{"id":365330,"date":"2022-03-31T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T20:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=365330"},"modified":"2022-03-31T06:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T20:00:56","slug":"taiwans-jag-technology-donates-remote-care-platform-to-gmha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/taiwans-jag-technology-donates-remote-care-platform-to-gmha\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan\u2019s JAG Technology donates remote care platform to GMHA\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
From left, Gary Huang, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Consular Officer; Edward Lu, TECO adviser; Lillian Perez-Posadas, Guam Memorial Hospital Authority administrator and CEO; Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero; Paul Chen, TECO director general;\u00a0Lisa Fu, TECO executive assistant; and Jenny Yang, Taiwanese government\u2019s OCAC coordinator. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a virtual and in-person ceremony, Taiwan\u2019s JAG Technology Inc.\u00a0donated their JAG TeleCare remote health monitoring platform to\u00a0the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority on March 30, 2022. The platform is intended to bolster Guam\u2019s remote care capability, helping chronic patient care and responding to possible public health challenges in the future.<\/p>\n

JAG TeleCare has been used in New Jersey and significantly reduced the re-admissions of heart disease patients since 2017. With its partner in Japan, JAG Technology has also been using the telecare platform to monitor care home residents\u2019 health and reduce the workload of staff nurses for years. When Taiwan experienced the first ever COVID-19 case surge in May 2021, many mild cases occupied the acute care beds at the hospitals and medical staff were overwhelmed and exhausted. That\u2019s why Taiwan\u2019s government of New Taipei City was glad that JAG TeleCare could help create so-called \u201cvirtual ward\u201d in homes of positive cases to avoid the rush of mild cases to hospitals.<\/p>\n

A virtual donation ceremony confirmed GMH\u2019s acceptance of Taiwan\u2019s JAG TeleCare remote care platform. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When New Taipei City first used JAG TeleCare, Taiwan was actually waiting for the ordered COVID-19 vaccines being shipped from the manufacturers. The Taiwanese really appreciated the U.S. government\u2019s immediate vaccine donations to help Taiwan\u2019s urgent demand during that period. Alan Tso, board chairman of JAG Technology, said that he kept thinking \u201cWhat can we do to return this favor?\u201d He eventually found that Guam is the U.S. territory closest to Taiwan and JAG TeleCare could be helpful for Guam. Through great assistance from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam, JAG Technology is grateful that GMHA agreed to accept the donation of JAG TeleCare.<\/p>\n

Paul Chen, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, joined the ceremony to witness the donation. He emphasized that \u201cTaiwan Can Help\u201d has been the country\u2019s motto during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cWith today\u2019s donation we are putting words into action. Access to high quality medical information and services is essential, as good health is vitally important to every citizen of the world. Commitment to our fellow nations during the pandemic is an example in which Taiwan has shown it can help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Felix Yen, director of Guam Taiwan Office, presents a Guam Memorial Hospital Authority certificate of appreciation to Alan Tso, board chairman of JAG Technology Inc. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero witnessed the donation as well.\u00a0She emphasized that the equipment and software of telehealth is essential to making telehealth a part of advanced services for the people of Guam. She thanked Chen for \u201calways thinking about us. \u201c \u201cIt really means a lot to be an investment to the healthcare here on our island,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so appreciative of this remote health monitoring software donation from JAG Technology,\u201d said Lillian Perez-Posadas, GMHA administrator and CEO. \u201cWe intend to work with the larger Guam healthcare community to best utilize this technology and its monitoring capability, in order to better track and monitor the health of our people. COVID has shown us that now, more than ever, we need to prioritize community access to healthcare and population health management!\u201d<\/p>\n

GMHA prepared a certificate of appreciation for JAG Technology. Felix Yen, the director of the Guam Taiwan Office, visited JAG Technology\u2019s office in New Taipei City and presented the certificate to Tso on behalf of GMHA. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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