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Core Insights - The launch of the national medical insurance imaging cloud for cross-province retrieval aims to enhance the efficiency of medical imaging services and reduce patient costs by minimizing redundant examinations [5][6][7] - The initiative is part of a broader effort to address long-standing issues in healthcare, such as high costs and the inconvenience of repeated tests when patients seek care in different hospitals [6][8] Group 1: Implementation and Benefits - The Jiangsu province has successfully implemented a health cloud imaging platform that allows for the online sharing and mutual recognition of medical imaging results across all public medical institutions [7][8] - By utilizing existing imaging results, it is estimated that redundant examinations could be reduced by nearly 30%, potentially saving over 600 billion yuan in healthcare costs [7][12] - The national medical insurance bureau has introduced guidelines to include digital imaging processing and cloud storage in the pricing of radiological services, promoting the upload of imaging results to the cloud for easier access [7][10] Group 2: Challenges and Solutions - Technical issues such as slow retrieval speeds and varying quality of imaging data across different hospitals have been identified as challenges in the implementation of the imaging cloud [9][10][11] - The national medical insurance bureau is working on solutions to improve data transmission speeds and establish unified standards for imaging quality and data handling [10][11] - The introduction of advanced technologies, such as 6G, is expected to enhance the efficiency of data transmission and address current limitations [10] Group 3: Future Developments - The "cloud film" centralized procurement project in Guizhou is seen as a model for future initiatives, aiming to streamline the storage and processing of medical imaging data while preventing over-medicalization and data fraud [12][14] - By the end of 2025, the goal is to enable cross-institutional access to imaging data in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, with a nationwide integration target set for 2027 [14][15] - As of December 2025, 26 provinces and regions have completed the deployment of medical insurance imaging cloud software, with over 205 million indexing data uploaded to the national medical insurance bureau [14][15]