MOBILE MEDICAL PAYMENT SERVICES LAUNCHED BY THIS YEAR|行動醫療支付年底上路 看病用APP繳費

In the future, people will no longer have to wait in line to pay their hospital bills at the cashier's. They will be able to download an APP and pay on their smart phone. The Ministry of Health and Welfare is working with 6 private hospitals in northern, central, and southern Taiwan, and 13 banks will launch the mobile medical payment services by the end of the year. At the end of their visit to the hospital, people can simply pay with their smart phone. They can download the mobile application and use their bank account to complete the payment process before they pick up their medication. The Taipei City Hospital has already launched the mobile payment service in May, and it has made people's visit to the hospital more convenient. ==LIN, User== We can just pay the bill on our smart phones and then pick up our medication. I think that's very convenient. ==CHOU, User== People are busy. If they can use the mobile payment service, they won't have to spend time waiting in line. Besides the Taipei City Hospital, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is also working with 6 private hospitals in the north, central, and south Taiwan, and 13 banks to launch mobile medical payment services. Patients can use the mobile APP to register their credit card or Visa debit card. They can enter their ID number to check and pay for their medical bill. The patient's family can also make payments remotely. It is estimated that the mobile payment system will save at least 10 minute's waiting time. ==WU MING-YEN, Secretary-general, NGO Hospitals and Clinics Association== On average people can save about 10 minute's waiting time because they don't have to stand in line. Also, friends or family can pay for the patient remotely. The Ministry of Health and Welfare stressed that the new service can be used by both outpatients and inpatients. It will also reduce the risk of receiving counterfeit bills or payment errors for the hospitals. The mobile payment service will be launched end of this year and will expand to include public and private regional hospitals around Taiwan. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 未來民眾到醫院看病，可以不用再花時間排隊批價，只要利用手機下載APP就能繳費和領藥，衛福部與6家私立醫療院所、及13家銀行業者合作，推出行動醫療支付服務，可節省民眾在醫院的等待時間，預計今年底正式上路。 在醫院看完病後，只要拿出智慧型手機、下載APP，就可以用個人活期帳戶完成批價繳費，直接領藥，台北市立聯合醫院，今年5月開始推出「行動批價」服務，大幅提升民眾就醫便利性。 ==民眾 林小姐== 我們看完門診 我們直接手機按一按 應該就可以去取藥了 不是嗎 對啊 應該還蠻方便的嘛 ==民眾 周先生== 因為現在大家時間點 都蠻急迫或緊張 如果說拿了就走 大家就不需要說 大家花太多時間在那邊等 未來不只台北市聯醫有這項服務，衛福部也打算和北、中、南6家私立醫療院所，及13家銀行業者合作，推出手機APP線上註冊信用卡、或是Visa金融卡，只要輸入病患的身分證字號，醫院系統就可以在手機顯示應繳金額，民眾按一按手機就可付款，不受時空限制，病患家人也可以在遠端繳費，比傳統櫃台批價繳費的方式，平均可減少10分鐘時間。 ==台灣私立醫療院所協會秘書長 吳明彥== 民眾大概可以平均 省下10分鐘批價的時間 最主要是說 他可以不用排隊 再來是可以遠端支付 可以替你的親戚跟朋友付款 衛福部強調，這項新政策包括門診及住院繳費服務，不僅可節省民眾在醫院的等待時間，還可免去醫院收到偽鈔、錯帳的風險，預計今年底正式上路，而第二階段也將，擴展到全台公、私立區域醫院以上的醫療院所。 記者 賴淑敏 邱福財 台北報導