TELE-ONCOLOGYSecond Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University

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Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (SAHZU)

• 2000 bed hospital in Hangzhou

• Healthcare UK has an MOU with Zhejiang

• Top-ranked in China - in the top 20 for 11 of 27 specialty areas in China

• Close links with Wahaha – chosen public hospital partner

• Founded in 1869 by British Church Missionary Society

• International Health Care Center for ex-pats / high net worth patients

Outpatient visits 2,664,096

Admissions 88,116

Operations 81,273

Licensed beds 2,000

SAHZU has a strong track record in telemedicine

• SAHZU hosts the International Telemedicine Center

• This has become the largest remote consultation centre in China

• 82 remote consultation hospitals, spread throughout 11 intra-provincial areas

• More than 7500 primary patients received remote video consultation last year

• Existing tele-medicine service with UCLA (Joint Academic Center for Diagnosis).

About the project

• UK hospital tele-oncology second opinion service

• Review of oncology cases by a multi-disciplinary team

• The anticipated volume is c400 cases per annum

• If successful, this service could extend to other specialties

• The hospital have a robust technical system for tele-medicine in place

• Also interested in collaborating on academic/clinical research and clinical exchange