When public health becomes predictive
Healthcare is shifting from treating illness to continuously inferring risk, raising urgent governance questions, writes HealthTechAsia's Vishnu Narayan.
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Malaysia opens public consultation on AI Governance Bill
The proposed Bill would introduce central institutional oversight, principle-based national baselines, and a risk-based approach to regulation.
China launches new intergovernmental AI body, WAICO, with 29 founding members
China has positioned WAICO as an extension of a broader push into global technology governance, following earlier initiatives including the Global AI Governance Initiative and the AI+ International Cooperation Initiative.
Carna Health and Kazakhstan sign MOU on early detection of CKM disease
Carna Health and the Ministry of Health will evaluate pilot initiatives using digital health, evidence-based clinical pathways and population health management to strengthen preventive care.
FPT launches MediSight, an AI framework for healthcare compliance and data insight
The framework combines autonomous AI agents, healthcare-specific applications and AI-assisted engineering tools intended to support clinical, operational and regulatory workflows across the healthcare sector.
Heidi scaling new heights in Asia with bottom-up adoption
AI Care Partner Heidi is scaling fast across Asia. GM Asia Keppell Smith outlines the company's strategy for the region.
Abu Dhabi signs 22 life sciences agreements, with AI running through genomics, drug discovery and biobanking
The delegation, spanning San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles, brought together more than 40 senior representatives from 16 Abu Dhabi government, healthcare, research and industry organisations.
“Technology should support clinical judgement, not replace it”: inside Siloam’s Hospital of the Future
In an exclusive interview, Siloam President Director David Utama discusses the hospital network's push to build its own AI foundation, and efforts to reverse Indonesia's medical tourism outflow.
The doctor Is still in the loop: Valeo Health on AI, data residency, and the future of Gulf preventive care
In an interview with HealthTechAsia, Sundeep Sahni, Co-Founder of Valeo Health, explains how the platform is scaling preventive care across the GCC.