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2026-05-22

【Media Feature】From Treatment to Support: How PatientsForce Builds a One-Stop Patient Support Ecosystem with "MedConnect"

Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) system has long enjoyed widespread international acclaim, with public satisfaction consistently maintaining a high level. However, alongside advancements in medical technology and shifts in disease patterns, modern healthcare has gradually expanded from "treatment itself" to “the management and support of the entire treatment journey.”
Recently, the Asia-Pacific Regional Trends Monthly, published by the Chinese Taipei Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (CTPECC), featured an in-depth interview with PatientsForce Chief Operating Officer I-Wen Wang. The feature delves into how, amidst a complex regulatory environment, enterprises can leverage digital platforms and service innovations to build a comprehensive and inclusive health management system.

The Overlooked Medical Reality: Gaps in Decision-Making, Cost, and Information

Chief Operating Officer I-Wen Wang shared a critical observation: healthcare is not simply about "seeing a doctor and getting a prescription," but rather a continuous decision-making process that requires the integration of information and judgment.

Taking cancer treatment as an example, a single course of therapy can easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, with vast differences in efficacy, side effects, and financial burdens among different options. However, existing support resources—such as clinical services, insurance claims, and social welfare—are often fragmented across separate systems. Upon diagnosis, patients are frequently forced to navigate a massive information barrier and make major life decisions within a very short timeframe. Therefore, enhancing the comprehensibility and accessibility of information has become the core key to improving health equity.

 

Building the "MedConnect" Platform: A One-Stop Patient Support Ecosystem

Confronting the challenges of cross-system service integration, PatientsForce embraces the vision of "Forward Health, Complete Treatment," consolidating what were once scattered services into a one-stop integration:

  • Front-End (Health Education and Communication): Enhancing public health awareness and encouraging timely medical consultation.
  • Mid-Stage (Patient Assistance and Support Programs - PAP/PSP): Assisting patients in accessing medication resources, alleviating financial burdens, and providing treatment management and follow-up care through professional nursing staff.
  • Back-End (Long-Term Care Integration): Extending to long-term care services such as medical appointment accompaniment and family coordination, thereby establishing a seamless service transition.

To implement this framework, the team developed the "MedConnect" platform, combining widely-used social media with a back-end management system. This enables patients, physicians, case managers, and caregivers to interact efficiently on the platform. This digital design not only reduces the transaction costs of time and information searching, but also achieves a paperless workflow through systemized processes, putting the values of environmental sustainability into practice.

 

International Governance Standards and APEC Health Policy Goals

In the governance of Patient Support Programs (PSPs), PatientsForce emphasizes compliance and accountability. Beyond facilitating efficient connections across different links through its platform, the company has also achieved ISO international certifications and aligns with the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI) principles, progressively enhancing system transparency and the patient experience.

As the Asia-Pacific region faces the challenges of an aging population and rising healthcare expenditures, APEC also emphasizes enhancing healthcare resilience through digitalization and public-private partnerships. The patient support and benefits platform promoted by PatientsForce perfectly demonstrates the "complementary and value-adding" role that the private sector can play within the public healthcare system. In the future, this model is expected to serve as an important reference and template for promoting inclusive growth across the region.

To learn more about the full exclusive interview with Chief Operating Officer I-Wen Wang, and how PatientsForce aligns with APEC health policy goals, please click the link to read the full article in the Asia-Pacific Regional Trends Monthly: [Read the Full Interview Report]