Digital Health Care in Taiwan
Innovations of National Health Insurance
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This chapter introduces the application of National Health Insurance (NHI) big data in creating digital claim review tools and artificial intelligence (AI) training to improve review efficacy. By analyzing big...
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This chapter provides an overview of Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) system. In 1995, major social insurance programmes, such as labour insurance, government employee health insurance and farmers’ ins...
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The virtual National Health Insurance (NHI) card not only represents digitization but also enables contactless health care during the pandemic. Under the process of full-scale digitization, the National Health...
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The payment system has a great impact on the overall growth of medical expenses, the distribution of medical resources as well as medical efficiency and quality. To quickly integrate the existing civil service...
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This chapter explains why National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) decoupled the premium payment and right to health care to safeguard the medical right of the financially disadvantaged. Furthermore, va...
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The National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) began a pilot telemedicine program for people in remote areas after the Ministry of Health and Welfare expanded the eligibility for telemedicine. The impact ...
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This chapter is primarily about the rationale and decision-making process of including advanced treatments (immuno-oncology therapy, hepatitis B and C medications), tests (next-generation sequencing, NGS) and ...
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The big data generated by the National Health Insurance (NHI) medical information system is the most important asset that Taiwan possesses in promoting national digital policies. Hence, it is the NHI’s priorit...
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The National Health Insurance (NHI) is compulsory and provides universal health coverage to all citizens of Taiwan and those who have had a registered domicile, as well as foreigners holding alien residence ce...
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With the sharply escalating medical expenses, the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) has implemented a number of programs to contain expenditure, deliver patient-centered health care, and meet the...
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This chapter explains how Taiwan has utilized its strong ICT industry to construct the National Health Insurance (NHI) medical information system, as well as the solid information security management and data ...
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This chapter discusses the factors the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) considers when including drugs and medical devices in benefit packages and explains how their prices and categories are de...
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