The ageing of the population and the increase in the proportion of patients with chronic diseases are becoming two growing challenges for countries around the world, including Taiwan. The Taiwanese government estimates that more than one-fifth of the population in Taiwan will be senior citizens aged 65 or above by 2025.
For this reason, the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA) of Taiwan has financially supported a startup, called AdvMeds, with the Smart City Taiwan Project to develop an AdvMeds Smart Health Station solution. AdvMeds improves the quality of personalized healthcare service by collecting physiological data from a number of the health stations set up in local activity centers, supermarkets, hotels and hostels, pharmacies, long-term care institutions, and health centers for the convenience of the elderly living nearby. The Smart Health Station has been introduced to Kaohsiung city, Pingtung county, and Penghu county, spanning 13 districts and connecting 122 community health centers and 338 medical institutions. To date, more than 1 million persons have accessed the Smart Health Station in Taiwan.
Moreover, AdvMeds’ solution has been exported to Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand and Malaysia, to enhance their chronic disease care capabilities. And the company also helped Taiwan local governments win the IDC Asia Pacific Smart City Awards in 2020. During the coronavirus pandemic period, the Smart Health Station has become an efficient epidemic prevention solution. It helps introduce the real-name system into campuses and workplaces while managing physiological conditions of employees and visitors to enhance epidemic prevention.