The 2022 Healthcare+ Expo, one of the largest international trade fairs in Taiwan, is being held at the Nangang Exhibition Center until Sunday. Of note was the exhibition from Taichung’s China Medical University and its related healthcare system. It showed off innovations reflecting six major themes including artificial intelligence and smart medical care. Overall, the university has won 22 national awards for innovation, the highest number in Taiwan.

The booth from China Medical University and its related healthcare system at the 2022 Healthcare+ Expo showed off a number of achievements related to innovation and award-winning products.

Wong Chi-huey, the head of the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry, was among many drawn by the exhibits. This year, China Medical University focused on six themes, including AI, smart medical care and regenerative medicine. The university has won 22 national awards for innovation, the highest number ever.

Put a patch on a patient’s chest and install a special instrument. An electrocardiogram can be performed directly on a smart phone via Bluetooth. The university has developed a heart attack remote diagnosis system using AI, which greatly shortens the process of patient checkups upon arrival at hospitals. It’s already used by ambulance staff for 14 fire brigades in Taichung and Nantou.

Cho Der-yang
China Medical University president
Ambulance personnel are not doctors, so it is difficult for them to judge whether it is a myocardial infarction. This takes up a lot of time and can be shortened. You can know just after a minute after the patient’s in whether there is or isn’t a myocardial infarction.

Take a swab from your mouth and you can use a genetic test to determine if you are sensitive to the smell of coriander. China Medical University has invested in a number of research and development projects. Among them is a big data platform that utilizes environmental and clinical data from over 3 million people, and a smart anti-germ platform that can effectively combat superviruses in hospitals and also save patients from septicemia. So far, it has served more than 100,000 people

Cho Der-yang
China Medical University president
It can take as little as one hour to know what kind of bacteria it is, and then whether there is any drug resistance, and then offer assistance in determining which medicine is most appropriate to use.

The university will promote its findings and inventions in the 18 nations that are part of the government’s New Southbound Policy so that the world can see Taiwan’s innovative capabilities.