Taiwan’s smart hospitals are emerging internationally, with two major drivers behind them
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 4:38 am
Moving electronic medical records to the cloud: lower costs and more convenient data exchange between hospitals
While Taiwan's medical technology is emerging internationally, on the other hand, domestic medical regulations are also loosening. First of all, you can see that on July 18, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Welfare revised the "Regulations on the Production and Management of Electronic Medical Records for Medical Institutions" to allow medical institutions to The electronic medical record information system can be entrusted to a cloud provider for hosting and an electronic medical record exchange platform can be set up. Before regulations allowed electronic medical records to be moved to the cloud, medical data were stored in self-built computer rooms. In addition to spending money to purchase hardware, hospitals also had to have professional information personnel to perform maintenance and operations.
Moving data to the cloud has several benefits for hospitals. The first is cost reduction . Li Jianzhang, deputy director of the Smart Medical Center of National Taiwan University Hospital, pointed out, "Rather than buying computers for each hospital, it is better to entrust a cloud company to manage it, including hardware updates, dedicated engineers and information security. In theory, it is more efficient than the hospital itself."
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Secondly, after electronic medical records are moved to the cloud, data exchange between medical institutions becomes more convenient. For example, in the future, the data of three hospitals, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University Hsinchu Branch, and National Taiwan University Yunlin Branch, can be directly built on the cloud to create artificial intelligence (AI) models, reducing complicated administrative procedures.
Li Jianzhang_Deputy Director of the Smart Medical italy telegram Center of National Taiwan University Hospital_2022_12_14_Translated by Cai Ren-4
Li Jianzhang, deputy director of the Smart Medical Center of National Taiwan University Hospital, pointed out that for hospitals, the first thing to do when moving data to the cloud is to reduce costs.
Picture/Translated and photographed by Cai Ren
Loosening telemedicine regulations: Improving the efficiency of medical services
Another thing that is accelerating the pace of smart medical care in Taiwan is the revised draft of the "Communication Diagnosis and Treatment Measures" announced in November 2022, which will expand the applicable objects of telemedicine, including long-term medication for chronic diseases, people with limited mobility, terminal cancer, etc., and relax the requirements for telemedicine. The regulations on medical prescriptions are expected to be officially implemented in February 2023 at the earliest.
In view of the loosening of telemedicine regulations, Taichung Rongzhong took the lead in establishing the country's largest "telecare center" in August 2022, which will provide 24-hour online consultation and remote medical care, so that patients can avoid the hardship of traveling and traveling. Improve the efficiency of medical services.
While Taiwan's medical technology is emerging internationally, on the other hand, domestic medical regulations are also loosening. First of all, you can see that on July 18, 2022, the Ministry of Health and Welfare revised the "Regulations on the Production and Management of Electronic Medical Records for Medical Institutions" to allow medical institutions to The electronic medical record information system can be entrusted to a cloud provider for hosting and an electronic medical record exchange platform can be set up. Before regulations allowed electronic medical records to be moved to the cloud, medical data were stored in self-built computer rooms. In addition to spending money to purchase hardware, hospitals also had to have professional information personnel to perform maintenance and operations.
Moving data to the cloud has several benefits for hospitals. The first is cost reduction . Li Jianzhang, deputy director of the Smart Medical Center of National Taiwan University Hospital, pointed out, "Rather than buying computers for each hospital, it is better to entrust a cloud company to manage it, including hardware updates, dedicated engineers and information security. In theory, it is more efficient than the hospital itself."
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Secondly, after electronic medical records are moved to the cloud, data exchange between medical institutions becomes more convenient. For example, in the future, the data of three hospitals, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University Hsinchu Branch, and National Taiwan University Yunlin Branch, can be directly built on the cloud to create artificial intelligence (AI) models, reducing complicated administrative procedures.
Li Jianzhang_Deputy Director of the Smart Medical italy telegram Center of National Taiwan University Hospital_2022_12_14_Translated by Cai Ren-4
Li Jianzhang, deputy director of the Smart Medical Center of National Taiwan University Hospital, pointed out that for hospitals, the first thing to do when moving data to the cloud is to reduce costs.
Picture/Translated and photographed by Cai Ren
Loosening telemedicine regulations: Improving the efficiency of medical services
Another thing that is accelerating the pace of smart medical care in Taiwan is the revised draft of the "Communication Diagnosis and Treatment Measures" announced in November 2022, which will expand the applicable objects of telemedicine, including long-term medication for chronic diseases, people with limited mobility, terminal cancer, etc., and relax the requirements for telemedicine. The regulations on medical prescriptions are expected to be officially implemented in February 2023 at the earliest.
In view of the loosening of telemedicine regulations, Taichung Rongzhong took the lead in establishing the country's largest "telecare center" in August 2022, which will provide 24-hour online consultation and remote medical care, so that patients can avoid the hardship of traveling and traveling. Improve the efficiency of medical services.