2026 marks the inaugural year of the 15th Five-Year Plan. The government work report explicitly calls for "promoting high-quality development of the medical device industry," sending a strategic signal of "strengthening domestic capabilities and advancing high-end solutions." This focuses on driving the localization of high-end medical equipment and bringing cutting-edge medical technology to frontline clinical settings, aiming to effectively alleviate the public's difficulties in accessing and affording medical care. In response to national strategies and the call of the Two Sessions, Carestream Health deeply integrates its century-long imaging technology heritage with local clinical needs. From supporting efficient emergency bedside care, to facilitating convenient outpatient diagnostic services, and enabling precise specialty screenings, Carestream Health empowers clinical practice with a series of core innovations, vividly demonstrating the commitment of domestic high-end imaging in this new era.
Breaking the "Last Mile" Barrier: Enabling Quality Imaging to Outpace Emergency Response Time
Among the many pressing public concerns, the accessibility of medical imaging services stands out. Particularly in space-constrained, high-stakes environments like ICUs and emergency rooms, time is life. Moving patients carries significant risks, highlighting the final physical barrier—the "last mile"—that medical imaging must overcome.
Addressing this challenge, Carestream Health has precisely delivered two mobile DR systems: the DRX-Revolution and DRX-Rise. Compact and highly maneuverable, these systems can easily navigate tight spaces. They are adaptable to various scenarios, including emergency rooms, ICUs, primary care facilities, and rescue sites. From the ER to community clinics, bedside imaging is achieved without moving the patient. Low-radiation technology further maximizes patient safety, ensuring quality imaging reaches every corner where it is needed. Both products have entered European and American markets, receiving international recognition and serving patients globally.
CARESTREAM DRX-Rise Mobile X-ray System
Addressing Efficiency Anxiety: AI Reduces Burden on Busy Medical Institutions
If mobile DR solves the challenge of imaging accessibility, then for hospitals shouldering massive routine workloads, ensuring image quality and departmental workflow efficiency with limited human resources is an ongoing battle.
To address this longstanding efficiency anxiety, Carestream Health developed the Smart Room intelligent imaging platform. Integrating 13 intelligent functions—including a visual collimator, smart automatic positioning, and smart image orientation—it fully empowers the DR workflow. It not only significantly optimizes image quality and radiation dose control but also effectively simplifies operational steps, liberating technicians from repetitive tasks, improving diagnostic and treatment throughput, and providing patients with a more comfortable and seamless exam experience. The DRX-Compass is a benchmark product deeply integrated with this platform's capabilities. It has been implemented in multiple medical institutions, including Xi'an Gaoxin Hospital and Tianjin Peregrine Hospital, one of the first wholly foreign-owned hospitals in China, supporting these facilities in delivering high-quality medical services. Data shows an average reduction in film rejection rate by 16% compared to current levels①, with first exposure time reduced by an average of 8.4 seconds, saving 140 minutes per 1,000 first exposures②.
CARESTREAM DRX-Compass Featuring Over 13 Intelligent Functions
Tackling Diagnostic Challenges: Unleashing "Full-Scenario" Potential of High-End Equipment
The introduction of AI has increased efficiency for medical institutions. However, real-world challenges are often multi-dimensional. Many hospitals face pressures not only from staffing and efficiency but also from space and budget constraints, while needing to handle diverse examinations across various disease types. Is there a single system that can meet all these complex needs?
Carestream Health's DRX-Evolution Plus answers this with a "full-scenario adaptability" design concept: A multi-dimensional moving grid stand combined with a "five-axis" fully automatic ceiling-mounted tube stand offers up to 108 programmable automatic positioning combinations, capturing complex positions with a single click. Multi-dimensional imaging technology provides rich diagnostic information, and paired with a full range of detectors including flexible panels, one system meets the broad needs of orthopedics, pediatrics, and chest imaging. Its modular design adapts to different sites and scenarios. This system has been procured multiple times by the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, providing efficient and accurate diagnostic imaging support.
CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution Plus Meeting Multispecialty Diagnostic Needs
Grounded in the directions set by the Two Sessions and deeply rooted in local clinical needs—from outpacing emergency response time, to resolving diagnostic efficiency bottlenecks, and conquering diagnostic challenges—Carestream Health, as a member of Midea Medical, leverages its century-old imaging foundation and Midea's full industrial chain ecosystem to deeply integrate "Smart Manufacturing in China" into the "Healthy China" strategy. Going forward, Carestream Health will continue driving breakthroughs and innovations in high-end imaging technology, contributing its share of responsibility to enhancing public well-being and promoting the high-quality development of China's medical industry.
(1) Based on a 2% reduction in image rejection rate, 10,000 images/year, average imaging time 50 seconds.
(2) Assessed during on-site customer evaluations using DR Smart Room assistive functions.