2026/10/02 10:46
Participants of the Healthy Taiwan 2030 Forum: Chairman Zhao Guojun (fourth from right), founder of Neighborhood Health, guests gathered at the scene, Taipei City Vice Mayor Zhang Wende (fourth from left), former Food and Drug Administration Director Ye Minggong (third from right), Taipei Pharmacists Association Executive Director Su Baiming (first from right), New Taipei City Pharmacists Association Chairman Xu Youshan (second from left), Deputy Secretary-General of the National Federation of Pharmacists Li Yixuan (first from left), and Chairman of the Chinese Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry Association Chen Jianzhou (third from left) were all present at the meeting.
[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] In the future, your own alleyway pharmacy will not only buy children's milk powder, medicines, and health foods, but also connect long-term care resources, which will be more important to the healthy life of the elderly. Digital health service provider "Nearby Health" held the "Healthy Taiwan 2030 Forum" on October 1 to discuss how front-line health services can be extended from medical institutions to communities and into every home.
Taipei City Deputy Mayor Zhang Wende pointed out in his speech that for the elderly, in addition to medical professionalism, companionship is also very important. "Pharmacist partners actively play this role around the community, within walking distance of the elderly. This is an important key to nearby health. On this basis, Government Long-Term Care 3.0 has the support of all partners. All industry partners have gathered and guarded their best positions to jointly establish a complete industrial ecological chain. The future goal is to integrate and apply the resources that have been deployed to take good care of all elderly people."
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Su Baiming, executive director of the Taipei Pharmacists Association, pointed out that cross-field and cross-professional cooperation is needed from home medical care, home care, home rehabilitation to home pharmacy and medication services, as well as health management, nutrition management, assistive device use and long-term care resource linkage. Community pharmacies are medical sites that are easily accessible to the public and can proactively connect hospital, community and government resources when needed.
Xu Youshan, chairman of the New Taipei City Pharmacists Association, said that as the population ages, community pharmacies must face transformation. The association established a long-term care committee six years ago, and four and a half years ago, it trained nearly 400 community pharmacy staff to obtain relevant qualifications for long-term care assistive devices in terms of assistive device rental, sales and related services.
Zhao Guojun, founder of "Nearby Health", pointed out that because community pharmacies have high accessibility, high trust and local relationships, how to connect over-the-counter medicines, community pharmacies and long-term care 3.0 will become an important node in the next stage of health service transformation. Zhao Guojun said: "Over-the-counter medicines are the entrance, pharmacies are the nodes, long-term care is the scene, and home is the extension. The truly valuable health platform in the future will not only sell products, but can accompany families from daily health to long-term care, and upgrade to a one-stop community health center." Cai Shangshen, deputy general manager of Zhongkang Biomedicine, elaborated on the current situation of over-the-counter medicines and pharmacies, as well as the connection between pharmacies and long-term care 3.0 through front-line health service cases and the current situation.
3. Chairman Zhao Guojun (first from left), founder of Neighbor Health, invited New Taipei City Pharmacists Association Chairman Xu Youshan (second from right), Chairman of the Chinese Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industry Association Chen Jianzhou (second from left), and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Federation of Pharmacists Li Yixuan (first from right) for a tripartite dialogue between policy, industry, and pharmacies to discuss the key to long-term care transformation and resource integration.
2. Taipei City Deputy Mayor Zhang Wende pointed out in his speech that for the elderly, in addition to medical professionalism, companionship is also very important. In the future, we will definitely use the resources that have been deployed, plus the nearby health area, to take good care of all the elderly.
