Primary care is under pressure

A strong primary care system is essential for disease prevention, detection and management, and health promotion. However, there are large gaps in the coverage of health services in many areas, especially in poor and marginalized areas due to the limited medical conditions that make disease prevention, treatment and health management insufficient. According to statistics, half of the world's population is still unable to obtain the health care services they need, and about 500 million people are pushed into extreme poverty due to the high cost of health care [1]. An imbalance in health screening services means that many NCDs and preventable diseases go untreated. Noncommunicable diseases are now responsible for 71 percent of global deaths, 82 percent of which occur in low- and middle-income countries [1-4]. The epidemic of NCDs imposes a heavy economic burden and devastating health consequences on individuals, families, and countries, and can exacerbate the risk of communicable disease transmission and overwhelm health systems [5]. Therefore, the development and promotion of an affordable and universally affordable grass-roots disease early warning strategy is critical for tackling NCDs and reducing preventable global deaths.

Chronic diseases are like boiling frogs

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are also known as chronic diseases. Chronic diseases refer to a group of diseases mainly represented by cancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes, as well as mental diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and obesity [6]. Such diseases have the characteristics of long course, complex etiology, serious health damage and social harm [7]. The most widely studied chronic non-communicable diseases are cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the major chronic diseases, accounting for half of chronic disease mortality and the leading cause of death in the world [8]. Cardiovascular diseases include heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and vascular disease. They are often referred to as "silent killers" because of their insidious disease. After the onset, complex surgical operations such as coronary artery bypass grafting, heart transplantation, or artificial hearts are required in a timely manner. Patients in low- and middle-income areas often fail to receive timely treatment due to financial burdens or local medical service limitations, increasing the risk of death. Early detection of disease risk in the primary care system can prevent many cardiovascular diseases with inexpensive treatments.

Overwatch Pioneers Help Primary Care

This project aims at the practical needs of grassroots health screening. It is planned to develop an artificial intelligence disease analysis and early warning platform, based on machine learning algorithm models to analyze blood routine and blood biochemical indicators in clinical medical data, and establish an early warning system for chronic diseases to alert the occurrence of diseases. and achieve disease identification. As an effective supplement to routine disease screening methods, it assists doctors in disease prediction, classification and management of patients. Explore the possibility of disease-assisted screening strategies based on routine blood testing, aiming to build a regional national health information platform, promote the interconnection of information systems among primary medical and health institutions, higher-level medical and health institutions, and disease control and other professional public health institutions, so as to provide grassroots Provide supporting conditions for information sharing and remote services of chronic disease medical and prevention integration management.