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Stakeholder collaborations have enabled widespread technology integrations in the Korean health ecosystem, says Dr Kyung-Hwan Kim of Seoul National University Hospital.
The validations are part of the Hospital Authority's ongoing smart hospital transformation programme.
Monief Eid, eHealth consultant of the Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia, shares how the kingdom has made good progress in the digital transformation of its health sector, including the wide adoption of EMR.
The hospital group has recently demonstrated EMR and IT infrastructure maturity above the regional and global averages.
It consolidates existing data infrastructure across the sector into one common platform.
The cluster has recently launched an online portal supporting its community partners to deliver health programmes.
Also, the National University Centre for Oral Health Singapore is leveraging data and AI to improve dental care.
Health organisations must understand the needs of their staff and processes first before adding new technologies into the mix, says Harvard research associate Brian Spisak.
It recently digitised its registration and patient management systems.
Patients and their doctors can now access their digital health records from a single platform.