Around 35% of patients at Taipei Veterans General Hospital are receiving treatment for cancer. The hospital recently invested in a NT$4.5 billion (US$162 million) heavy-ion radiation center for carbon radiation therapy. "As for proton therapy, Taiwan has about 10 stations, which is the highest density in the world." says Dr. Lee Wui-Chiang, director of Taipei Veterans' Department of Medical Affairs and Planning.
Taipei Veterans invests heavily in AI as well, and Lee notes that the hospital's most prominent recent investment is its imaging diagnosis for brain scans with over 90% accuracy. AI is also used to check lung x-rays and see how likely a patient is to have COVID.
In September, China Medical University Hospital in central Taiwan became the first hospital within the Greater China region to use Ethos, an adaptive AI-driven therapy for advanced cancer treatment developed by Siemens Healthineers subsidiary Varian Medical Systems.
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