Lianzhong Healthcare: Integrating Global Telemedicine Advantages to Pioneer a New Model of Medical Education for Grassroots Application

According to VCBeat, the “10th China-ASEAN Education Exchange Week” (hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Week”) kicked off on July 28 in its permanent host location, Guizhou, China. The event is jointly organized by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, and the People’s Government of Guizhou Province.

To further promote the exchange and development of medical education among ASEAN countries, Guizhou Medical University (hereinafter referred to as “Guizhou Med”) hosted the “China-ASEAN Summit Forum on Medical Education,” establishing an effective platform for cooperation in this field. Hangzhou Lianzhong Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Lianzhong Medical”), a widely recognized provider of telemedicine solutions, builder of provincial and municipal medical cloud platforms, and pioneer in medical big data and AI, was invited to attend the forum.

“China-ASEAN Medical Education Summit Forum”

Themed “Joining Hands to Forge a Healthy Future,” the forum attracted participation from leaders of universities in ASEAN countries, the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, and both domestic and international institutions, as well as renowned experts.

The opening ceremony was presided over by He Zhixu, President of Guizhou Medical University. Lin Changhu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Guizhou Medical University, delivered the welcome address. SENG Sopheap, Vice President of the University of Health Sciences in Cambodia; Qian Bin, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Chairman of the Guizhou Association for Science and Technology; and Liu Jinghui, Secretary-General of the China Scholarship Council, each delivered remarks. Pan Xiaolin, Deputy Secretary-General of the People’s Government of Guizhou Province, delivered a speech and declared the forum open.

The two-day forum was moderated by Luo Peng, Vice President of Guizhou Medical University. Leaders from medical universities and clinical experts both in China and abroad, along with cross-sector healthcare collaborators, delivered thematic reports on medical education, talent development, and regional healthcare advancement, sharing successful case studies and practical experiences.

Group Photo of Guests

l Lianzhong Medical Special Report

Lianzhong Medical is a national high-tech enterprise in the “Internet + Healthcare” sector, continuously pursuing independent innovation and R&D to drive healthcare reform and development. As the sole corporate representative delivering a keynote speech at this forum, Raul Conde, Vice President of eimageglobal (Hong Kong) Limited, a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Lianzhong Medical, presented a special session titled “Set Up A Medical Data Cloud Platform.”

Drawing on the current state of telemedicine both in China and abroad, as well as the prevailing healthcare dilemmas in China, he shared Lianzhong Medical’s specific solution: establishing a medical cloud platform.

I. Telemedicine-Education Synergy

The core of healthcare reform lies in medical resources. The key to telemedicine education is achieving efficient sharing of medical resources and enhancing the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of professionals through remote collaboration in cross-hospital, cross-regional, and even cross-border medical education. This includes activities such as video demonstrations by experts, study of classic medical cases, and clinical reviews of imaging diagnoses. Leveraging the interconnectivity of data on medical cloud platforms, primary care physicians can utilize fragmented time for learning and improvement, mastering new technologies anytime and anywhere, thereby truly strengthening primary care within the tiered diagnosis and treatment system.

Application Scenarios of Telemedicine Education

II. Industry-Academia-Research-Medicine Talent Development Program

In the field of talent development, Lianzhong Medical adopts a joint education approach involving both domestic and international institutions, and implements specific, targeted talent development strategies:

1. Telemedicine guidance, irregular talent training, practical base teaching, and targeted cultivation of clinical talents for grassroots hospitals;

2. Cultivation of high-end interdisciplinary talents (e.g., in healthcare, big data, information technology, and bioengineering).

Through multi-dimensional and multi-level collaboration, we support collaborative innovation within the national healthcare service system, promote medical students’ service and employment at the grassroots level, and explore the establishment of rational mobility and promotion mechanisms for grassroots physicians. Meanwhile, we provide talent reserve support to government and health administrative departments for medical big data analytics, effective cost control, and the incubation of the broader health and big data industries.

III. Collaboration · Guizhou Medical University Internet Hospital

Lianzhong Medical has formally signed a cooperation agreement with Guizhou Medical University and other entities to establish the Guizhou Medical University Medical Network Management Co., Ltd. (provisional name). Together, they will build an internet hospital with the Guizhou Medical University University Town Hospital as its headquarters base. Through pilot programs in regions such as Bijie and Dafang, they aim to explore solutions to challenges including the difficulty of deploying and retaining medical talent at the grassroots level, as well as insufficient employment opportunities for medical graduates, thereby providing new pathways for domestic medical talent development. Furthermore, leveraging the Guizhou Medical University Internet Hospital as a platform and link, the initiative plans to connect with Duke University in the United States in the future, establishing a professional cross-border bridge for telemedicine services. This will extend international high-end expert resources and advanced medical technologies to the ten ASEAN countries, maximizing the sharing and utilization of medical resources.

l Rooted in Guizhou, Oriented Toward ASEAN: Writing a New Chapter for the Belt and Road Initiative

Union Medical Group facilitates in-depth cooperation and exchanges between Guizhou Medical University and relevant domestic and international academic institutions and research organizations, injecting new substantive content into the cooperative relationship between China and ASEAN, with a view to achieving a new leap forward in international medical education collaboration and exchange.

Upholding the corporate philosophy of “Openness, Cooperation, and Customization,” Lianzhong Medical takes pragmatic actions and stays at the forefront. With a focus on expanding the scope of cooperation, enriching its substance, elevating its level, and refining its models, the company has actively responded to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, emerging as an innovation-driven force in the development of the health industry.