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Accompanying the development and addressing the challenges of the healthcare sector, VMED Group is pioneering innovative medical solutions to drive healthcare transformation and improve treatment quality and efficacy.

 

Experiencing the negative impacts of COVID-19, Vietnam’s healthcare sector has been accelerating remarkable transformation, benefiting all stakeholders.

At present, 100 per cent of hospitals nationwide deploy IT in hospital management while personal health records are being compiled into databases for smart preventive treatment and management.

Telemedicine and the Internet of Things are also widely applied, along with AI, robotics, and blockchain in all treatment fields.

The pandemic also strengthened pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturing. Many high-tech medical solutions like software to read test results, new surgical masks with intelligent fabric for pandemic prevention, high flow oxygen generators, and ventilators, debuted in the market.

Medtech businesses have made great contributions to all this, with VMED Group among the pioneers.

A pioneer in innovation

The pandemic has created new trends of diagnosis and treatment, and spurred a high-tech-driven development trend among medtech businesses in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. They have introduced new solutions and digital platforms where no direct contact is required, helping doctors connect with patients in new ways.

VMED Group is a pioneer of innovative comprehensive medical solutions, now focusing on four major areas: medical IT solutions, manufacturing and distributing medical supplies and equipment, as well as investing in the healthcare sector.

VMED Group – Medtech for the new normal

Pham Quang Huy, chairman of VMED Group, shared, “During the fourth wave of the pandemic, we made great efforts to bring to Vietnam medical devices that can be used in COVID-19 prevention and treatment such as ventilators and monitors, and developed telemedicine solutions to reduce death rates and improve the healthcare service quality and people’s lives.”

“VMED Group commits to a healthier and happier community and continues developing the best possible medical solutions including modern medical devices, high-quality medical consumables, and best-in-class medtech solutions to create a comprehensive smart healthcare ecosystem,” he added.

Some outstanding medical solutions of VMED Group include Hospital Information System; CLAS Healthcare Electronic Medical Records; Picture Archiving and Communication System; and a telemedicine system for remote examination and treatment, for example. Moreover, the company’s tele-ICU connects Bach Mai Hospital with Yen Bai Hospital and Hung Vuong General Hospital, ensuring uninterrupted treatment for patients, especially in the COVID-19 landscape.

In medical equipment distribution, with an extensive logistics network and professional engineers, the group supplies comprehensive and smart solutions for intensive care, and wards of resuscitation, anaesthesia and recovery, as well as surgery.

Especially, in the wake of the country’s policies to increase the localisation of medical supplies, VMED Group has been investing in developing and modernising its manufacturing factories with a strict quality monitoring process. With a vision of sustainable development, the group has focused on research and development to create “Made in Vietnam” products meeting international standards such as auto disable syringes and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products.

Realising the aspiration

Despite its growth potential, Vietnam’s medtech market is still beset by a lack of knowledge and accessibility, outdated habits and incomplete medical infrastructure.

Assoc. Prof., Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Head of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, said the telehealth master plan and electronic medical records are important initiatives to accelerate the sector’s digital transformation. The two targets are ensuring professional support for all health facilities, especially district-level ones, and ensuring universal access to regular healthcare.

Medtech businesses play an important role in these goals. To adapt to and develop in the post-COVID-19 landscape, VMED Group has adjusted its development strategy to focus on the connectivity of resources, technologies, and experts.

The group collaborated with senior experts and professional partners to improve medical training in Vietnam. VMED Group has supported the establishment of the Simulation and Continuing Anethesia Training Center with advanced medical devices and many professional training activities.

In addition, the group connects medtech startups with mentors and investment funds, helping them develop solutions to present daily health issues to build healthier and happier communities.

The group cooperated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology to research and produce BKVM-HF1 high-flow oxygen machines which were licensed by the Ministry of Health for circulation in June 2021. Hundreds of BKVM-HF1 units are now used to treat COVID-19 patients.

“We plan to build manufacturing factories and trading units overseas to boost our international presence, putting Vietnam on the global medical map,” Huy added.

(Source: Minh Anh/ Vietnam Investment review)

On the evening of 2^nd December 2021, in HCM city, the US Commerce Association in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) hosted the 2021 AmCham CARES Awards for COVID Relief and Recovery.

With numbers of contributions to the community in the past time, VMED Group was honored in the category of “Contributions for Vaccines, Medical Supplies & Equipment”.

This is considered as the recognition for the journey of spreading love and connecting happiness that VMED Group accompanies with doctors and people.

The VMED Group employees were not afraid of danger, rushing with the frontline with doctors and nurses during the 4th outbreak in Vietnam.

VMED Group and divisions promptly donated numbers of crucial equipment to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients such as: awarding 10 Comen’s High Flow Nasal Cannula machines (HFNC) worth nearly VND 1 billion for the Vietnam National Association of Emergency, Intensive Care Medicine and Clinical Toxicology and the hospitals which treat COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh area.

Mr. Nguyen Francis Tuan Anh – The Representative of VMED Group was awarded for the unit contributing vaccines, equipment and medical supplies, which has joint hands to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.

Without hesitating to go to the “hottest spots” of the pandemic, HFNC machines were handed over by VMED Group to white-shirted soldiers – the frontline doctors at the COVID-19 Resuscitation Center of Bach Mai Hospital, Le Van Thinh Hospital (District 2), Le Van Viet General Hospital (District 9), District 7 Hospital, 30/4 Hospital and Nguyen Trai Hospital. The HFNC NF5 Comen series awarded by VMED Group in the project, is also being globally used by COVID-19 treatment hospitals recently with exceptional features which is adaptable for field hospitals, such as: can be used without the central gas system, touchscreen via gloves; built-in SPO2 meter to monitor the patient’s hypoxemia; especially the flow rate can be up to 80l/min which is suitable for patients with severe condition.

VMED Group has researched and produced compatibly to the realistic context, cooperated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology to implement the project “Research and manufacture HFNC machine with BKVM-HF1 symbol”. Nearly 800 BKVM-HF1 machines have been produced and used in COVID-19 treatment hospitals nationally, from field hospitals, field warehouses, to provincial Departments of Health and the Lao Ministry of Health.

VMED Group sponsored protective equipment for key medical facilities (K Hospital, No. 3 Hai Duong Field Hospital), donated 40,000 A.D syringes with 0.5ml 25G needles to the Preventive COVID-19 Vaccine Fund and some crucial hospitals in HCMC – 2021.

VMED Group actively energizes the “white shirt soldiers” with protective equipment (masks, medical gloves, protective gear) that is promptly sent to many hospitals across the country with a total value of over VND 100 million.

Along with other meaningful activities, fulfilling the mission of those working in the medical field – “For a healthier and happier community”, this VMED Group’s journey will continue and spread more and more love.

On December 14, 2021, “Connect Happiness” journey stopped with a visit at Viet Duc University Hospital (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi City) to convey love and thanks for the efforts of medical workers who have done their utmost to improve people’s health.

 

The COVID-19 outbreak in Hanoi has become quite explosive, with numerous cases appearing in the community. Medical workers are still dealing with the stress of epidemic prevention and control, as well as guaranteeing the proper execution of medical examination and treatment at the unit. Many individuals must make the difficult decision to stay in the hospital, away from their families, in order to keep their loved ones safe as well as devote more time to take care of people’s health.

 

In order to share the load with the medical team, VMED Group continues to carry out the “Connect Happiness” journey which energizes love for the employees and health workers of Viet Duc University Hospital. To combat the pandemic, it is necessary to stabilize medical examination and treatment, as well as to give a hand to help other medical offices in the pandemic prevention work.

 

On that journey, the representatives of VMED Group brought the most genuine feelings, full of love, and sent small gifts for the family who is the back of the staffs from departments such as: Active Resuscitation, Biochemistry, Infection Control, Anesthesia, Nutrition, Neurosurgery II… VMED Group believes that family and loved ones, particularly children, will feel the love of the community and provide spiritual support to medical workers so that they may work without worry.

 

VMED Group representatives offer gifts to medical workers from Viet Duc University Hospital. Photo: Hoai Nam

 

VMED Group and the Connect Happiness Foundation will continue to carry out appreciation activities and accompany people who carry out the purpose of caring for community health as part of the “Caring the Carers” journey, with the objective of standing side by side with the medical team.

 

“Connect Happiness” Foundation was established by VMED Group with the purpose of sharing the Group’s workers’ sincerity for individuals and society via initiatives that spread optimism. Through a variety of meaningful activities, we continuously connect with our customers and community in order to commit to a healthier and happier community./.

In hospital design, the surgical area and especially the operating room are considered as the heart of the project. Hospital operating room design standards are always closely supervised. The standard operating room plays an important and decisive role in the success of the operation. Let’s listen to voice of medical experts after experiencing the Alvo operating room system installed by Vietmedical – member of VMED Group.

According to Dr. Nguyen Thi Sim – Deputy Director of the Center for Screening, Prenatal and Neonatal Diagnosis of Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital: “In the past, patient emergency was the top priority, the factors of facilities and infection control was less prioritized. At this time, the operating room is only considered as a field operating room. Today, when technology develops, the gap between Vietnam and developed countries has narrowed, a standardized operating room must meet the international standards for floors, ceilings, walls, materials, and construction equipment, ensuring a highly specialized operation and good sterility”.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Sim – Deputy Director of the Center for Screening, Prenatal and Neonatal Diagnosis of Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospitals said that the standardized operating room helps ensure the surgery with high expertise and good sterility

Dr. Nguyen Thi Sim also shared that the quality of the operating room is one of the main reasons leading to the reduction in the success rate of surgeries. This is also the motivation for Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital to decide to invest in an absolutely sterile operating room system, meeting European operating room standards. Choosing Vietmedical – member of VMED Group as a partner to build the standardized operating room system because Vietmedical is one of the pioneers in setting international standardization of requirements for operating room interior design in Vietnam. Possessing strengths: High-end products, effective design consulting, professional implementation, 24/7 customer service, Vietmedical has consulted, implemented solutions for installation and construction of room infrastructure at a series of large-scale hospitals across the country.

Vietmedical brings the optimal solution in operation, keeping up with the global trend, using 3D augmented reality technology. All materials are imported from Europe with the highest technical standards, the module panels are kept the same size as shown in the design drawings, without repair and cut, ensuring the most accurate assembled details. multi. Along with that, the modular wall system is firmly built on a powder-coated steel frame with permanent silver ion coating, anchored at 3 points on the wall, concrete floor, and ceiling, connected by silver ion silicone gaskets. Glass wall panels are made of materials that can be bent, not broken, and resistant to shaking in the event of an earthquake. In particular, the silver ion antibacterial solution combined in the walls, ceiling and module surfaces permanently prevents the growth of bacteria, silicone gaskets contain antibacterial silver ions and are resistant to ultraviolet rays and detergents. washing, germicidal products, water, steam and chemicals. Laminar flow plate – gas flows in each layer, the clean air system can control cleanliness, humidity, creating a screen of dust agents from the operating area, ensuring a clean air environment.

  Alvo Modular Operating Room is consulted and installed by Vietmedical

Alvo operating room system optimizes lighting with modular technology in walls and ceilings combining integrated technology solutions for data transmission over IP protocol, doors, instrument cabinets, observation windows, monitors and other equipment. Other equipments are integrated inside the operating room wall, which help to save space and bring a modern and impressive look. Seamless modular wall panels are bent according to the design of the operating room, column boards, achieving high aesthetics and maximizing room space.

As the expert directly performing many complicated surgeries at the standardized operating room system, Assoc Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Anh – Director of Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital said: “The operating room possesses precise mechanical structure, meeting the standards of infection control and be able to perform high-tech, viral, and super-sophisticated techniques. We are very satisfied with the operating room installed by Vietmedical and in the future, Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital will implement a project to build an international-standard operating room like this”.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Anh – Director of Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital share about the project of building an international-standard operating room as ones constructed by Vietmedical

Owning standardized operating room system is a prerequisite to bring success to surgeries, providing maximum support for doctors to perform high techniques, ensuring absolute sterility, thereby increasing the quality of life, the patient’s survival rate and improving the quality of treatment at the hospital./.