Department of Traditional Chinese Family and Community Medicine

The Department of Traditional Chinese Family and Community Medicine upholds a comprehensive care philosophy encompassing the whole person, whole family, whole healthcare team, whole continuum of care, and the whole community. The department is committed to providing patient-centered, integrative Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) services that emphasize both disease prevention and treatment.

Physicians in the department possess solid clinical training in TCM and a strong foundation in evidence-based medicine. They are capable of comprehensively assessing patients’ constitutional characteristics, disease conditions, and long-term health risks, and are experienced in managing common acute and chronic illnesses, multimorbidity, and health conditions requiring long-term follow-up.

The department places particular emphasis on continuity of care and the development of long-term physician–patient relationships. Through ongoing follow-up and holistic evaluation, physicians support patients in receiving appropriate TCM care across different stages of life. In addition, the department emphasizes disease prevention, health promotion, and patient education, incorporating lifestyle factors, family support, and community environments into clinical decision-making in order to provide treatment recommendations that are closely aligned with patients’ real-life needs.

Furthermore, the Department of Traditional Chinese Family and Community Medicine offers home-based medical care services, enabling patients with mobility limitations, functional impairment, or long-term care needs to continue receiving TCM treatment and health assessments in a familiar home environment, thereby reducing the burden of travel for medical care. Through the seamless integration of outpatient and home-based services, the department is dedicated to establishing an accessible, stable, and humanistic model of TCM family medicine, highlighting the essential role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in primary and community healthcare.

Notes

Physicians whose primary clinical registration is in Western medicine mainly provide Western medical outpatient services, including pharmacotherapy, diagnostic examinations, and medical procedures.

If Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions are required, patients are kindly requested to register for outpatient clinics located in the Meide Medical Building (e.g., Clinic No. 167), where collaborating TCM clinics will assist in prescribing Chinese herbal medicines.