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2024 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

(3) Employed citizen participation models to (2) Strengthened the prevention and control
collect public opinions, and through analysis system for zoonotic diseases by utilizing the
of the National Health Insurance database and geographic information system "ZONE" to assist
international comparisons, aimed to maximize in risk assessment of vector-borne disease
the effectiveness of National Health Insurance outbreaks and resource allocation. Established
medical resources. a designated testing network for novel influenza
8. Improved Healthcare Systems A viruses to build local testing capacity for

Completed the hospital/public version of Q&As and emergency response.
operational guidelines for integrated inpatient care (3) Using digital technology as the foundation for
for hospitals' reference. epidemic prevention and preparedness, we aim
Monitored hospitals' implementation of advance to integrate big data from different ministries
care planning by specialty nurses. Recorded course and apply data science and AI to optimize the
videos and conducted physical workshops to train functions of 7 key surveillance systems. To meet
hospital specialty nurses in formulating advance the needs of communities, we have established
care planning procedures. Rolled out localized 5 demonstration sites to implement emerging
advance care planning teaching materials for and modern epidemic prevention technologies.
hospitals' reference and use. These demonstration sites will enable proactive
monitoring, early warning, and rapid public
9. Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
response linkage.
(1) Established metagenomic next-generation 10. Improving Child, Adolescent, and Elderly Protection
sequencing technology (mNGS) and integrated Risk Services
it into the communicable disease surveillance
network. This integration led to the detection of (1) Refined big data analysis research on triage of
the first domestic case of Naegleria fowleri in a reported child and adolescent cases: Completed
clinical specimen using this technique. We also analysis of rules and word clouds for opening/not
identified the prevalence of multidrug-resistant opening child protection cases and vulnerable
Salmonella typhimurium strains, enabling timely family cases. Incorporated findings into the
alerts. Utilizing targeted NGS to optimize whole revised "Referral Guidelines for Children and
genome sequencing technology for the SARS Adolescents Under 18" to assist in dispatching
CoV-2 virus, we completed the completing case social workers to appropriate service
sequencing of prevalent variants such as systems.
XBB.1.9 and XBB.1.16 to promptly monitor viral
mutation trends.

Press conference announcing the establishment of the Taiwan Alliance for Precision Environmental
Medicine

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