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Lessons from Taiwan’s Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in tackling COVID-19

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https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia-pacific/lessons-taiwan-s-chang-gung-memorial-hospital-tackling-covid-19 By  Dean Koh April 20, 2020 An interview with Prof. Chyong-Huey Lai, Vice-superintendent of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkuo Branch. According to an  article  by Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Taiwan has managed to prevent the coronavirus from heavily impacting its 23 million citizens due to using tech such as big data analytics to generate real-time alerts from the integration of health insurance data base with its immigration and customs database, as well as putting into place a robust pandemic prevention plan at the 2003 SARS outbreak. As of 19 April, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC)  reported  a cumulative total of 420 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections with 6-related deaths. Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, which is part of the Chang Gung Medical Foundation, is located in Guisha...
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TeleHealth: The COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea and its implications on the future of telehealth

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https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/asia-pacific/covid-19-pandemic-south-korea-and-its-implications-future-telehealth?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1RZMU1EVTVNV1ZrTm1abCIsInQiOiJIaEtkUXZOWDRRUmRWSGNqYlpCMFV3allhKzQxSW54bXJVdnhremRlZVNNRGlOZmJ1S3dMSVFZdWc0ZjVBRjZGSEZ4U0RuNDZGaXpkdlZJWW1OeTRUQlk5S20zU2w3anVrVUZibTR4KzhFZUFPenhzWTNXSGxHbm9Hbml4ZzROSiJ9 By  Dean Koh May 29, 2020 “There is a lot of discussion within the government to allow telehealth services in South Korea. It is one of the ‘new normal’ after COVID-19,” said Dr Hwang Hee, CIO, SNUBH. In the third episode of the  HIMSS APAC Digital Dialogue Series  hosted by Dr Charles Alessi, HIMSS Chief Clinical Officer, guest speakers Dr Hwang Hee, Chief Information Officer, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea and Kim Dong-Hee, Country Leader, Philips, South Korea shared their thoughts on what was done differently to manage the COVID-19 situation in the country, and how telehealth might look like po...
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