Third-party independent medical imaging center is a typical "Copy To China" model, in the United States, this form of hierarchical diagnosis and treatment in the context of the development of more than 30 years, the market share of up to 35%.
Frost&Sullivan published data show that the U.S. medical imaging diagnostic market expanded from $4.66 billion to $8.71 billion from 2009 to 2015, nearly doubling, of which 60% of the market contribution comes from healthcare institutions, and the remaining 40% of the market contribution comes from third-party independent medical imaging centers. As for the number of medical imaging centers, as of 2013, there were about 2,421 fully independent medical imaging centers, accounting for about 35%, which is basically in line with their share in the market size.
Domestic medical imaging centers replicated this model, but initially limited by the difficulty of talent introduction, less fund-raising, invisible discrimination and policy constraints, etc., at that time independent medical imaging centers in the country's slow development. in August 2016, the Commission on Health and Planning issued the "basic standards and management specifications for medical imaging diagnostic centers (for trial implementation)", for the first time, the third-party medical imaging diagnostic centers clear independent With the launch of the "13th Five-Year Plan" for healthcare reform and the continuous advancement of healthcare reform, the industry has finally seen a turnaround.
For private clinics, small and medium-sized private medical institutions, and physician groups, the purchase of large-scale imaging equipment faces two major difficulties: funding and approval. However, if there is an independent medical imaging center in the region, it can realize the resources **** enjoyment, so it does not need to purchase large-scale equipment, and avoids duplication of construction waste. At the same time, independent medical imaging centers achieve the purpose of patient triage by means of triage of medical experts and remote consultation. From the national level to develop standards and norms, marking the independent medical imaging centers in China, this emerging thing from now on will have rules to follow, towards the formal.
And in China, the market is similarly divided between the two forms, which is more representative of a pulse of Jiangxi Sunshine Medical Imaging Center, using a model similar to the U.S. mainstream model for the medical institutions to provide imaging similar to the "outsourcing" cooperation, and then cloud imaging and other ways to achieve high-quality imaging doctor **** enjoy! It is a balanced and homogenized model.
The success of independent medical imaging centers in the U.S. is due to the following advantages. First, insurance companies have to pay higher fees for patients examined by hospital imaging departments, while independent medical imaging centers have relatively low prices and better quality services; second, independent imaging centers can provide more flexible or timely examination times, which is convenient for the needs of some special patients; and in the relatively remote and medically underserved areas, independent medical imaging centers can provide more flexible or timely examination times, which is convenient for some special patients; and in the relatively remote and medically underserved areas, independent medical imaging centers can provide more flexible or timely examinations. In addition, in relatively remote areas with inadequate medical care, independent medical imaging centers can also provide comprehensive professional services.
In the future, the development trend of China's independent medical imaging business may be distributed in three areas, one is the integration of offline independent medical imaging centers and online remote reading, which is likely to be the mainstream mode of leading enterprises; the second is that with the expansion of the industry, regional leading enterprises to implement cross-border mergers and acquisitions and consolidation; and the third is the extension from the independent medical imaging centers to the independent radiotherapy centers. Diagnostic imaging as the patient's information portal, can screen out the need for radiotherapy tumor patients, to the back-end extension of the service chain.