Beyond the megacity: AI, governance, and the rise of intelligent peri-urban regions
AI could expand access to healthcare and reshape how societies are organised. But who governs the algorithm? Vishnu Narayan on the intelligent city.
Taiwan deploys AI agent networks across hospital systems in partnership with Foxconn and NVIDIA
The deployments are taking place under the government's Healthy Taiwan initiative, which has committed $1.5 billion to building a nationally governed, AI-native health system.
The HEMI way: for whom the pager tolls
From ward rounds in the NHS to a startup in KL: how Dr. Ezam Mat Ali is building AI to fix what he spent 16 years watching go wrong.
MedPlanner completes clinical AI ecosystem with launch of HEMI Health and AskHEMI
The two new solutions, HEMI Health, an AI medical scribe with medicolegal protection tools, and AskHEMI, a multilingual patient-facing health companion, join HEMI Teams.
Korea and Indonesia share AI-based healthcare models for medically underserved areas
Pilots targeting island and mountain communities are set to launch in the second half of 2025.
Middle East and South Asia nations champion AI governance and digital health at 79th World Health Assembly
Kuwait, Oman and India used the 79th World Health Assembly to advance calls for stronger AI governance, digital health infrastructure and international cooperation in healthcare.
South Korea opens public consultation on national AI ethics principles
The consultation is framed as a response to both rapid technological change and the recent enactment of Korea's Basic Act on Artificial Intelligence.
When healthcare becomes infrastructure: AI, digital identity, and the quiet risk of exclusion
HealthTechAsia's Vishnu Narayan asks whether governance keep pace as Global South digital health infrastructures deepen and dependence outpaces accountability.
SingHealth and Bhutan’s GCIT collaborate on responsible AI deployment in healthcare
At the centre of the collaboration is the co-development of an AI-assisted chest radiograph model trained on Bhutanese patient data.