Chung Nan, Cheng (Nickle)
Healthcare IT System Development & Planning / DevOps / AI Coding
A hands-on tech leader and open-source enthusiast who loves sharing knowledge and solving real-world pain points. Dedicated to being a Ruby on Rails, DevOps, and AI Coding evangelist in the hospital, putting developer and healthcare worker happiness first.
Experience
WorkHealthy Taiwan Initiative - Scope 3 Project Director
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
Medical system design, planning, implementation, and project management
IT Director
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
Hospital IT system planning, development, operations, database planning, FHIR, SMART on FHIR
NHI Claims Section Chief
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
NHI claims management, global budget management, NHI Kaohsiung-Pingtung branch co-management
Deputy Director of Medical Informatics
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
Clinical and IT system integration, coordination and communication
Civilian IT Engineer
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
Medical information system operations and maintenance
Founding Board Member, Taiwan Open Source E-Commerce Association
National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology
Registered under MOI letter No. 0950042533, March 16, 2006
IT Specialist
Gangshan Armed Forces General Hospital
Speaking
ActivityCorporate Internal Training Instructor
From Manual Governance to AI-Assisted Collaboration: Modernization Path for Medical Information Systems
Taichung Science Park, Healthcare Startup
Taiwan Healthcare Quality Association Speaker
Application of Generative AI in Clinical Healthcare Workflows
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
MOPCON Conference Speaker
Building Medical Systems with AI - Code It Your Way with Auto-Testing
NKUST Nanzi Campus, Kaohsiung
Ministry of National Defense Medical Affairs Bureau Internal Lecture Instructor
Building Medical Systems with AI
Ministry of National Defense Medical Affairs Bureau - Military Hospitals Video Conference
Taiwan Healthcare Quality Association Speaker
From Structured Data to Digital Chassis
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital Power BI Reviewer
Sharing Experience in Promoting AI and Digital Transformation
Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung
HIMSS APAC 2025 Hospital Representative
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Speaker, Taiwan Healthcare Management Association
Hospital DevOps Digital Transformation
Taiwan Healthcare Management Association, Taipei
RubyWorld Conference Speaker
From Ideas to Implementation streamlining military hospital operations in Taiwan
Shimane Matsue, Japan
Paraguay Medical Delegation IT System Presenter
Medical Information System Overview
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung
COSCUP Conference Speaker
Building a Hospital Digital Transformation Ecosystem with Rails and Docker Open Source Technologies
National Taipei University of Technology
DevOpsDays Conference Speaker
The First Mile to the Last Mile of DevOps in a Military Hospital - A Case Study of KAFGH
Bottle Cap Factory, Taipei
ISQua's 39th International Conference 2023
Utilizing Tableau to Analyze Employee Resilience and Implement Patient Safety Rounds to Enhance the Effectiveness of Hospital Patient Safety Culture
Seoul, South Korea
MOPCON Conference Speaker
How to Land DevOps in a Mid-Sized Hospital
Kaohsiung International Convention Center
Education
EducationM.S. in Information Management
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST)
B.S. in Information Management
National Sun Yat-sen University
Skills & Expertise
Healthcare IT
Development
DevOps
AI / Certifications
Publications
iThome CIO Tlak
擁抱開源開發技術，累積小勝利要新建數據中臺
國軍高雄總醫院IT擁抱雲端開發框架Ruby on Rails，不只用來打造專責病房儀表板、重構醫院入口網站，下一步還要用來建置數據中臺。同時，他們也計畫嘗試生成式AI Chatbot，要來提高服務品質
Implementing Redmine Project Management Platform to Promote Hospital Digital Transformation
50th Armed Forces Medical Academic Conference
Building a Minimum Viable Product with Rails 7.0 (Part 2)
CIO Taiwan Column
Implementing DevOps in Hospitals (1) — DevOps and the Hospital
CIO Taiwin 專欄
osCommerce Online Store Setup Guide, 2nd Edition
Hsueh-Kuan Publishing, ISBN 978-986-7198-65-5
osCommerce Online Store Setup Guide
Hsueh-Kuan Publishing, ISBN 986-7693-36-1
Systems & Projects
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital official web site
Rails 開發的醫院官方網站
KAFGH Polyhealth Chatbot
LineBot
Appointment booking, virtual NHI card, medical guidance, campus navigation, instant messaging
FHIR Hero
SMART on FHIR
Application Type: Standalone Launch Patient Health Management App Target Users: General public, patients, family members, and healthcare professionals
On-Premise Tableau BI Server Deployment
Real-time dashboards, ER dynamics
Patina Cross-Platform LDAP Management Tool
https://github.com/losehrt/patina-releases
Patina is a desktop LDAP management tool built with Rust, providing an intuitive graphical interface for managing LDAP directory services.
Let's Connect
Interested in having me share my experience, or just want to say hi? Feel free to reach out.
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