Some physicians received a warning letter from the NHS and asked to review it within 7 days and send it back to the NHS.

(Photographed by reporter Wu Liangyi)

[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report] It was only in January this year that the National Health Insurance Administration broke out that the former chief secretary was suspected of stealing and selling the personal data of Chinese nationals to China for 13 years. The National Health Insurance Administration has not yet provided a complete explanation and preventive measures. Cloud cases, warnings to protect personal information, and even asked doctors to write review papers to the National Health Insurance Department, sparked a backlash.

A doctor broke the news that because he did not want to prescribe drugs to patients repeatedly and avoid being deleted by the National Health Insurance Department, he first went to the cloud information query system to check the patient’s medication status when seeing a doctor. Unexpectedly, the National Health Insurance Department issued a document stating that The doctor should protect personal data and privacy, and also requires the doctor to fill out the instructions online within 7 days in the health insurance information service system.

The "National Health Insurance Medical Information Cloud Query System" allows physicians to check medical records, medication and inspection status, avoiding repeated prescriptions and inspections, and avoiding waste of medical resources and health insurance costs. reduce waste.

However, after the former chief secretary was suspected of stealing and selling the personal information of Chinese nationals to China this year, many doctors have received warnings from the National Health Insurance Administration after reviewing their medical records, and even asked the review documents to be sent back to the National Health Insurance Administration. There are a lot of medicines that I haven’t taken, and I dare not prescribe medicines without checking the medical records. “What should I do if the medical expenses are deleted by the National Health Insurance Department? If I check the medical records and fail to prescribe medicines, I will be warned. Then, should I prescribe medicines casually in the future to avoid being troubled again”?

Physicians also criticized it. It is not the doctors who leaked personal information, but the senior officials of the National Health Insurance Department. Physicians want to save medical funds and avoid waste, and they don’t want to be deleted by the National Health Insurance Department. National health insurance encourages everyone to declare more, and soft-heartedness will only lead to malicious troubles”?

Shi Chongliang, director of the National Health Insurance Department, explained that this measure is to strengthen the privacy protection of patients' medical data. It has been implemented since April 2017, and it will only target "the proportion of undeclared medical expenses with a total of more than 50 inquiries per month, which exceeds that of all countries in the country." Institutions at the 95th percentile level, please fill in the description of undeclared medical expenses” to remind institutions to pay attention to the maintenance of personal data security.

Shi Chongliang also explained that this measure was suspended from January 2020 due to the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic, and gradually resumed in November 2021 due to the slowdown of the epidemic. He also emphasized that this will definitely not affect medical institutions. health insurance payments.