With the advent of the 5G era and the growing popularity of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence applications, the Joint Commission of Taiwan (JCT) held a forum with a focus on two key themes: healthcare information technology and AI for medical image analysis.
Taiwan is known as a treasure island of technology, and its achievements in epidemic prevention highlight the abundant healthcare capacity. The main topics are healthcare big data, data science, and AI medical image analysis. Experts from the healthcare and IT sector explained common problems in Taiwan’s healthcare industry and proposed different solutions.
The healthcare profession is both complex and highly detailed-oriented, while the advent of a service-oriented approach coupled with AI, from paperless electronic health records to big data analysis, as well as the development of AI technology for data analysis and medical image recognition, are all indispensable steps in building a smart hospital. This forum gave a presentation on how hospitals in Taiwan are using thoracic X-ray AI and automated reporting. In addition, the latest VeriSee DR software can assist in interpreting diabetic retinopathy.
In recent years, the Taiwanese government has advocated working together to improve the health of the nation. The government has also been promoting mobile healthcare services, hospital management, and the application of smart healthcare. These efforts demonstrate the importance of applying intelligent solutions to meet challenges in the healthcare field.
The Joint Commission of Taiwan officially established a one-stop portal in 2019: “Health Smart Taiwan According to the CEO of JCT, HST not only showcases Taiwan’s cutting-edge smart healthcare solutions but also works with Taiwan’s application field demonstration sites to facilitate an understanding of the practical application and future portfolio of smart healthcare and to create a new model for the smart hospital.
According to a report, digital health has great potential to transform healthcare in Taiwan through delivering a better patient experience, with improved results, at lower costs. This trend is attracting the growing attention of firms operating at the intersection of technology and medical science, as well as encouraging tie-ups and collaborations between medical facilities and businesses involved in innovative sectors such as AI and the Internet of Things.
Taiwan focuses on integrating advanced technologies with the latest medical applications to enable connected and smart healthcare. This development is expected to have a synergistic impact on Taiwan’s emerging advanced tech industries. As digital information is the bedrock of high-quality patient healthcare, Taiwan has long developed a comprehensive health information technology system to improve and monitor the financing and delivery of healthcare services.
Digital health has been growing significantly in Taiwan, including the adoption of AI in the medical sector. As reported by OpenGov Asia, Taipei City-based research organisation is promoting the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in academic institutions, nongovernmental groups and enterprises through data exchanges and open-source projects. Taiwan’s leading role in the global supply of semiconductors means the country is ideally placed to integrate the latest and greatest technologies into the biotech and medical sectors.
Healthcare is the ideal field to expand the use of AI given the technology’s ability to quickly conduct big data analyses and modelling. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) Research Database contains over two decades worth of data and images to assist in this process.
With access to such a rich resource, Taiwan researchers are looking to put their combined expertise to good use in the field of precision medicine, providing customized treatment plans tailored to individual patients. This is achieved by combining NHI data with information from wearable sensors recording heartbeat, blood pressure, blood sugar and oxygen saturation. This approach of preventive medicine ensures people are aware of the warning signs before they get ill. The research organisation’ goal is to utilize the power of AI to relieve the burden on hospitals resulting from avoidable conditions.
