Enterobius vermicularis infection is well controlled among preschool children in nurseries of Taipei City, Taiwan.

Introduction: Whether Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infections among preschool children in Taipei City had truly declined was investigated.

Methods: A total of 6,661 preschool children from 28 nurseries were randomly selected from 4 major geographic districts in Taipei City to examine the status of pinworm infection by using adhesive thin cellophane tape swab method.

Results: The overall prevalence of pinworm infection was 0.

A model to personalize scheduling of complex prescriptions.

Medication adherence tends to affect the recovery of patients. Patients having poor medication adherence show a worsening of their condition and/or increased complications. Unfortunately, between 20% and 50% of chronic patients are unable to manage their medications.

Development and implementation of a national telehealth project for long-term care: a preliminary study.

The aging population is a global phenomenon. The skyrocketing costs of healthcare and the shortage of healthcare providers will soon become a crucial issue all over the world. Taiwan's government executed the Taiwan's Telehealth Pilot Project (TTPP) from July 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, using healthcare information technology to tackle these problems.

Development and implementation of a nationwide health care quality indicator system in Taiwan.

Unlabelled: QUALITY ISSUES: Quality is an increasingly important issue to the health care sector. The Taiwanese government also recognizes the need to implement a nationwide health care quality indicator system to strengthen quality surveillance.

Choice Of Solution: In 1999, the Department of Health funded a 2-year project led by the Taiwan Healthcare Executive College to develop a comprehensive performance assessment system, subsequently named as Taiwan Healthcare Indicator Series (THIS).

Safety portal: the safest goes through the air--ubiquitous high-risk reminders bridging out the patient safety in emergency department.

Unlabelled: Under the safety net of hospital-based patient safety informatics (PSI) system, RFID is build to adapt emergency department safety needs and the process improvement activities. We implemented the RFID framework as the electronic patient identifier into the process improvement of ED workflow; it defined as the safety portal to introduce PSI safety features on the real-time basis.

Methods: Since 2004, we were applying RFID technology into a 200 daily visits emergency department of the regional medical center in Taipei, Taiwan.

Household out-of-pocket medical expenditures and National Health Insurance in Taiwan: income and regional inequality.

Background: Unequal geographical distribution of medical care resources and insufficient healthcare coverage have been two long-standing problems with Taiwan's public health system. The implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) attempted to mitigate the inequality in health care use. This study examines the degree to which Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) has reduced out-of-pocket medical expenditures in households in different regions and varying levels of income.

Patient's safety and hospital administration.

In November 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that about 98,000 patients die in U.S.A.