SNQ Certified Programmes
28 certified programmes across 10 specialties
Each programme below has been independently reviewed and certified by SNQ for clinical outcomes, methodology, and international benchmarking.
ECMO-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
SNQWorld #1 ECPR survival outcomes
First centre globally to systematise ECPR as standard of care — benchmark cited internationally.
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest — Community Resuscitation
SNQWorld Top OHCA survival rate
Golden chain from community to hospital — bystander CPR rate & survival above US/EU benchmarks.
Advanced Circulatory Support Team (ACST) for Heart Failure
SNQAdvanced MCS
Integrated LVAD, ECMO, and IABP pathways — multidisciplinary decision protocol for end-stage heart failure.
Peripheral Vascular & Valvular Heart Disease — Smart Cloud
SNQRemote vascular & valve monitoring
Intelligent cloud echocardiography remote monitoring — improves follow-up compliance across branches.
Congenital Heart Disease Catheterisation Team
Bronze 202299% catheterisation success rate
Full lifecycle CHD care from fetal to adulthood — zero-fluoroscopy arrhythmia ablation protocol.
Inter-hospital ECMO Transport — Never Give Up (Hsinchu)
SNQMobile ECMO inter-hospital transport
First standardised ECMO transport protocol in central Taiwan — pioneering mobile critical care.
Spinal Tumour — Multidisciplinary Board (STB)
SNQ186 metastatic spine surgeries/yr · Asia #1
30-day mortality 6.4–8.9% vs. AOSpine 9.1% — joint Tumour Board with Seoul National Univ. since May 2024.
Lu-177 Radionuclide Therapy (PSMA & DOTATATE)
Certified 202348.1% PSA response rate · 92.9% full-course
Comparable to VISION Phase III (NEJM 2021) — 131 cases, SNQ Certified 2023.
Pancreatic Surgery — Biology-Oriented Approach
Bronze 20240.8% 90-day mortality · R0 resection 57.4%
Post-op bleeding 0.9% vs. 5–10% international avg — world's lowest post-op pancreatic surgery mortality.
Lung Ablation — One-Stop Painless Procedure (Hsinchu)
SNQ96.7% ablation success · 200+ cases
Pneumothorax rate 4.4% — 90.1% discharged next day — Asia-Pacific Training Centre with 20+ physicians from 5 countries.
Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy — GPS Lung (Yunlin)
SNQ79% malignancy detection rate
Zero complications — satisfaction 4.8/5 — presented at 2025 Asia-Pacific Bronchoscopy Congress.
Primary Aldosteronism — Curable Adrenal Hypertension
SNQSurgical cure rate exceeds intl benchmark
Taiwan's leading AVS & adrenalectomy programme — curing hypertension at source.
Paediatric Cancer Precision Medicine Team
SNQPrecision Dx
Precision diagnostics for paediatric solid & haematologic tumours — translational research integration.
Myeloid Malignancy Comprehensive Diagnostics
SNQComprehensive Lab diagnostics
Improving survival of myeloid malignancy patients — national reference centre for haematologic diagnosis.
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation — Cancer Centre
SNQ73.8% 1-yr overall survival · 651 patients
Taiwan performs 42% of national HSCT total — HAQ Index: Taiwan #1 globally in blood cancer care (Lancet 2018).
Kidney Transplant — Precision Diagnostics
SNQPrecision Lab
Critical role of precision laboratory diagnostics in optimising kidney transplant outcomes.
Traumatic Brain Injury — ERATbi Early Recovery
SNQ75% early mobilisation rate · World #1
In-hospital mortality 10.5% — better than UK, Canada, Australia, Japan — cited in Japan Stroke Rehabilitation Guidelines.
Parkinson's Disease — 6-Axis Integrated Care (Hsinchu)
Certified 202496% overall patient satisfaction
DBS motor function improvement 50% — tremor improvement 46% — Taiwan's only 6-axis PD centre.
Preventable Trauma Death Rate Review Module (Yunlin)
SNQ6.6% preventable death rate (2022–H1 2024)
Down from 12.6% (2018–19) — now comparable to Europe, US, and Japan benchmarks.
Endoscopic Pancreaticobiliary Treatment — Comprehensive Biliary Team
Silver 2021Full spectrum ERCP, EUS & interventional endoscopy
National training centre for advanced biliary procedures — ERCP, EUS, and complex interventional endoscopy.
H. pylori Screening — Gastric Cancer Prevention Programme
Silver 2024>70% community-wide eradication rate
Leading the world in organised H. pylori community screening — a replicable public health model.
Safe Yunlin Digital Health Network — HELPER Model
Certified 20252,791 participants · 6 rural hospitals
APEC 2022 keynote — site visits from Germany, India, Indonesia, and Somalia. A global model for rural digital health.
NTUH Telehealth Centre — Digital Care Wherever You Are
SNQNational model
Cross-branch, cross-specialty remote care — early national model for hospital-based telemedicine in Taiwan.
COVID-19 Infection Prevention — Community Hospital Model (Jinshan)
Certified 20230 in-hospital cluster incidents
Only general hospital serving 4 North Coast districts — HEPA compliance 100% throughout the pandemic.
Smart Infection Prevention & Control System
Silver 2021AI-driven hospital-wide infection surveillance
AI-driven surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, and outbreak detection — national benchmark system.
Precision Diagnostics for Life-Threatening Viral Infections
SNQPrecision Dx
Improving cure rates for CMV, EBV, and emerging viral threats through precision laboratory diagnostics.
AADC Deficiency Care Model — Moving Into a New Era
Gold 2022Gene therapy · World reference centre
World reference centre for AADC deficiency — gene therapy pioneer — patients from across Asia-Pacific.
Sarcopenia Screening & Treatment (BeiHu Branch)
Certified 202584% recovery rate · 7,438 screened
3 Stanford World Top 2% Scientists — 49 papers — adopted into Taipei City Elderly Health Exam 2025.
Pulmonary Valve Restoration — Congenital Heart Disease (Children's Hospital)
Bronze 2023Taiwan's leading volume paediatric cardiac surgery
Pulmonary valve functional reconstruction in CHD — Taiwan's leading volume paediatric cardiac surgical programme.
Paediatric Developmental Assessment Centre (Hsinchu)
SNQCross-specialty developmental assessment
Integrated assessment for developmental delay covering neurology, rehabilitation, and special education.
ICU Bed Allocation — Intelligent Resource Scheduling (Yunlin)
Certified 2025System-level ICU optimisation
AI-assisted ICU bed allocation reducing wait times and improving critical care resource utilisation across branches.
ADC Medication Innovation — Antibody-Drug Conjugate Programme
Bronze 2024Targeted oncology innovation
Translational ADC programme spanning haematology and solid tumours — national lead in next-generation targeted therapy.
AI Disease Classification — Pathology & Imaging Intelligence
Bronze 2024AI-powered diagnostic classification
Deploying AI models for pathology slide classification and imaging interpretation across specialties.
Spine Tumour Multidisciplinary Board — Neurosurgery (Hsinchu)
Certified 2025Multi-campus tumour board
Extending NTUH's internationally-benchmarked STB model to the Hsinchu campus with regular case review cadence.
Award History
15 certifications, 10 years of evidence.
SNQ Certified 2025
Sarcopenia Research Team (BeiHu)
Spine Tumour Multidisciplinary Board
Parkinson's 6-Axis Care (Hsinchu)
Telehealth Safe Yunlin Network
ICU Bed Allocation (Yunlin)
SNQ Bronze 2024
Pancreatic Surgery — Biology-Oriented
ADC Medication Innovation
AI Disease Classification
SNQ Silver 2024
H. pylori Gastric Cancer Prevention
SNQ Certified 2023
Lu-177 Radionuclide Therapy
COVID-19 Infection Prevention (Jinshan)
SNQ Bronze 2023
Pulmonary Valve Restoration
SNQ Gold 2022
AADC Deficiency Care Model
SNQ Silver 2021
Endoscopic Pancreaticobiliary Care
Smart Infection Prevention System
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Primary Aldosteronism Team
International Partnerships
Partnerships in action.
Three active international collaborations — each building clinical capacity across borders.
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea · Clinical Collaboration
Joint Monthly Spine Tumour Board
Joint monthly Spine Tumour Board with neurosurgeons, oncologists, and radiologists from both institutions reviewing complex spinal oncology cases. NTUH contributes Asia's highest metastatic spine surgery volume; Seoul contributes an independent international perspective.
- 186 metastatic spine surgeries/yr · Asia #1
- 24.9% complication rate vs. 46% (Singapore NUHS)
- 8.9% 30-day mortality vs. 9.1% (AOSpine benchmark)
"Every difficult case benefits from two institutions' clinical judgement — not just one." — NTUH Spine Tumour Centre
Universidad Rafael Landívar
Guatemala City · Physician Training
Seed Educator Programme in Paediatrics & Obstetrics
NTUH trained 12 Guatemalan seed educators in paediatrics and obstetrics. NTUH faculty delivered 3 residency training workshops and conducted clinical exchange with 2 Guatemalan tertiary hospitals.
- 12 seed educators trained
- 3 residency workshops delivered
- 2 tertiary hospitals in exchange
"Training seed educators means NTUH's clinical knowledge keeps spreading in Guatemala long after the programme ends."
Philippine Heart Center
Manila · Physician Training
Cardiac Transplant Fellowship Programme
11 members of PHC's cardiac transplant team completed clinical fellowships at NTUH in heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support — each embedded for 2 weeks to 1 month.
- 11 PHC transplant team members trained
- 2 weeks – 1 month clinical embedding per trainee
"Eleven PHC transplant specialists trained at NTUH — each returning with the clinical depth to raise cardiac transplant standards in the Philippines."