Population and Public Health

The estate of Singapore's legendary banker Khoo Teck Puat recently gifted the cluster over $100 million to help accelerate AI integration and population health research.

Also, Mandaya Royal Hospital Puri becomes the first in Indonesia to introduce a robotic system for kidney stone removal from South Korea.

Beset by challenges on many fronts, small and rural health organizations are harnessing new technologies to improve care delivery and keep their doors open.

The Health Information Law will start requiring providers to share information, such as vaccinations, medications, and laboratory results, to the NEHR system from early 2027.

The private provider says the incident in July involved unauthorised access to an admin server, with no impact on clinical systems.

A study examines the mechanistic link between pregnancy with a Down syndrome fetus and an elevated risk of maternal cognitive decline. Eitan Okun, head of the Paul Feder Laboratory for Alzheimer's Disease Research at Bar-Ilan University, discusses.

Instead of buying digital innovations, Middle Eastern countries should focus on creating and scaling up their own products while developing local workforces, says Alvarez & Marshal's Mazin Gadir.

The region's healthcare leaders outline the key digital health and AI trends they expect will shape clinical care, data use, and innovation in the new year.

Marissa Fayer, DeepLook Medical CEO, says that true patient empowerment depends less on new technology and more on increased availability and affordability as well as culturally sensitive practices that respect patients' needs.

Anna Basevich, SVP at Arcadia, says the new Investments in workforce and integrated technologies can help strengthen and expand care in rural areas.