Hospital & Healthcare

ASEAN healthcare leaders call for shift from technology pilots to everyday care

Opening-day discussions at Medical Fair Asia, Medical Manufacturing Asia and RehaCare Asia highlight the implementation gap behind the region’s confidence in future readiness....

Germfree integrates Smarthood with Wolters Kluwer Simplifi+ to automate IV compounding workflows

The certified integration combines sterile compounding hardware, gravimetric and volumetric workflows, and preparation-level video traceability to support safer and more efficient hospital pharmacy operations....

Indian healthcare shifts AI from pilots to practice as workflow adoption accelerates

A Bain & Company and HealthQuad report finds operational AI use cases are scaling first in India, while limited EMR penetration, regulatory clarity and workflow integration continue to constrain wider clinical adoption....

Sustainability is becoming an operational priority for APAC healthcare: Jane Crowe, Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health’s Asia Pacific Vice President Jane Crowe discusses how circular healthcare, smarter procurement, resilient supply chains and sustainable product design can help hospitals reduce waste and costs without compromising patient safety....

Taiwan to showcase next-generation smart health technologies for ASEAN at Medical Fair Asia 2026

The Taiwan Excellence Pavilion will feature 16 Taiwanese companies across smart hospital, diagnostics and home-care technologies, highlighting the convergence of ICT and biomedical innovation....

Authenticx expands AI platform to automate pharmacovigilance safety workflows

The expanded system detects potential adverse events in patient conversations, pre-populates safety forms and routes cases into manufacturers’ existing pharmacovigilance systems for human review....

Nokia and BeeHealthy introduce network-based patient verification for digital healthcare

The integration replaces SMS one-time passwords with mobile network-based identity verification to simplify and secure access to digital healthcare services....

Tucker Medical installs GE HealthCare MRI system to strengthen personalised preventive care in Singapore

The Singapore clinic has installed a SIGNA 1.5T MRI platform and entered an MoU with GE HealthCare covering clinical education, knowledge exchange and imaging development across Southeast Asia....

Siemens Healthineers pushes connected AI care pathways across Southeast Asia

The company is highlighting AI, data and integrated clinical pathways as ASEAN healthcare systems confront workforce shortages, rising demand and increasingly complex patient needs....

ASEAN healthcare leaders flag AI, workforce and ageing pressures despite high readiness confidence

The inaugural ASEAN Care Readiness Index finds 94% of healthcare and MedTech leaders feel prepared for the next three to five years, yet 98% expect significant pressures to test that readiness....