"Athomeandabroad,medicalAIisdevelopingatanalarmingrate."Afewdaysago,CaixinHealthpointandphilipsissuedajoint"ChinaMedicalArtificialIntelligenceIndustryReport"(hereinafterreferredtoasthe"Report")pointedoutthatinrecentyears,alargenumberofmedicalartificialintelligencestart-upshaveemergedinChina&39;smedicalmarket,atthesametime,manytraditionalmedicalrelatedenterprisesandInternetplatformsarealsoinriots.Artificialintelligencetalentsandtechnologyareintroducedintotherelevantlayout.Withtherapiddevelopmentofinformationtechnology,AIisalsopromotingthetransformationanddevelopmentofhealthcareindustry.SoftwareDefinedWANAreaNetworking(SD-WAN)isatransformationalapproachtosimplifybranchofficenetworkingandassureoptimalapplicationperformance.Whilecombingthecurrentsituationofmedicalartificialintelligenceindustry,thereportinvestigatesdozensofdomesticmedicalartificialintelligenceenterprises.Ontheonehand,itmakesin-depthanalysisoftypicalenterprises,ontheotherhand,itforecaststhelatestdevelopmenttrendoftheindustrythroughcomprehensiveresearch.ZhaoGuochuang,ChiefOperatingOfficerofCaixinHealthpoint,believesthatmedicalartificialintelligencehasinnateadvantagesinChina:ontheonehand,China&39;shugepopulationandabundantmedicaldataprovideacornerstoneforthedevelopmentofmedicalartificialintelligence;ontheotherhand,China&39;slargeenoughmedicalmarketalsoprovidesadrivingforceforAIenterprises.AccordingtotheForesightIndustryResearchInstitute&39;sAnalysisReportontheMarketForesightandInvestmentStrategicplanningofChina&39;sArtificialIntelligenceIndustryfrom2018to2023,themarketsizeofChina&39;smedicalartificialintelligenceindustryhasreached9.661billionyuanin2016andisexpectedtoreach20billionyuanin2018.Accordingtostatistics,from2013to2017,China&39;smedicalAIindustryreceived241financing.Amongthem,in2017,thedomesticmedicalartificialintelligenceindustryannouncednearly30financingincidents,thetotalamountoffinancingmorethan1.8billionyuan.By2018,capital&39;senthusiasmforthemedicalartificialintelligencemarketremainedunchanged,with18companiesinvestedinthefirsthalfoftheyearalone,totalingAbsoluteNeutrophilCountmorethan3.1billion.Moreover,theInternetgianthasalreadypaidalotofmoneytolayoutmedicalartificialintelligence,andhasexpandeditsbusinesstotheupstreamanddownstreamoftheindustrialchain."Report"analysisofthebusinessmodelofmedicalartificialintelligence,medicalartificialintelligenceinthehotdevelopment,usheredinacriticalperiodofcommercialization.Atpresent,althoughmostofthemedicalartificialintelligenceenterpriseshavenotrealizedprofitability,andmostoftheproductsarestillintheexperimentalstage,butthroughdifferentbusinessmodelshavebeenabletoachieveacertainpaymentincome.Accordingtothereport,therearethreetypesofcompaniesengagedinmedicalartificialintelligencerelatedbusinessinChina:start-ups,Internetplatformsandtraditionalmedicalrelatedenterprises.Becauseoftheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofthethree,businessmodelsaredifferent.Startupsoftencooperatewithinsuranceandmedicalinstitutionstosellservices;Internetgiantsarespeedingupthedistributionofmedicalartificialintelligence,butinternationalgiantssuchasFacebook,AppleandAmazonpaylessattentiontocross-borderprojectsinthemedicalindustry,whiledomesticcompaniessuchasBATandHKUSTpaymoreattentiontothemarket.However,withthedevelopmentofmedicalAIindustry,theproblemsitfacesarebecomingincreasinglyprominent.Thefirstislackofstandards,followedbythelackofAItalents.InChina,thereisashortageofcompoundandstrategictalentswhoknowbothmedicineandtechnology.
