Digital health care in Taiwan : innovations of national health insurance / Po-Chang Lee, Joyce Tsung-Hsi Wang, Tzu-Yu Chen, Chia-hui Peng, editors.
2022
RA412.5.T28
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Title
Digital health care in Taiwan : innovations of national health insurance / Po-Chang Lee, Joyce Tsung-Hsi Wang, Tzu-Yu Chen, Chia-hui Peng, editors.
ISBN
9783031051609 (electronic bk.)
3031051602 (electronic bk.)
9783031051593
3031051602 (electronic bk.)
9783031051593
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
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©2022
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English
Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 270 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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10.1007/978-3-031-05160-9 doi
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RA412.5.T28
Dewey Decimal Classification
368.4/200951249
Summary
This open access book introduces the National Health Insurance (NHI) system of Taiwan with a particular emphasis on its application of digital technology to improve healthcare access and quality. The authors explicate how Taiwan integrates its strong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry with 5G to construct an information system that facilitates medical information exchange, collects data for planning and research, refines medical claims review procedures and even assists in fighting COVID-19. Taiwan's NHI, launched in 1995, is a single-payer system funded primarily through payroll-based premiums. It covers all citizens and foreign residents with the same comprehensive benefits without the long waiting times seen in other single-payer systems. Though premium rate adjustment and various reforms were carried out in 2010, the NHI finds itself at a crossroads over its financial stability. With the advancement of technologies and an aging population, it faces challenges of expanding coverage to newly developed treatments and diagnosis methods and applying the latest innovations to deliver telemedicine and more patient-centered services. The NHI, like the national health systems of other countries, also needs to address the privacy concerns of the personal health data it collects and the issues regarding opening this data for research or commercial use. In this book, the 12 chapters cover the history, characteristics, current status, innovations and future reform plans of the NHI in the digital era. Topics explored include: Income Strategy Payment Structure Pursuing Health Equity Infrastructure of the Medical Information System Innovative Application of the Medical Information Applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Digital Health Care in Taiwan is essential reading for academic researchers and students in healthcare administration, health policy, health systems research, and health services delivery, as well as policymakers and public officials in relevant government departments. It also would appeal to academics, practitioners, and other professionals in public health, health sciences, social welfare, and health and biotechnology law.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 23, 2022).
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Lee, Po-Chang, editor.
Wang, Joyce Tsung-Hsi, editor.
Chen, Tzu-Yu, editor.
Peng, Chia-hui, editor.
Wang, Joyce Tsung-Hsi, editor.
Chen, Tzu-Yu, editor.
Peng, Chia-hui, editor.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction of the National Health Insurance of Taiwan
Chapter 2. Income Strategy
Chapter 3. Payment Structure
Chapter 4. Comprehensive Policies
Chapter 5. Pursuing Health Equity
Chapter 6. Infrastructure of the Medical Information System
Chapter 7. Innovative Applications of the Medical Information
Chapter 8. Drug and Medical Device Reimbursement
Chapter 9. Coverage of Advanced Treatments and Medical Devices
Chapter 10. High-Value Medical Information and Quality Claims Review
Chapter 11. Applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 12. Digital Transformation of Big Data.
Chapter 2. Income Strategy
Chapter 3. Payment Structure
Chapter 4. Comprehensive Policies
Chapter 5. Pursuing Health Equity
Chapter 6. Infrastructure of the Medical Information System
Chapter 7. Innovative Applications of the Medical Information
Chapter 8. Drug and Medical Device Reimbursement
Chapter 9. Coverage of Advanced Treatments and Medical Devices
Chapter 10. High-Value Medical Information and Quality Claims Review
Chapter 11. Applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 12. Digital Transformation of Big Data.