Legal problems faced by hospitals seeking to implement artificial-intelligence-based medical treatments in Taiwan

Abstract

: Since 1995, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) has tracked the healthcare data for Taiwan’s entire population. As of July 2019, a total of 2.47 billion medical examination reports have been collected, and the amount of data is very large. To cope with these large amounts of medical expenditure data and move towards the goal of the accurate review, Taiwan’s Ministry of health and welfare began to open its medical imaging database to biotechnology and healthcare firms, using artificial intelligence (AI) to help explain the patient’s CT and MRI results, and take AI as a tool to review health insurance benefits. A rapid review of medical information through AI can reduce the waste of time, which is an important focus of Taiwan’s health intelligence. In the implementation of medical intelligent services, many medical units often violate the law. Privacy protection is the basic human rights of patients and the core value supported by hospitals to regulate the use of personal medical information. Because intelligent medical technology and big data analysis need a lot of private information, medical departments should learn to follow relevant laws and regulations to properly implement, using patients’ information legally ensures a perfect balance between privacy and medical intelligence.