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Section 3 Organ Donations and 2022, 35 hospitals, including NTU Hospital, have
Transplantations applied for and are using the mobile certificates.

The imbalance between organ supply and demand
Chapter 5 Health Care in Remote
remains a common challenge faced by countries
Areas
worldwide. In 2002, the MOHW established the "Taiwan
Organ Sharing Registry and Patient Autonomy Promotion
Section 1 Localized Health Care and
Center" to promote organ donation and allocation. As
Telemedicine
of the end of 2022, there have been a total of 10,786
To uphold the quality of medical care and the
individuals on the waiting list for organ transplantation in
right to health for people in remote and offshore areas,
Taiwan. However, only about 1,000 peoples are fortunate
the MOHW stands by the principles of "relocating
enough to receive organ transplants each year on
doctors instead of patients" and "health cannot wait"
average, as show in Figure 4-4. Efforts have been made
with strengthening functions of local health care.
to encourage people to sign organ donation consent
Moreover, incorporating Information and Communication
dorms during their lifetime. In 2022, a total of 28,828
Technology (ICT) into medical care services and
organ donation consent forms were completed, bringing
applications is increasingly the norm during the internet
the cumulative total to 533,160 forms.
Age. On May 11, 2018, the MOHW implemented
Section 4 Promoting Electronic Medical the "Rules of Medical Diagnosis and Treatment by
Records (EMR) Adoption Telecommunications" to promote telehealth services
In 2022, the Electronic Medical Record Exchange and improve resource allocation, thereby making sure
Center continued to provide automatic integration that people in remote and offshore areas have timely
with the systems of the Bureau of Labor Insurance, access to health services. No one is to be left behind as
Centers for Disease Control and the MOHW Department distance no longer affects the delivery of medical care
of Mental Health and Oral Hygiene. The center also services by optimizing medical system in the aforesaid
completed the uploading of two critical care records: areas. Measures on this front include:
OHCA and TRAUMA. Furthermore, to reduce the 1. The MOHW Penghu Hospital's Cardiovascular Care
pressure of medical record verification for healthcare Center has been officially operating since December
professionals, the issuance of mobile certificates for 4 2013. By December 2022, the Center had provided
medical personnel began in 2019. As of the end of treatment to 1,501 people. The Center helps to

Figure 4-4 Organ Transplant Donors and Recipients in Taiwan, 2011-2022

cadaver/organ Heart Lung Liver Kidney Pancreas Small intestine Cornea No. of Organ
transplants Donors
1,400 Skin Other organs (include No. of Organ Donors 450
bone, heart valve, blood 402
vessel and so forth) 400
1,200 375
339
327 350
1,000 290 294 309
229 264 300
800 223 250
202
193
600 200
150
400
100
200
50
0 0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Year
Source: Department of Medical Affairs, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
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