Smart Remote Follow-up Assists Postoperative Chronic Disease Follow-up Management The innovative model of remote follow-up in Changning District has been upgraded again

SHANGHAI, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The mainland has a large population, and cardiovascular disease is also a major disease at present. The prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases protects people's life safety, health and quality of life. In the treatment of arrhythmia, more than 100,000 cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) are performed in China every year, and the total number of implanted and carried CIED has reached one million in the past 10 years. Postoperative patients require regular follow-up to monitor the functioning of the implanted device and cardiac function indicators. It is a hassle for patients and an increase in the workload of major hospitals.

The application of remote follow-up technology and management mode is an effective way to alleviate the growing follow-up pressure, provide new technologies for hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, and is a new way of wisdom for postoperative management. Experts at home and abroad unanimously recommend remote follow-up as the standard follow-up management strategy. At present, many CIED devices in clinical practice support remote data transmission, and through the help of community medicine, remote follow-up has become a reality.

In the past three years, with the strong support of the Changning District Government, the Department of Cardiology of Shanghai Tongren Hospital has launched the first community remote follow-up service system in China through the community service model in cooperation with CIED manufacturers and professional follow-up companies. The system helps patients enjoy remote follow-up guidance from cardiologists in central hospitals at their doorsteps at community hospitals. The service has covered 10 community health service centers in Changning District, benefiting more than 3,000 patients with heart diseases, and has been recognized by governments and experts at all levels.

Recently, Shanghai Tongren Hospital will upgrade again on the basis of the innovative model of community remote follow-up and establish a concentric heart implantable electronic device (CIED) smart follow-up center, aiming to further implement the requirements of high-quality health development in Changning District, and create flexible and convenient remote follow-up options and AI-empowered whole-process follow-up management for CIED patients in Changning District and surrounding areas. On April 17, 2024, the project signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Meiling Meili on the remote follow-up technology platform and service support, and held a cooperation launch ceremony.

Ma Jun, President of Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and Lin Song, Vice President of Medtronic China's Cardiac Rhythm Management, Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Ablation Business Team, and Chairman of Medtronic China, completed the signing ceremony. Chen Ying, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai Changning District People's Government, Zhan Lei, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of Shanghai Changning District Science and Technology Committee, Gu Zhijian, Director of Shanghai Changning District Public Hospital and Community Health Management Center, and Gu Caohua, Deputy Director of Shanghai Changning District Commission of Commerce, attended the signing ceremony. Chairman of the Cardiac Rhythm Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, President of the Arrhythmia Technical Branch of the Chinese Association of Medical Equipment, Professor Zhang Shu of Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences of the National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Vice Chairman of the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, Professor Su Yangang of Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, and many experts witnessed the launching ceremony and jointly opened a new chapter of intelligent remote follow-up.

Chen Ying, deputy head of Changning District, expressed her great appreciation and congratulations on the development speed of Shanghai Tongren Hospital's innovation project and the innovative digital technology of Changning enterprises, and pointed out: "The construction of digital Changning is one of the important development strategies of Changning District, and the digital transformation of medical services is a crucial part. It is expected that the establishment of the Concentric Smart Follow-up Center will make an important contribution to building a more intelligent, convenient and humanized medical service in Changning District, and bring more achievements to the integration of medical engineering, medical enterprise linkage and medical sharing in the region, thereby benefiting more people. "

In his welcome speech, Dean Ma Jun said, "As a regional medical center, we have the responsibility and consciousness to closely integrate innovative medical technology with daily work to serve patients, practice smart medical care, and hierarchical diagnosis and treatment, so that more patients can get the most convenient treatment at their doorstep. The deepening cooperation with Meiling Meili will help the high-quality development of the medical alliance, realize the rational use of medical resources, and improve the quality of patient follow-up. "

Professor Shu Zhang said, "Telemedicine has become a trend to provide convenient and effective postoperative follow-up service management for CIED patients. We are pleased with the community remote follow-up service model built with the support of the Changning District Government, which will provide patients with a complete follow-up management experience and enable residents in the surrounding communities to enjoy high-quality medical services. It is expected that this model can bring greater value to the promotion and application of community remote follow-up service management in China, and bring good news to more patients. "

Clinical trials have proved that remote follow-up can reduce the number of routine follow-ups, increase compliance, shorten the average length of stay, optimize the allocation of medical resources, detect hidden events early and increase time benefits, quickly deal with serious functional events, increase patient satisfaction, and reduce mortality and disease burden in patients with heart failure.

In 2019, the Chinese Expert Consensus on Remote Follow-up of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices was released, pointing out that remote follow-up is recommended for all CIED devices. Professor Su Yangang pointed out: "Remote monitoring can achieve timely and effective monitoring through network technology, helping clinical to identify abnormal events and intervene in a timely manner. Promoting the promotion of remote follow-up across the country is an important measure related to people's livelihood, which is of positive significance to patients and hospitals. It is expected that the innovative model of community remote follow-up service in Changning District can be promoted nationwide. "

As the first pacemaker remote follow-up project in China, the community follow-up project of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) of Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has received wide attention.

Professor Qiu Zhaohui said: "The community remote follow-up service system has achieved multi-dimensional innovation from project establishment to establishment and operation, including the model innovation of the first community remote follow-up management in China, the digital technology innovation of establishing a remote follow-up management platform to open up the closed-loop follow-up, and the service innovation of patient co-management through the reverse multi-site practice of community doctors to the central hospital. Based on the innovative exploration of the community remote follow-up service system, the Concentric CIED Smart Follow-up Center can work with multiple parties to promote the smart remote follow-up model, and ultimately benefit more patients.

Lin Song, chairman of the board of directors of Medtronic as a subsidiary of Medtronic in Changning, said, "As a subsidiary of Medtronic settled in Changning, we have received strong support and help from government leaders, experts and scholars at all levels in Changning District, as well as Shanghai Tongren Hospital and Changning District Community Health Service Center. Combined with the 'Two Sessions' to accelerate the development of new quality productivity, we use digital technology to empower and collaborate with the industry and region to promote the innovative model of smart follow-up management, and help tertiary hospitals and primary medical institutions jointly upgrade the management solution for chronic cardiac diseases. "

At the meeting, Zhao Wei, deputy chief physician of the Department of General Medicine of Beixinjing Community Health Service Center, shared the benefits of patients in the community remote follow-up service project, which effectively improved follow-up awareness and compliance. Zhang Peitao, Senior Director of Cardiovascular Business Portfolio Localization and Business Development of Medtronic China, General Manager and Commercial Director of Medtronic China, gave a detailed introduction to the clinical follow-up management empowered by remote follow-up technology.

Finally, a roundtable dialogue session was held at the launching ceremony, in addition to the above-mentioned experts, Professor Qian Lingmei, Executive Deputy Director of the Institute of Community Healthcare, China Hospital Development Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Ye Xiaojing, Chief Physician of the Department of General Medicine and Head of the Family Doctor Studio of Xianxia Street Community Health Service Center, and Chen Hua, Vice President of Cardiac Rhythm Management Business of Medtronic China, Director and Vice President of Marketing of Medtronic China, focused on "Remote Follow-up to Promote Discipline Construction, Development and Innovation in the Field of Arrhythmia", " Community doctors conducted heated discussions on topics such as "reverse multi-site practice through Internet hospitals" and "multi-party co-construction of a smart follow-up management ecosystem" to achieve the important goals of reducing costs and increasing efficiency of patient follow-up management and clinical medical services. Everyone agreed that the construction of a healthy China should give full play to the strength of all parties, establish an effective model, apply advanced technology, and make every contribution to the health of the people. The Tongmei CIED remote follow-up demonstration cloud house built based on this project was also officially launched at the same time. The cloud house uses digital means to more vividly and intuitively display the smart follow-up management matrix in the three major scenarios, helping patients and industry partners to immerse themselves in the experience and understand the follow-up management path in different scenarios, and encouraging patients to develop good postoperative follow-up habits.