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The Department of Disease Control and the National Science and Technology Development Agency will jointly promote R&D translation and government-wide collaboration to modernise public health monitoring.

A doctor-tech leader from India argues that genomic data infrastructure, resistance forecasting and sovereign AI discovery tools will be critical to future regional pandemic response.

A proposed joint research centre aims to introduce and promote the uptake of elderly care technologies with particular focus on Cantonese-speaking populations.

Also, the National Taiwan University Hospital has launched an electronic prescription system with community pharmacy dispensing.

National University Hospital CMIO Dr Ling Zheng Jye outlines the changes necessary for the National University Health System to effectively use data to bring forth innovations in quality and patient safety.

The Samsung Medical Center-led network is looking to add more partners to promote their continuity of care model.

It has digitalised all patient-facing processes via an AI-powered business messaging and notification platform.

Also, KL International Hospital is working on smart hospital initiatives with Philips, including setting up a clinical command centre.

Professor Chan Kwon Jung, director of Smart Hospital and Biobank at Seoul St.Mary's Hospital, underscores the need for national support in implementing AI systems in hospitals.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare targets all 17 central hospitals in the regions to deploy AI-based systems for monitoring conditions, supporting diagnosis, and automating tasks.