Heidi launches in UAE with 80,000 consultations already logged
Marking its entry into the GCC, Heidi's UAE launch is anchored by a strategic partnership with women's health clinic Nabta.
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Between innovation and precaution: what Indonesia’s emerging AI governance framework signals for Asia
Indonesia is beginning to ask the right questions about AI governance in healthcare. HealthTechAsia's Vishnu Narayan asks whether its approach could offer a model for the rest of ASEAN.
Direava develops surgical AI to help address Japan’s surgeon shortage
The company is training generative AI models using surgical video and clinical data to provide real-time assistance in the operating theatre.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Owkin launch AI platform for prostate cancer research and clinical support
Aila is built on Owkin's K Pro platform, described as an agentic system purpose-built for biology, and operates through a natural-language interface that allows physicians to query clinical datasets directly.
Ping An Good Doctor extends AI consultation service to 90 million users across group ecosystem
Users can access the service through existing insurance, banking and auto-related apps without downloading a separate application.
How Elggo’s clinical AI Is keeping the GCC’s young people safe
Elggo's co-founders tell HealthTechAsia why the Arab world doesn't need Western mental health AI retrofitted for the region, and what it took to build the alternative from scratch.
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.
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.