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Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, which serves about a third of Taiwan's population, is leveraging AI and automation technologies in its centralised hospital system, says Dr Chien-Tzung Chen, superintendent.

Tainan Municipal Hospital also seeks to implement generative AI and telemedicine as part of its smart hospital transformation, shares deputy superintendent Dr Hsing-Hsien Wu.

Konyang University Hospital in Daejeon, South Korea, is increasingly developing and adopting AI technologies to drive patient-centric care, shares CIO Dr Yongsuk Kim.

After the pandemic, Indonesians are back to seeking consultations in person but SMC Telogorejo Hospital keeps it for a specific patient sector, shares president director Dr Alice Sutedjo Lisa.

Beyond smart hospitals, Taiwan also looks to enable healthcare at home, according to Andrea Hsu, a director general at the National Science and Technology Council.

HIMSS Digital Health Indicator 2023 top-ranking hospital is exploring the use of AI to analyse big data, aligning with the Health Data Taiwan initiative. China Medical University Hospital Superintendent Dr Der-Yang Cho discusses.

Konkuk University Hospital team leader Gitai Han shares how they are digitalising their processes in service of the elderly.

Ministry of Health Malaysia is currently seeking best practices to digitalise public health facilities and medical records, according to Digital Health Division director Dr Mahesh Appannan.

South Korea's largest hospital has recently proved its infrastructure maturity after getting validated for Stage 6 of the modernised HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model. IT strategy team lead Wongyu Yi discusses.

In recent years, Thai healthcare providers have emphasised mobile solutions to enhance the patient experience, notes Dr Korpong Rookkapan of Bumrungrad International Hospital.

The modernised version of the HIMSS AMAM was introduced during the recent HIMSS24 APAC conference in Seoul.

Dr Neale Fong, CEO of Bethesda Health Care and board chair of Western Australia Country Health Service, talks about implementing telemedicine across rural and regional communities.