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) service model, investing RMB 1.57 billion to provide a comprehensive construction solution for the hospital. Leveraging its intelligent control technology based on real-time databases, Das applied its self-developed BIM+IBMS+FM intelligent electromechanical management and control system to monitor and manage hospital equipment throughout their entire lifecycle. Furthermore, by offering informationization services such as data mining, closed-loop management, and clinical decision support, the company helped align the hospital’s development with international standards.

Shantou Central Hospital: Das Intellitech provides comprehensive energy-saving retrofits and energy custody services, leveraging energy-efficient technology upgrades and operational management consulting. This enhances the hospital’s electromechanical management while saving over RMB 2 million in annual energy costs, with the savings shared between Das Intellitech and the hospital. This year, Das Intellitech will continue to expand and strengthen its smart healthcare initiatives.

Furthermore, Das Intellitech has actively positioned itself in the currently booming “Internet + Healthcare” industry by investing in “Health 160,” thereby continuously enhancing its smart healthcare service supply chain. By providing services such as appointment registration, patient navigation and consultation, online payment, queue management with number calling, delivery of test reports, post-discharge follow-up, tiered diagnosis and treatment, doctor-patient communities, and health management, the company is committed to improving the public’s medical experience and building an internet platform that connects individuals with healthcare services.