NHI MediCloud System – An Innovative Health Information Exchange Model

• Main Authors: Fu-Chung Wang, 王復中
• Other Authors: 董鈺琪
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6977w9

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 健康政策與管理研究所 === 107 === Health information technology has been introduced into the health care industry and proved to be an effective solution to current challenges in rising cost and healthcare quality. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) has developed a powerful health information exchange system to share and retrieve not only medication data but also diagnostic medical images to reduce unnecessary healthcare services. This nationwide system offers a great opportunity for health care providers to share medical information on the same platform to enhance medical services for all patients in relation to interoperability and customizability. Our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of utilization change after the implementation. A case study by using the population based National Health Insurance (NHI) database with other information is conducted in this article. This study aims to demonstrate the innovative health information exchange model of MediCloud system, an inter-organization information system from implementation science perspective. The empirical findings will be of interest to most countries with a universal healthcare system that are considering implementing a similar health information system that can improve quality of healthcare while reducing costs. Improving patient safety and quality of care is crucial for Taiwan’s citizens, which is also a common goal for most national health systems. Health care providers and NHIA expect great benefits from Medicloud system-based healthcare solutions. The strong positive outcome of MediCloud system encouraged us to further use those new valuable health data plus original claim data to develop various innovative management system and services, and potentially to create a better health care system for people in Taiwan.