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Innovative value-added service of ICT Cloud Computing Technology Applied to Tele-health

Management Platform System

Chinese Taipei

Sheffel Yang

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Project Background

At 2011 APEC Telecommunications and Information

Ministerial Meeting (TELMIN8), a consensus was reached

about that ICT should be applied to medical services and be

adopted by those who has special needs.

As cloud computing becomes the stage of art in the ICT

development, we addrssed the plan to study the mode of

cloud-based health services and its platform and ancillary

applications at ApecTel 44.

• Proposing APEC Economies:

Chinese Taipei

• Co-sponsoring APEC Economies:

Japan, Singapore

• Project start and end date:

January 2012 - December 2012

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Project Scope

1

2

3 to analyze and establish performance criteria of the cloud-based

application platform.

to understand the opportunities and constraints of the

cloud-based application service.

to create a cloud-based application platform, which is

applicable to member economies.

4

to establish the industrial value-chain in APEC member

economies; and to suggest practical business model 5

to analyze the value-chain and the business model of the cloud-

based application service

to provide a guideline regarding the data protection and privacy

issues deriving from the cloud-based services and practices.

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Cloud-based Application Platform

HiLinkVPN

Private Cloud

VM1DB server

VM2AP server

Servers

Cloud OS

Storages

InternetUsers

1

https

encryption

.

OTP

keyboard

Gateway

B Hospital Care Givers

Gateway

A Hospital Care Givers

Gateway

ITRI Engineers

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Cloud-based Application Platform

cloud

platform

cloud-based

service

economic

impact

policy

concerns

developed Examined &

validated Proposal

Chunghwa Telecom

ITRI

Chunghwa Telecom

ITRI

21st century

foundation

21st century

foundation

ITRI

Chunghwa Telecom

ITRI

Built-up

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Opportunities and Constraints

Telehealth

Solution

ICT

Technology

Medical

Domain

Business

Opportunity

Law

& Policy

ICT

Technology

Medical

Domain

Business

Opportunity

• Analyzing data security and

privacy issues

• Providing stakeholders the

policy references and guidelines

• Cost reduction

• Workforce improved

• Downstream ICT and telecom

industries expanded

• Business model validated and

sustained

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Enterprise Health Management System

Could Health

Management Platform

Requirements

Enterprises

Health Management

Service

Employee

Cloud-based Application Service

Training for Health

Managers (Caregivers)

Technology Transfer

POS & POB Cooperation

POS

* Ton Yen General Hospital - the biggest market share of employees’ checkup in Hsinchu

Science Park

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End Users Health manager

Test Base:

• 100 people

• 3 health managers

• 2 months professionals’ training

• 4 months for end users’ testing

Weight

(kg) Waistline

(cm) BBP

(mmHg)

AVR of Improvement

↓2.5% ↓2.2% ↓2.5%

Results:

POS

Cloud-based Application Service

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B（CHT）

Cloud Health Service 1. Plan of health

promotion 2. Intake Plan 3. Sports Plan 4. Health Calendar 5. Health Information

Publishing 6. Inquiry of Health

Checkups

Training Program System Maintain

B（Lianan Wellness Center）

Employees’ Healthcare

1. Healthcare professional Consultation

2. Health Checkups 3. Nutrition Suggestions 4. Personally Trainer for

Exercises 5. Psychological

Counseling 6. Health Lecture 7. Personalized Healthcare

Plan

Integration

C（Enterprises）

Mid& High-end Managers Employees and Relatives

Service

Business

Model

Cloud-based Application Service

Improvement Points

• Top management supporting

• Well trained service team

• Business Model benefits for all stakeholders

POS →POB

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Concept of Law

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3 To construct ”Health Information Center”.

To initiate “Law of Health Information”.

Need to regulate the tele-healthcare professionals’

certification and provide the security for this service.

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Law of Health Information &

Health Information Center

1. to formulate the

“Standard Contract

Terms.”

2. to protect the users’

privacy.

1. in order to strengthen

the use of health

information, we need

to formulate the

precautions and

operating Guideline.

Concept of Law

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Treatments

(Institute Care)

Sub Acute

(Intermediate Care) Prevention Wellness

Personalized Healthcare Home/ Mobile

Community

• Home Exercise Rehabilitation Service

for Post Acute Myocardial Infarction Outpatient • CDSS for Cardio Rehab

Therapist First Chinese Cardio Rehabilitation CDSS system

Medical

Guideline Evidence

Database HIS

Inference

Engine Cardiac

Catheterizati

on Case

Note

Decision

Support

Applications

Guideline

suggestion &

reminder

Risk Factor

Scoring

Interactive cardiac catheterization case

note on mobile device

Current ITRI Telehealth Solutions

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Thank you!