Chapter 24

The City Tumor Specialty Hospital.

"Can your ECG monitor really predict a patient's physiological crisis based on their ECG signals for a certain period of time in the future?" Dean Zhou asked, his face full of disbelief. "As far as I know, the principle of alarm for ordinary ECG monitors is to trigger an alarm in real-time when the patient's physiological indicators fall below a preset value. It's impossible to predict in advance."

"Hehe, Dean Zhou, you had the same view as we did at first, but Mr. Zhuo changed our minds," Xu Yan, the general manager of Starlight Company, explained with a smile.

Zhuo Chuan and Chief Engineer Liu were also present, while Deputy Engineer Xie was guiding the engineers in the company to modify the software and add external communication ports.

They brought three sample machines, and the first pilot hospital was chosen to be the City Tumor Specialty Hospital, as it was a well-known hospital in the city and a key specialty hospital in the province. It was also one of their more high-end clients.

"The current version has already achieved a 52% accuracy rate in early warning, which can give more than half of the critically ill patients a chance to receive timely treatment. The improvement in the hospital's medical standards is self-evident," Zhuo Chuan explained.

"I understand the significance more than you do," Dean Zhou smiled, but he still couldn't believe it. "If we use it rashly, will there be any problems?"

"This will absolutely not be a problem. To put Dean Zhou at ease, we don't need to replace the existing ECG monitors. We just need to reroute the signals from the existing hospital system to our ECG monitors, and then remotely aggregate the results for us. We can then go to the ward to see if the predictions are accurate," Zhuo Chuan explained, having gone to great lengths to make this happen.

Once it was implemented, the efficiency and safety of absorbing the soul power released by the dying would be much higher, and no one would doubt his actions.

"In that case, there shouldn't be any problems," Dean Zhou thought for a moment and agreed. "Alright, in consideration of Mr. Zhuo's previous help, I'll approve this. However, it will only be an internal test. Don't tell the other deans or hospital leaders yet. We'll start with the thoracic surgery department I'm in charge of. If anything happens, I can handle it."

Zhuo Chuan's previous favor came into play again. If he had refused to help Dean Zhou out of anger at his old company, he wouldn't have been able to seek help from him now.

"Thank you very much, Dean Zhou," Xu Yan said happily. After all, with policies becoming stricter, it was best to win over hospitals with solid product performance.

"Don't thank me. If it really works as you say, we'll be the ones begging you to take care of our hospital first," Dean Zhou, in his 40s, naturally spoke eloquently.

"Sure, we won't let you down," Xu Yan flattered.

"Alright, I'll give the order to have them cooperate with you," Dean Zhou said.

Although the City Tumor Specialty Hospital was a tumor specialty hospital, the thoracic surgery department was also a key department. After all, late-stage tumor patients often had heart problems, such as heart failure.

With Dean Zhou's approval, the doctors below were cooperative, but most of them still didn't believe it.

Fortunately, in public institutions, when the leadership gives an order, especially the head of the department, no doctor would dare to openly defy them, which saved Zhuo Chuan some time.

However, because they had to connect the instruments, some business work was delayed, and some doctors occasionally complained, "You guys are always causing trouble. You do all the work to convince the leadership, and we just have to follow along."

Zhuo Chuan ignored such complaints. When he did business systems before, the comments were even harsher. If he took everything seriously, he wouldn't be able to work at all.

The instruments were better in this regard. Chinese people generally held hardware in higher regard. Software, which can only be seen but not touched, was not as substantial as hardware.

After connecting the backend network, Zhuo Chuan opened the server port he had set up at home. Through a hospital computer, he transferred the data from the internal network to the external network and then back again. Although it was cumbersome and reduced efficiency, as Deputy Engineer Xie speculated, it made it difficult for anyone to steal his source code. More importantly, compared to a standalone version, this method prevented it from being cracked and used. This was similar to how online games in the country were thriving, while standalone games were struggling.

There were many patients in the thoracic surgery department. Xu Yan, Zhuo Chuan, and Chief Engineer Liu were in Dean Zhou's office, monitoring the analysis.

Soon, the ECG data from the three ECG monitors was analyzed, and the results were displayed on a laptop.

It was a webpage listing the situations.

"Patient ID 122443, Name: Liu Yunliang, Gender: Male, Age: 67, Prediction for the next ten days: First life-threatening event in 2 hours and 23 minutes, severity: moderate, no further crises after rescue within ten days."

"Patient ID 122445, Name: Xie Xiaoqiang, Gender: Male, Age: 82, Prediction for the next ten days: First life-threatening event in 4 days, severity: mild, second event on the 6th day, severity: moderate, no further crises after rescue within ten days."

"Name: Zhang Lu, Gender: Female, Age: 37, Prediction for the next ten days: First life-threatening event in 1 day, severity: moderate, no further crises after rescue within ten days."

After looking at the results, Xu Yan sighed, "Mr. Zhuo, you need to improve. If the accuracy rate was 90%, it would be much better. Now, if we alert the doctors, one out of three will definitely be inaccurate. If it happens to be the inaccurate one, we'll be ridiculed."

Zhuo Chuan could only smile bitterly. If it were completely accurate, he wouldn't have a reason to be on-site.

"Improvement is always slow. We've already put in a lot of effort to get to this point."

"Alright, let's go and inform the doctors to pay attention," Xu Yan said.

They went to the thoracic surgery ward and found Liu Yunliang's attending physician. He was a doctor in his 50s, a very serious person, serving as the deputy director of the department with the title of deputy chief physician.

"Director Wang, your patient Liu Yunliang may experience a life-threatening event in about 2 hours. Please pay attention," Xu Yan said.

"Oh, you equipment sellers are so amazing now. You can even predict when patients will have an episode, down to the hour. If you're so good, why not just become fortune tellers?" Director Wang, who was diligently typing medical records, said without looking up.

Xu Yan turned to look at Zhuo Chuan, her eyes saying, "I knew it would be like this. If it's inaccurate, we'll be scolded even more."

Zhuo Chuan shook his head and gave her a look. He had seen too many doctors like this. In the past, he worked on software systems, focusing on business processes. Even if they ran stably, doctors always found something to criticize, whether it was the user interface or other issues.

But if it weren't for other purposes, Zhuo Chuan could ensure that such experienced doctors like Director Wang would soon have to admit his system's accuracy.

Now, it all depended on luck. If it was accurate, it would be fine. If not, they would face another round of criticism.

Being criticized wasn't good, but it gave Zhuo Chuan a reason to stay on-site, observing and improving the system under the guise of monitoring and enhancing it, to get closer to those in critical condition.

"Director Wang, it's best to be prepared," Xu Yan emphasized, as Zhuo Chuan's software had left a deep impression during previous tests.

"What preparation?" Director Wang stopped typing and turned to look at them, speaking sternly. "You're better than me. I don't even dare to predict when a patient will have an episode. If you're so good, why don't you do the rescue yourself!?"

Xu Yan's face turned red with anger, and she was about to retort, but Zhuo Chuan quickly held her back. He and Chief Engineer Liu left and returned to Dean Zhou's office to wait.