Chang Gung Medical Week Focuses on AI and Smart Healthcare: Cheng Wen-Chun Emphasizes 'Technology to Reduce Burden, Warmth for P

As Chang Gung Medical System celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is hosting the '2026 Chang Gung Medical Week' from October 1st to 4th at the Linkou Chang Gung International Convention Center. With the spirit of 'Inheriting the Past and Opening the Future,' the event focuses on forward-looking topics such as artificial intelligence, smart healthcare, precision medicine, regenerative medicine, and organ transplantation. President Lai Ching-te attended the opening ceremony to deliver a speech, witnessing Chang Gung's half-century of medical development alongside domestic and international medical and academic representatives. Chang Gung Decision Committee Chairman Cheng Wen-Chun stated that Chang Gung, which began with Taipei Chang Gung in 1976, has now developed into a system integrating clinical care, research, and talent cultivation, serving over ten million outpatient visits annually. Facing the rapid advancements in generative AI and digital healthcare, he clearly pointed out that Chang Gung's promotion of artificial intelligence is not intended to replace medical personnel, but rather to alleviate the burden on frontline colleagues and empower clinical decision-making, "allowing medical staff to dedicate more time and effort to patient care, preserving the warmth of healthcare that technology cannot replace." In terms of concrete implementation, Chang Gung has established an 'AI Platform.' Frontline personnel propose needs, the hospital assists in development, and then it is promoted to various branches. Currently, applications such as voice input for nursing records and robots for transporting instruments in operating rooms have been introduced, all developed from grassroots ideas. The goal is to use technology to reduce the burden on human resources while improving medical quality. Conference Chairman Chen Chien-Tsung also emphasized that Chang Gung is not concerned with simply introducing AI, but rather whether AI can be safely integrated into clinical practice to assist medical teams in making more accurate judgments. Cheng Wen-Chun pointed out that precision medicine and new cancer therapies are