Chronic Illness and Aging Population Are Primary Social Concerns

Prevalence of chronic diseases

Globe: 1 billion hypertension patients, 250 million diabetes patients, and 17.5 million deaths annually due to heart diseases

China: 170 million hypertension patients, 60 million diabetes patients, and 2.5 million deaths annually due to heart diseases

Figure 1-1 Distribution of chronic diseases around the globe

Aging population

Global: 600 million people 65 and older

China: 180 million people 65 and older, annually increasing by 8 million people

Half the aging population has a chronic diseases.

Small investments bring great economic rewards

Global: 17 million people die annually from preventable chronic diseases

US: US$1 trillion spent on chronic diseases

US$1 invested in the healthcare industry will decrease healthcare costs by US$3 - US$6.

Huawei Remote Health Management Solution

Figure 2-1 Huawei health management solution

This solution provides two services:

• Remote chronic disease management:

Remote measurement of Blood Pressure (BP), Electrocardiogram (ECG), Body Temperature (TEMP), and Oxygen Saturation (SpO2)




Professional remote instruction for patients with heart disease, hypertension, and other common chronic diseases



• Emergency rescue:

Patients can send an emergency message with one click, enabling the hospital to offer timely and efficient emergency response.

Remote management of chronic diseases

Figure 2-2 Huawei remote management of chronic diseases solution

Why is remote health management indispensable? Because a series of problems occur when patients with chronic conditions perform self-health tests and record, judge, and process the test results, such as:

• Irregular and nonstandard measurements
• Lack of professional recording and judgment
• Shortage of timely rescue measures
• Family worries

Professional health management teams provide remote disease management services to patients with chronic conditions.

Emergency rescue

Figure 2-3 Huawei emergency rescue solution

Why do patients need emergency rescue? Because during emergencies, patients may:

Forget the emergency number

Be unable to dial the emergency number, and specify their locations and disease symptoms

Get lost

Therefore, the dispatched ambulances need to:

Discover the patient's location and learn the History of the Present Illness (HPI) and health status

Take rescue measures

Statistics Show That Remote Health Management Improves Quality of Life and Sharply Reduces Healthcare Costs

Figure 3-1 Transformation of health management modes

Helps maintain quality of life of patients with chronic diseases using regular check-ups, warnings, and timely interventions.

Figure 3-2 Health management reduces medical costs

Provides the facilities to reduce the incidence of disease and considerably decrease healthcare costs while maintaining patients' quality of life.