Taiwan

Currently, IHE activities in Taiwan is organized by Medical Image Standards Association of Taiwan(DICOM Taiwan)

History of IHE activities in Tiawan

1993/Dec. 1st PACS of Taiwan was established at EMR dept. of Taichung Veterans General Hospital. (50+)
1999. CSIST(Chung-shan institute of Science and Technology.Armaments Bureau) joint IHE Connectathon Demonstration in RSNA and HIMSS.
2003/Mar. MISAT (DICOM/Taiwan) was established.
2003/Aug. 1st IHE Connectathon Demonstration in Taiwan.
- Connectathon venders: Cinchers, DVNET, EVERBEST, INFINITT, and INQGEN.
2003/Nov. The IHE-Taiwan WG was established, 2nd Demo, and attended IHE-AO meeting.
- Connectathon venders: Cinchers, DVNET, EVERBEST, INFINITT, and INQGEN.
2004/Mar. 3rd IHE Connectathon Demonstration in RS/ROC Annual Meeting.
- Connectathon venders: DVNET, EVERBEST,INFINITT, INQGEN,THESE, and TEDPC.
2004/July. 4th IHE Connectathon Demonstration in HL7/Taiwan conference
- Connectathon venders: DVNET, EVERBEST,INFINITT, INQGEN,THESE, and TEDPC.
2005 Attended IHE-AO meeting in Japan and IHE-China workshop in Shanghai.
2007/Mar. IHE IT WG was established.
2007. Announced Taiwan IHE Technical Framework draft.
2008/28-29 Mar. 5th IHE Connectathon Demonstration in RS/ROC Annual Meeting. Scope: Radiology －SWF、KIN、CPI、MAMMO.
- Connectathon venders: DVNET, EVERBEST,INFINITT, INQGEN,THESE, and TEDPC.
2010/Mar. IHE Demonstration will be holed in RS/ROC Annual Meeting. Scope: Medical Tourism

Success PACS/IHE implementation stories for Tri-Service General Hospital, Kaoshiung V.A. Hospital, Chi-Zi Hospital, and Sin-Lau Hospital
WADO application in Medical Informatics Systems
Compression, Image Display Function, Security…..
BSMI (Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection ) supports this project.

Help National Health Insurance Bureau (NHI) to implement the Internet Pre-Operation Insurance Claim System with DICOM/HL7 standard.
By the end of 2006, down to the district regional hospitals have to be ready for the on-line operations.
Electronic Health Record (EHR)(Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and e-signature).
IHE IT Infrastructure i.e. XDS and related profiles (side effect of SARS).