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Professor Sang Youl-Rhee of Kyung Hee University Medical Center has established a startup working on digital therapeutics for managing diabetes and other metabolic diseases.  

Over the years, Western Health, one of the largest health services in Victoria, has consolidated 25 different systems into one, says digital health division director Lily Liu.

It recently launched the Indian Genomic Dataset, which currently has 10,000 sequenced genomes from the local population.

The establishment of the cross-border data space follows the recent formation of a digital health alliance in the area.

Also, Singapore General Hospital is testing a mobile application for newborn jaundice screening.

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center in South Korea has been testing AI technology to detect dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions, shares president Dr Chi-heum Cho.  

HIMSS senior digital health advisor Widi Salim says the AMAM24 now helps hospitals shift their focus from data to actual analytics outcomes.

The hospital in Busan, which conducts 40,000 surgeries each year, has been developing various medical AI assistants through the government's Dr Answer project, says Dr Hoseok I, vice president and CIO at Pusan National University Hospital.

An AI-powered "mission control centre" will streamline access to all data across Seoul National University Bundang Hospital to support clinicians' decision-making, says CIO Dr Seyoung Jung.

After over two decades, Institut Jantung Negara has successfully implemented a hospital-wide EMR system, fully integrating technology-enabled patient care.