Taiwan shares medical-application breakthroughs to PHL, other markets

BECAUSE of the pandemic, the global health-care industry has learned to embrace a more diversified and mobilized matrix to meet growing demands for telemedicine and smart medical devices.

With its leadership in software and hardware development, Taiwan’s health-care sector is ready and willing to adopt these changes, while sharing its experience and accomplishments with the Philippines and the rest of the world.

“These factors ensure Taiwan’s capability in medical technology [medtech] to transform and its ability to work with global partners,” Taiwan External Trade Development Council President and CEO Leonor F. M. Lin said during the recent Taiwan Excellence 2022 Smart Medical Applications webinar graced by local and international media, as well as medical stakeholders and online viewers from the Philippines and other countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Italy, France, Iran, Germany and the United Kingdom. “As we know, over the past two years, the global pandemic has pushed almost all sectors to adopt and innovate.”

Taking centerstage in the virtual event, five leading Taiwanese information and communications technology providers showcased their latest products that elevate the use of med-tech tools to a whole new level, and presented their advancements in smart health-care applications transcending various specialties such as pressurearea care and wound care, medical imaging, health-data processing, and team-salvage systems.

These included ixensor’s infectious-disease management/chronicdisease management/female health management, Wellell’s Sleepwell solution, United Orthopedic Corp.’s Hinged Knee & Limb Salvage System, Medimaging Integrated Solution Inc.’s telemedicine products, and IEI’S Medical Image Management SYSTEM-POCIW22C-ULT5.

While these Taiwan Excellence Awards-winning firms—three of which were Top 10 Gold Awards winners—specialized in various aspects and products related to med-tech, their strength in developing applications continue to contribute in order to bring the best performance and realize the future for health care.

“If you are thinking about bringing digital solutions in health care, Taiwan will be your best partner,” said National Taiwan University Hospitalyunlin Branch Vice Superintendent Matthew Huei-ming Ma, as he trumpeted Taiwan’s cutting-edge capability and leading role in this field.

Looking forward to the post-pandemic era, Taiwan Medical and Biotech Industry Association Vice President Daniel Lee is bullish on the unparalleled innovations and further productivity ahead of the health-care sector worldwide.

“We should not only continue to promote cooperation between administrative governments and Taiwanese medical companies, but also alliances across industry and achieve breakthroughs [given] our difficulties in trade barriers overseas,” Lee pointed out. “Taiwan Excellence will certainly help [achieve the] innovative power and competitiveness of the medical industry.”