From Digital Silos to Healthcare Ecosystem: The Path of Taiwan's National SMART on FHIR Infrastructure
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Summary
This article discusses how the FHIR standard and SMART framework are serving as crucial 'software infrastructure' within Taiwan's healthcare sector, based on the Smart Health Roadmap. These technologies are expected to act as a social engine promoting digital equity and improving medical quality.
Details
From the perspective of Li Jianzhang, the article emphasizes that robust 'software infrastructure' represents the final critical step in realizing smart healthcare. Specifically, it discusses how technical standards like FHIR and the SMART framework are key to transitioning Taiwan's medical system from a state of digital isolation (data silos) into an integrated healthcare ecosystem. This effort is linked with elements such as Electronic Health Records (EHR) and THAS, highlighting its role not merely in technology adoption but as a 'social engine.' The adoption of the FHIR standard enables seamless data exchange between disparate systems, enhancing the availability of medical data. This constitutes part of a national infrastructure build aimed at achieving digital equity and improving overall healthcare quality.
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