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International Cooperation

National Health Research Institutes collaborated high-density storage devices and remote connection
with ASUS Cloud and NVIDIA to establish the software for the "Health Big Data Zone." In addition,
"Artificial Intelligence Biotechnology Research a process has been devised in collaboration with the
Center" (AIBMRC). This center aims to apply AI NHRI to bring in the NHRI Biobank, and perform data
technology in the field of intelligent healthcare encryption and matching applications.
and medical care, thereby assisting in the 2. Service Content and Service Quantity
development of Taiwan's precision health
In 2022, the number of database opened for application
strategic industry policies.
was adjusted to 97, and 125 computers were provided
(6) Promoting multi-institutional research in Cancer to daily services. As the COVID-19 pandemic subsided,
Translational Research Program there was an increase of over 20% in the person-days
In the optimization of cancer treatment guidelines, of service, the case-times of actual usage in the year,
this project has discovered that early-stage liver and the case-times of reviewed statistic result carried
cancer patients achieve optimal therapeutic out. (shown in Table 12-1)
efficacy by selecting surgery or ablative therapy 3. Promoting Database Leading to R&D of Biomedicine
based on patient age. Among chronic hepatitis
(1) The "Health Big Data Sustainable Platform" inter-
B patients who experience recurrence after
ministerial project completed the construction of
discontinuation of antiviral therapy, those who
the "Taiwan Health Big Data Integration Service
receive intermittent treatment for the second
Platform" information portal, which was made
time have a higher risk of liver cancer compared
available to the public on October 15, 2022.
to those receiving continuous treatment. The
The service portal, designed with a user-centric
project has also accomplished the development
approach, serves as a single gateway, focusing
of treatment protocols for adult Philadelphia
on the needs of industry users to facilitate the
chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic
generation of commercial value.
leukemia in young adults and adolescents, as
(2) The "Collaborative Demonstration Project
well as the draft of the 4th edition guidelines for
for Precision Cancer Medicine and Biobank
the management of myelodysplastic syndromes.
Integration Platform" marked the first large-
Section 3 Application Service of Health scale international collaboration project between
and Welfare Research the public and private (industry) sectors under
the MOHW. In 2022, Roche Pharmaceuticals
1. Management of Applications Service Platform
submitted a data application in compliance with
The Health and Welfare Data Science Center (HWDC)
regulations, symbolizing Taiwan's alignment with
has continued to collaborate with the "Health
international developments in precision medicine.
Big Data Sustainable Platform" project in 2022,
successfully completing the installation and setup of

● Opening ceremony of AIBMRC

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