Message From the Commissioner

In order to actively establish Taipei City as an international capital of “Health for All” in the 21st century and effectively enhance the efficiency and quality of the services to provide citizens with the best possible health care, the Taipei City Government Department of Health (Health Department) planned a restructuring of its organization, which was completed on January 1st, 2005. After this organizational revision, the Health Department set up five divisions and seven offices. The health centers were transformed to focus on managing individual cases, promoting health, and improving public health care services.
In terms of enhancing the efficiency of health care services, ten city hospitals were united to form the Taipei City Hospitals in January 2005. The goal was to enthusiastically promote the medical characteristics and the public health care characteristics of each branch of the Taipei City Hospital, focus on the academic research development, the medical service quality and patients’ safety, carry out the engineering restructuring of the women and children branch, and provide people with accessible health services and a high quality of medical care. In addition, other procedures and administration system were reconstructed; the administration, information, medical treatment were integrated, the purchasing systems of medicine and health and medical supplies were innovated, and the utilization of human resources was simplified. The positive results of these measures are already evident. Moreover, two entrusted city hospitals have become recognized. The Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital developed into a medical center in August 2004. In August 2005, it was certified as a member of the Health Promotion Hospitals under the World Health Organization. In October 2006, it passed the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation. The Taipei Municipal Gandau Hospital has been deeply committed to health promotion in the community and chronic disease control. In 2006, it was awarded the excellent institute of “Active Health Community” by the Taipei City Government, as well as “Good Medical Center for Women’s Cancer Prevention” and won the first place among the breast cancer prevention local hospitals.