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.
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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.
Motorola and the quiet AI shift
Consumer devices are no longer just capturing health data, writes Vishnu Narayan, they're beginning to act on it. The governance question is catching up slowly.
Convenience without judgement: AI health advice and the systems it enters
AI is shifting how health judgement is exercised, not just expanding access. Vishnu Narayan asks whether people can actually interpret and act on what it tells them.
Converging principles, diverging systems: the real challenge of global AI governance
AI governance success may hinge less on how many frameworks exist and more on how effectively they interoperate in real-world practice, writes Vishnu Narayan.
The economics of Health AI: understanding where value truly lies
AI in healthcare doesn't simply cut costs, writes Vishnu Narayan: it reorganises them. Value depends on governance, incentive alignment, and system readiness, not technology alone.
Beyond access: why digital health requires critical engagement in the age of AI
HealthTechAsia’s Vishnu Narayan writes that digital health’s future depends less on tech itself, and more on the systems and capabilities built around it, bringing both challenge and opportunity.
Beyond principles: the next phase of AI governance in healthcare
Is AI in healthcare regulated for the world it is actually entering? Vishnu Narayan argues that global principles have converged — but governance must now catch up with deployment realities.
Digital infrastructure and the changing foundations of patient safety
Healthcare data is increasingly caught in geopolitical crossfire. HealthTechAsia's Vishnu Narayan on what that means for patient safety.