Taiwan’s MOHW, Health2Sync set up nationwide online diabetes care program

October 19, 2016

Recognized as the fastest-growing health problem in the world, diabetes affects at least 415 million people globally and over half of those are in Asia. To help the battle against diabetes, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) is partnering with Taiwanese startup Health2Sync in bringing online diabetes care for patients nationwide.

Since September 2016, MOHW and Health2Sync’s partnership has enabled more than 30 hospitals and clinics to provide real-time tracking and immediate feedback to patients. Health2Sync’s hardware-agnostic software reduces the cost and time to administer remote diabetes care significantly, enabling diabetes care to scale quickly and effectively.

While Taiwan has been viewed as having comprehensive social health coverage, diabetes and its complications have always been costly to Taiwan’s National Health Insurance.

By using Health2Sync’s industry-leading Patient Management Platform and automated care functionality, care providers can support patients to effectively control diabetes on a large scale, and benefit the overall health system as well through reduced hospital visits and related expenditures.

For patients, risk of long-term complications can be reduced through proper medication regimen and self-management while maintaining a high quality of life.

“To extend the principles of diabetes shared care service, and to allow patients and care providers to battle diabetes together, we want to leverage digital technology and data analytics to provide patients and care providers a mobile App and web management platform that can raise the effectiveness of diabetes management,” said Hsiu-Mei Chen, Section Chief, Department of Nursing and Healthcare, Ministry of Health and Welfare.

They are hoping to merge online and offline resources, enable comprehensive care for diabetes, and motivate patients to self-manage through the program.

Health2Sync is also building similar management programs with partners in Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. To offer patients the complete picture when it comes to self-monitoring and management, the company has also launched blood pressure and weigh tracking earlier this year.