[P6] Plenary Session 6
"Research"
Scaling-up Regional Comparative Outcome Studies on Countries’ Health Systems and Primary Care Status

[P6-3] Family Practice Integrated Care Project could improve primary healthcare performances in Taiwan

^○Shinn-Jang Hwang¹, Chyi-Feng Jan², Che-Jui Chang³, Tai-Yuan Chiu⁴, Yu-Chun Chen⁵, Tzeng-Ji Chen⁶ (1.Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 2.Taiwan Association of Family Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, 3.Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, 4.Taiwan Medical Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 5.Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, 6.National Yang Ming University School of Medicine)

Professor Hwang graduated from National Yang-Ming Medical University, School of Medicine, Taipei Taiwan. He is currently the President of the Taiwan Association of Family Medicine. He is also the Vice Superintendent of Taipei Veterans General Hospital, a tertiary referred medical center, and Professor in the National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine. Professor Hwang is actively participating in the promotion of Family Medicine in Taiwan. He was the Chief, Division of Community Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, and the Director, Department of Family Medicine in Taipei Veterans General Hospital. He had been the Superintendent of the Taipei Municipal Yang-Ming Hospital, a 600-bed regional hospital, and had been the President of Taiwan College of Family Practice. He pay much effort in the research and teaching in the fields of Family Medicine, Community Medicine, Geriatrics and Hospice Palliative Care. He has published 333 scientific papers since 1988.