iGHP Special Lecture Series"Taiwan’s struggle in health ICT: A dilemma between laws and systems”
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a newly implemented regulation in
the European Economic Area from this May, has impacted the personal information
protection not only in the European region but also globally. How has such a policy
affected the usage of health big data globally? We will examine the struggles
Taiwan, a high-tech powerhouse, has faced from both the legal and regulatory
system aspects in the recent years and examine solutions from a global
perspective.

1. Seminar Details
Date & Time

Monday, July 30, 2018 17:00-18:15

Topic"Taiwan’s struggle in health ICT: A dilemma between laws andsystems”

Venue

Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), Bureau ofInternational Cooperation, Ground floor, Training Center Building,National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Tokyo

Accesshttp://kyokuhp.ncgm.go.jp/eng/aboutus/access.html

Language

English only (Interpretation will be available for presentations madein Chinese.)

2. Agenda (tentative)
17:00-17:05

Opening Remarks: by Hiroaki Miyata (iGHP, NCGM)

17:05-17:20

Takanori Fujita (iGHP, NCGM)“Global trend on personal information protection law policies such
as GDPR and Japan’s struggle in the midst of health bigdata era”

17:20-17:35

Hsing-An Chen (School of Law, Fu Jen Catholic University)“Recent Trend and Challenges of Taiwan's Personal Information Actand Government Information Law”

17:35-18:05

Panel Discussion
Moderator:•

Hiroaki Miyata (iGHP, NCGM)

Panelists:•

Tzu-Hsuen Yuan (Institute of Occupational Medicine andIndustrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National TaiwanUniversity)•Raymond N. Kuo (Institute of Health Policy and Management,College of Public Health, National Taiwan University)

18:05-18:15•Takanori Fujita (iGHP, NCGM)•Hsing-An Chen (School of Law, Fu Jen Catholic University)

Q&A from floorReport on "Taiwan’s struggle in health ICT: A dilemma between laws and systems”(July 30, 2018)
On July 30, 2018, iGHP had the honor of hosting lectures by Associate Professor
Hsing-An Chen of the School of Law at Fu Jen Catholic University and Dr.
Takanori Fujita of iGHP to speak about the challenges faced by each country on thelegal and systematic framework of the health ICT. While health data is increasingly
becoming digitalized and utilized widely, the balance between personal dataprotection and its utilization has yet to be agreed upon globally. Taiwan and Japan,
the two countries known for their high-tech ICT utilization, have observed similar
trends and dilemmas. The two speakers provided detailed examples, such as
amendment of personal data protection act and utilization of health database under
the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
Following the talks, Assistant Professor Tzu-Hsuen Yuan of the Institute ofOccupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene at the College of Public Health ofNational Taiwan University and Assistant Professor Raymond N. Kuo of the Instituteof Health Policy and Management at the College of Public Health of National Taiwan
University joined in for a panel discussion. The four experts discussed on thepossible solutions including establishment of standards and new regulation of healthdatabases.
Dr. Fujita suggests iGHP continues to have discussion with Taiwan research teamfor common issues and future prospect.
Participants had diverse back ground, not only from medical field but also frominternational studies and humanities field.
The event was attended by over 30 people.