Five Leading Institutions Release White Paper on Wireless Healthcare Applications

January 13,The National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, Huawei Wireless X Labs, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. jointly released the “White Paper on Wireless Healthcare.”(hereinafter referred to as the “White Paper”), supervised by the Internet Health Industry Alliance.

This white paper analyzes the nine wireless healthcare applications most likely to achieve large-scale adoption in the present and near future, and presents indoor digitalization solutions for hospital environments. It is the first healthcare technology white paper jointly released by medical research institutions, standards development organizations, telecommunications carriers, and ICT providers. The initiative aims to leverage wireless technologies to digitize healthcare and connect medical devices, thereby enhancing the accessibility and efficiency of healthcare services across society.

In recent years, efforts to enhance the digitalization of the healthcare industry and expand the coverage of high-quality medical resources through information technology have garnered significant attention from the industry. The "Action Plan for Further Improving Medical Services (2018–2020)," recently released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, states that all medical consortia across China must achieve full coverage of telemedicine. Lead hospitals in medical consortia are required to establish telemedicine centers to provide telemedicine services to healthcare institutions within the consortium. Primary healthcare institutions should gradually expand the scope of their telemedicine services, enabling more patients to access high-level diagnostic and treatment services from superior hospitals close to home.

Against this backdrop, the white paper analyzes healthcare applications enabled by wireless communication technologies, including wireless monitoring, real-time patient location management, mobile ward rounds, robotic remote ward rounds, real-time remote consultations, emergency rescue guidance, wireless surgical demonstrations, wireless specialty diagnostics, and remote robotic ultrasound examinations. For each application scenario, it provides network requirements and implementation recommendations to guide healthcare institutions in the scientific deployment of wireless healthcare applications.

The white paper points out that the development of wireless healthcare applications relies on active participation across the entire industry chain, the establishment of industry standards and specifications, and guidance from industrial policies. Through joint efforts within the industry, wireless healthcare will evolve from “full connectivity within hospitals” to “regional full connectivity in healthcare,” and ultimately to “fully connected smart healthcare,” delivering high-quality medical services to the general public.

Zhao Jie, Director of the National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications, stated: “Wireless healthcare holds broad prospects. The National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Medical Systems and Applications will organize relevant institutions to strengthen collaborative innovation, intensify research in wireless medical devices, information systems, networks, standards, and testing, promote breakthroughs in key wireless healthcare technologies and their translation into practice, enhance talent development, and accelerate the integration of wireless healthcare into frontline clinical practice.”

Zhai Yunkai, head of the Telemedicine Center at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, stated, “Leveraging the National Engineering Laboratory platform, we will actively fulfill the leading role of our Telemedicine Center, accelerate the application of wireless medical technologies in telemedicine services and regional healthcare collaboration, and truly demonstrate the value of information technology in healthcare service delivery.”

Liu Jinxin, General Manager of the Healthcare Industry Solutions Department at China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.’s Government and Enterprise Customer Branch, stated, “China Mobile will fully leverage its advantages in communications and information technology, actively participate in the development of wireless medical networks and applications, vigorously promote innovative 5G practices in the healthcare sector, and provide robust technical support for the industry’s overall development.”

Wang Yufeng, Head of Huawei’s Wireless Application Scenario Lab, stated, “With the advancement of indoor digitalization and the advent of 5G, the healthcare industry is poised to embrace new opportunities. Huawei Wireless X Labs will collaborate with healthcare partners to provide a platform for innovation in wireless medical applications, accelerating the digital transformation of the healthcare industry through the joint incubation of new applications.”

White Paper Download Link:http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0kniHvAKpBcmj3lm8fP_ew