Carestream Health, of Rochester, New York, announces that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Alibaba Health to create a Medical Image Management Cloud Platform in China that will support the reading and sharing of clinical images. The Platform will provide access to telehealth services for CT, MR, X-ray, sonograms, echocardiograms (ECGs), dermatology and other medical imaging studies.
Carestream Health Partners With Alibaba in China
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“This partnership can help lead the way to create a new generation of consumer-based healthcare, ” said Ludovic D’Aprea, Carestream’s General Manager for Healthcare Information Solutions. He said that the goal of the agreement is to establish an ecosystem of services for doctors, patients, pharmacy and third-party medical service providers that can improve the quality and efficiency of medical services for more than one billion Chinese citizens.
Ni Jianwen, Vice President of Alibaba Health said, “This new service allows a specialist to make real-time diagnostic and treatment decisions. It also facilitates patients’ accessibility to medical consultation by eliminating the need to travel to healthcare facilities. It is a step forward to offer an exceptional customer experience in the healthcare industry.”
Medica, a division of IMS research, has recognized Carestream as one of the largest suppliers of vendor neutral archiving in the world.
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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