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Chapter 1437 [Free Clinic Tour, Approved! ]

"Data shows that in 2018, the total number of visits to all medical and health institutions under Qunxing Medical Group reached 47.2 billion, an increase of +12.53% year-on-year. The growth rate fell below 20% for the first time, which can be said to be a sharp decline."

The general manager of Qunxing Medical Group reported the last piece of data.

The surge in the number of patients is because the Qunxing Medical Group has been in a state of rapid expansion in recent years, and the sharp decline in growth is a very good signal. For those medical institutions that aim to make a profit, they naturally want to see as many patients as possible, but Fang Hong doesn't want this to happen.

Since Qunxing Medical Group is not for profit, the fewer patients the better.

Finally, as the general manager of the medical group finished his report, Fang Hong nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "In general, all data indicators are very good, especially in the field of medical devices. After our development over the years, we have supported a large number of domestic medical device companies, which has greatly helped hospitals reduce their overall operating costs."

According to the internal big data information of Qunxing Medical Group, the medical expenses of the people who sought medical treatment in its hospitals decreased by -15% year-on-year. This was achieved when the number of medical treatments increased by more than 12.5 percentage points.

The total number of people seeing doctors increased by 5.25 million, but the overall expenditure was visibly decreasing. A major reason for this is that the comprehensive operating costs of Qunxing Medical Group continued to decline, especially after the scale effect came into play.

For example, in terms of expenditure on medical equipment, the large-scale application of domestically produced medical equipment has saved a staggering amount of money just by cutting off the kickbacks in the middle links. Moreover, domestically produced medical equipment is cheaper than foreign equipment, and some of them have even performed better than foreign equipment.

In the past, domestic CT machines were all imported, especially high-end CT equipment, which was basically monopolized by foreign brands. But now, more than 80% of the CT equipment under Qunxing Medical Group is domestic, and a heavyweight company, United Imaging Medical, was born. The company was listed on the Singapore Exchange last year.

Supported by such a large scale, a large number of domestic medical devices have found a market, are able to recover their R&D costs, and have gradually developed. Moreover, in the early stages, domestic equipment is more expensive than foreign brands because foreign brands want to defeat domestic brands and achieve their goal of monopoly.

However, as long as the domestic equipment indicators meet the requirements, Qunxing Medical Group would rather spend more money than buy foreign brands. Its goal is to rely on the huge market size to support domestic brands.

The decline in the operating costs of the Qunxing Medical Group means that the cost of medical treatment for ordinary people will also decrease, because the Qunxing Medical Group only seeks to balance income and expenditure and does not seek additional profits.

Fang Hong fully affirmed and praised the work of Qunxing Medical Group during the video conference, but these were not the point. The real purpose of his hosting this video conference was because of the "mask incident", but he could not explain this matter clearly to anyone.

So we have to find a suitable entry point to start.

Finally, Fang Hong looked around at the participants and said, "The results are very good, but the future situation is not optimistic. The trend of population aging is obvious. These will be under pressure in the future, so we have to further optimize the cost problem of Qunxing Medical Group. It is necessary to introduce new quality productivity."

Everyone was curious and silent, speculating about the so-called new quality of productivity claimed by the big boss.

Fang Hong continued, "The parent company has decided to let Qunxing Medical Group collect and build a complete set of health big data for the entire population. This will be very helpful in reducing overall medical costs in the future. The best way to save costs is prevention, that is, getting sick less often."

After hearing this, a senior executive at the meeting said, "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult..."

The benefits of establishing a complete national health big data system are self-evident, and data consulting services can be provided to pharmaceutical companies. The Qunxing Medical Group is allowed to make such money. It does not aim to make profits and does not make money from patients.

With such a complete set of national health big data information, pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies are in great need of these valuable data, because with these big data pharmaceutical companies can know which drugs to develop will have a market, and can more comprehensively evaluate the cost recovery cycle of developing a drug and how much investment is reasonable.

This was difficult to do in the past because the data of various private hospitals, including some public ones, were not interoperable, and it was especially impossible for private hospitals to share data with others.

However, today, Qunxing Medical Group already owns more than half of the country's medical resources, and its 30,000 hospitals and various medical and health institutions can fully connect to the internal database.

That's incredible. The data we already have is the most complete and authoritative in the country. This is also one of the ways to reduce costs after scale formation. Quantitative changes will also lead to qualitative changes.

At this time, Fang Hong smiled and said, "We can organize a national free clinic tour. It's free, and ordinary people will participate enthusiastically. We also have a good reputation. Besides, there's no need to hide it. We can just publicly say that the national free clinic tour is to establish a national health big data."

"We are making this known to everyone for long-term considerations. In order to cope with the pressure of rising medical costs due to an aging population in the future, Qunxing Medical Group is preparing for a rainy day. Collecting big data on the health of the entire population will help reduce future medical costs, and the people can also get correct guidance, which is good for both the public and private sectors."

When the people present heard what the big boss said, they thought it was a good idea. However, the general manager of Qunxing Medical Group said immediately: "If we organize such a nationwide free clinic, the people will definitely participate enthusiastically. I have no doubt about that, but the problem is that the cost will be an astronomical figure."

After all, there is a national population of more than 14 billion.

Fang Hong said nonchalantly: "The amount is certainly astronomical, but our strength is not exaggerated. At most, the budget is 8000 billion. The parent company will pay 5000 billion, and the bulk of it will be solved for you. The remaining 3000 billion will be solved by you. Is there any problem?"

After hearing this, the general manager of Qunxing Medical Group was speechless.

Fang Hong added: "This 3000 billion yuan gap cannot be passed on to the medical expenses of ordinary people. Can it be solved?"

Hearing this, the general manager of Qunxing Medical Group thought for a moment and said, "The company has 1390 billion in book funds, plus 1150 billion in special donations from ordinary people...it shouldn't be a big problem."

Then he said affirmatively: "No problem, and I estimate that it will not cost 8000 billion. We can put more effort into publicity, mobilize the power of the masses, encourage everyone to actively participate in volunteer activities, and let volunteers do some non-professional work. This will definitely save a lot of expenses."

When Fang Hong heard this, he nodded with satisfaction. That's right.

The general manager of Qunxing Medical Group said with a smile: "When the time comes, you will have to help publicize and encourage the public to participate in the volunteer work of the free clinic."

The Big BOSS is an epic top-tier boss, the absolute soul of the group of stars. His influence is extremely huge, his reputation among the people is also excellent, and he has extremely strong appeal. Having the Big BOSS come out to encourage everyone to participate in volunteer activities is a hundred times more useful than having him as the general manager.

"Of course." Fang Hong nodded and smiled, and then made the decision: "The national free clinic tour is settled. You can discuss it in detail and come up with a feasible plan and report it to me. It will be implemented in early October of the second half of the year, and we will strive to complete the overall goal of this mission in the early to mid-second quarter of 10."

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