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Singapore eHealth Summit 2019

Mission-driven hospital embraces innovation successes and failures

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Bruce Leong, director of technology and strategy at Mount Alvernia Hospital in Singapore, talks about the ground-up approach to innovation and collaboration at his ever-evolving organization.

 

Digital health markets in SE Asia poised for growth

Simon Lin, VP of APAC HIMSS, talks about what's driving growth of digital health markets in Thailand and Indonesia, including investments from major healthcare players as well as an increasing demand for technology in the space.

 

How Japan is supporting digital transformation of healthcare

Dr. Yuuri Ueda, director of Health 2.0 in Japan, discusses a health tech innovation hub to support startups that was recently launched by the country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

 

A cultivational approach leads to HIT success

Taking a measured and 'start small' approach to healthcare IT usually results in greater adoption compared to a top-down, government approach, says Joe McDonald, director of Connected Health Cities in the UK.

 

Why prevention is better for population health, costs

Deo Dumaraos, CEO of Syncmed Informatics Corp, discusses how by fusing together health baselines with daily habits of patients, the niña health app is able to generate preventive programs that would help reduce health insurance utilization and costs.