智慧科技帶動之健康照護新契機

New Opportunities for Healthcare Driven by Smart Technology

臺灣在2020年正式進到「生不如死」的總人口負成長時代，社會面臨嚴峻的少子高齡化問題，將加劇醫護資源的社會落差。所幸隨著各式智慧科技的飛躍進展（Button et al., 2014），與人們對於健康照護的需求逐漸提高，將為健康照護帶來新契機。因此，健康照護的重點與方式應開始有所調整（While & Dewsbury, 2011）

Taiwan officially entered the era of negative population growth in 2020, with the number of births falling below the number of deaths. Taiwan society is facing the severe problems of low birthrate and aging population, which will exacerbate the social gap in medical resources. Fortunately, rapid progress in developing smart technologies (Button et al., 2014) should bring new opportunities for healthcare. Therefore, the focus of and approach to healthcare should be adjusted (While & Dewsbury, 2011).