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The session at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital brought together leadership from Seoul National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University Hospital, and Jeonbuk National University Hospital.
JTS is pushing into digital healthcare with a strategic stake in AI-powered primary care platform ULTIMED, as it looks to extend its technology infrastructure expertise into the medical sector.
Southeast Asia forms a key part of the global rollout, with programmes launching first in the Philippines and extending to Indonesia later in 2026.
Vishnu Narayan, Contributing Policy Editor / Fellow (Non-Resident) at HealthTechAsia, writes that AI governance must begin with institutional introspection, not procurement.
Malaysia's Ministry of Health has deployed the Total Hospital Information System and extended a cloud-based clinic management system to more than 2,400 primary healthcare facilities nationwide.
While electronic health records integrated within Vietnam's VNeID national identity application have now been rolled out across all 34 provinces and cities, significant gaps remain in the data.
Vishnu Narayan, Contributing Policy Editor / Fellow (Non-Resident) at HealthTechAsia, argues that while AI can support clinical decision-making, human oversight and accountability must remain central to patient safety.
In an interview with HealthTechAsia, Dr. Amel Havkic, founder of EvoMed Consulting, discusses how his StarMap approach can foster responsible innovation in healthcare AI.
The agreement falls within the framework of Laos-China cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, with healthcare identified as the primary sector for initial AI deployment.
Vishnu Narayan
Matthew Brady
Vinmec Healthcare System