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

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Chang Gung Medical System is hosting the '2026 Chang Gung Medical Week' from October 1st to 4th at the Linkou Chang Gung International Convention Center. Under the spirit of 'Inheriting the Past and Pioneering 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 half a century of Chang Gung's medical development alongside domestic and international medical and academic representatives. Cheng Wen-chun, Chairman of the Chang Gung Decision Committee, stated that Chang Gung, which began with Taipei Chang Gung in 1976, has now evolved into a system integrating clinical care, research, and talent cultivation, serving over ten million outpatient visits annually. Facing the rapid development of 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 devote more time and energy to patient care, preserving the human touch in medicine that technology cannot replace." In terms of practical implementation, Chang Gung has established an 'AI Platform' where frontline personnel propose needs, and the hospital assists in development before promoting it to various branches. Currently, applications such as voice input for nursing records and robotic delivery of instruments in operating rooms have been introduced, all conceived and developed by grassroots staff. The goal is to reduce the burden of human resources through technology while simultaneously improving medical quality. Chen Chien-tsung, the conference chairman, also emphasized that Chang Gung is not merely focused on introducing AI, but on 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