Taoyuan Hospital crosses Central Mountain Range to establish remote consultation and two-way referral for Hualien and Taitung
Taoyuan Hospital, as part of the "Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program," has established a remote consultation and two-way referral system spanning the Central Mountain Range to connect with the Hualien and Taitung regions. This initiative aims to optimize regional healthcare and drive digital and green transformation in the medical system.
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Central News Agency (Reporter Chen Chieh-ling, Taipei, 27th) - The first-phase results of the Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program show that public hospital systems are developing localized distinctive medical services. Taoyuan Hospital, in particular, has chosen to cross the Central Mountain Range to link up with eastern and western regions for remote consultations and intra-regional two-way referrals, creating a Taoyuan-Miaoli-Hualien-Taitung healthcare network.
Hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare today held a seminar to present the first-phase achievements of the Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program. The seminar showcased how public hospitals are connecting with regional hospitals, primary clinics, and long-term care facilities across Taiwan. This effort focuses on four major areas: optimizing working conditions for medical staff, planning diverse talent training, introducing smart medical technology, and ensuring sustainable social responsibility in healthcare, thereby initiating a digital and green dual-axis transformation of Taiwan's medical system.
Yang Nan-ping, Superintendent of Taoyuan Hospital under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, shared that one of the distinctive features of the hospital's Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program is the establishment of a two-way referral and remote consultation mechanism. This not only provides two-way referrals within the western Taoyuan and Miaoli regions, with statistics showing a total of 1,684 emergency and outpatient referrals into hospitals in the Taoyuan-Miaoli area and 1,661 outbound referrals in 2025.
Taoyuan Hospital's two-way referral system further extends across the Central Mountain Range, establishing connections for remote consultations with the eastern regions. This supports more complex patients from Hualien and Taitung, creating a Taoyuan-Miaoli-Hualien-Taitung healthcare network. Statistics for 2025 show a total of 258 patients from Hualien and Taitung areas referred to Taoyuan Hospital, while zero patients were referred from Taoyuan Hospital to Hualien and Taitung hospitals.
Lin Jing-yi, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, stated in her address that in economically disadvantaged areas, public hospitals bear the heavy responsibility of caring for the health of people in mountainous, remote, and urban areas, always standing on the front lines. She hopes that through the Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program, more suggestions and voices can be put forward, not only to fulfill the mission but also to provide bottom-up, locally distinctive innovative voices. The government will provide financial support to fully support front-line medical personnel.
Lin Ching-feng, CEO of the Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission, Ministry of Health and Welfare, said that public hospitals have long faced operational difficulties, jokingly referring to it as "spending frugally and counting every penny." However, since the promotion of the Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program last year, there is a need to fully leverage the public health mission, and resource integration is the most urgent need at present.
Lin Ching-feng pointed out that while Taoyuan Hospital is integrating resources across the Central Mountain Range, Taipei Hospital focuses on digital development, Tainan Hospital is responsible for resource allocation in Tainan City, and public hospitals also guard the southern border, undertaking medical tasks for mountains, seas, and islands. Tourist hospitals, Cishan Hospital, and Penghu Hospital integrate regional medical resources to care for more patients. The core mission of public hospitals is to demonstrate their value to society. (Editor: Lin Shu-hui) 1150427
Hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Welfare today held a seminar to present the first-phase achievements of the Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program. The seminar showcased how public hospitals are connecting with regional hospitals, primary clinics, and long-term care facilities across Taiwan. This effort focuses on four major areas: optimizing working conditions for medical staff, planning diverse talent training, introducing smart medical technology, and ensuring sustainable social responsibility in healthcare, thereby initiating a digital and green dual-axis transformation of Taiwan's medical system.
Yang Nan-ping, Superintendent of Taoyuan Hospital under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, shared that one of the distinctive features of the hospital's Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program is the establishment of a two-way referral and remote consultation mechanism. This not only provides two-way referrals within the western Taoyuan and Miaoli regions, with statistics showing a total of 1,684 emergency and outpatient referrals into hospitals in the Taoyuan-Miaoli area and 1,661 outbound referrals in 2025.
Taoyuan Hospital's two-way referral system further extends across the Central Mountain Range, establishing connections for remote consultations with the eastern regions. This supports more complex patients from Hualien and Taitung, creating a Taoyuan-Miaoli-Hualien-Taitung healthcare network. Statistics for 2025 show a total of 258 patients from Hualien and Taitung areas referred to Taoyuan Hospital, while zero patients were referred from Taoyuan Hospital to Hualien and Taitung hospitals.
Lin Jing-yi, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, stated in her address that in economically disadvantaged areas, public hospitals bear the heavy responsibility of caring for the health of people in mountainous, remote, and urban areas, always standing on the front lines. She hopes that through the Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program, more suggestions and voices can be put forward, not only to fulfill the mission but also to provide bottom-up, locally distinctive innovative voices. The government will provide financial support to fully support front-line medical personnel.
Lin Ching-feng, CEO of the Hospital and Social Welfare Organizations Administration Commission, Ministry of Health and Welfare, said that public hospitals have long faced operational difficulties, jokingly referring to it as "spending frugally and counting every penny." However, since the promotion of the Health Taiwan Deep Cultivation Program last year, there is a need to fully leverage the public health mission, and resource integration is the most urgent need at present.
Lin Ching-feng pointed out that while Taoyuan Hospital is integrating resources across the Central Mountain Range, Taipei Hospital focuses on digital development, Tainan Hospital is responsible for resource allocation in Tainan City, and public hospitals also guard the southern border, undertaking medical tasks for mountains, seas, and islands. Tourist hospitals, Cishan Hospital, and Penghu Hospital integrate regional medical resources to care for more patients. The core mission of public hospitals is to demonstrate their value to society. (Editor: Lin Shu-hui) 1150427