Study on Nation-wide Health Care Quality Information Openness and Transparency Mechanism Establishment

August 31, 2010 updated by: Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Research objectives To provide people with sufficient information regarding health care and to improve its quality, this research endeavors to discuss the establishment of a health care information openness and transparency mechanism within the framework of the National Health Insurance system. This research also evaluates whether the transparency of health care quality information makes care givers provide better quality. Meanwhile, when appropriate information and quality index are presented to patients, patients shall have more knowledge about what they are dealing with, hence less misunderstanding between hospitals and patients would occur.

Research Methods

  1. To revise indicators based on international trends, related literature and the need of people.
  2. To present 50 sets of quality indicator statistically on the website, and provide updated information about the first 10 sets.
  3. To analyze and explain the outcome and purposes of the indicator to the public.
  4. To estimate the possible trend for the coming year, and provide adaptive strategy.
  5. To promote the website, and hold workshops in all six regions of Taiwan.
  6. To make the website linked to the top 5 most populated official and unofficial websites.
  7. To respond to questions on the forum of the website daily, and maintain the system, update the website regularly.
  8. To complete the acceptability survey on health care institutions and people.

Study Overview

Status

No longer available

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Expanded Access

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Outpatient ; healthy subjects patients

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The plan excluded child / children and other minors who were the target respondents, mainly to investigate the medical information for public acceptance of the site, child / children is not suitable, so as to adults as the main investigation.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lan-Chi Tai, Master, Taiwan College of Healthcare Executives

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 2, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2010

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 2, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

September 2, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2010

Last Verified

June 1, 2010

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 99010

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