Asia Perspectives by Economist Impact

In this podcast episode, we will look at how ready the Asia Pacific region is for value-based healthcare and what role digital transformation and data can play in this. This concept was envisioned as a structure for rebuilding global healthcare systems with the goal of creating value for patients, but is it being addressed sufficiently in the Asia Pacific region?Speakers include: Dr Kyung Woo Park, president of the Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Centre in South KoreaDr Jean-Frederic Levesque, CEO of the New South Wales Agency for Clinical InnovationDr Snehal Patel, director and co-founder of MyDocModerated by Elizabeth Sukkar, senior research manager, global health, Policy and Insights, Economist ImpactFor more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: healthcareredefinedapac.com--Relevant content from Philips:Global Future Health Index report: bit.ly/FutureHealthIndexAU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Care in the Asia Pacific region is still widely hospital dependent, based on the premise of a one-place-serves-all model. In this podcast episode, we will explore what hospitals will look like in the future, and what it may mean for patients, providers and clinicians.Speakers include: Dr Zubin Daruwalla, Health Industries Leader at PwC SingaporeDr Harish Pillai, Chief Executive Officer at Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings in the PhilippinesDr Shez Partovi, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Royal PhilipsFor more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: healthcareredefinedapac.com--Relevant content from Philips:Global Future Health Index report: bit.ly/FutureHealthIndexAU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Gillian Parker speaks to Yeong Zee Kin, deputy commissioner of Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission and Rama Vedashree, chief executive officer of Data Security Council of India, about the challenges in data privacy and how governments and the private sector can work together in Asia Pacific. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last part of Threat Assessment 2022 podcast series, supported by WSO2, we speak with Chester Chua, Head of APAC Financial Services Policy at Google Cloud and Kerem Tomak, Global Chief Analytics officer from ING, to discuss what role data ownership plays in an open commercial environment.This episode is co-hosted by Michael Frank, manager, policy & insights, and Yuwen Xiong, analyst, policy & insights at Economist Impact.Visit impact.economist.com/projects/digital-competition-in-global-finance/ for more content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we will explore workforce shortages and to what extent staff have the necessary digital literacy skills to support the adoption of digital technologies in managing the growing demand for healthcare in the region. Digital technologies have the potential to relieve the strain on the workforce by streamlining services, increasing efficiency and strengthening primary healthcare.Speakers include: Kylie Woolcock, Chief Executive of the Australian Healthcare and Hospital AssociationKwang Cheak Tan, CEO of the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)Fabian Bigar, CEO, MyDigital, MalaysiaFor more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: healthcareredefinedapac.com--Relevant content from Philips:Global Future Health Index report: bit.ly/FutureHealthIndexAU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inaugural Digital Cities Index (DCI) 2022 considers four key pillars of digital connectivity, services, culture and sustainability in order to assess the extent and impact of digitisation in a selection of 30 global cities. In this episode, hosts Ritu Bhandari, manager, policy & insights, and Satvinderjit Kaur, senior analyst, policy & insights at Economist Impact take us on a tour around the world to learn from top-performing cities on the index.To see the full ranking, visit: economistimpact.com/digitalcities Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we will explore what virtual and remote care means in the Asia Pacific region and what challenges lie ahead if hospitals and healthcare systems are to enable this new model of care.Speakers include: Dr Louise Schaper, CEO of the Australasian Institute of Digital HealthDr Ben Widaja, President Director of Mandaya Hospital Group in Jakarta, IndonesiaMr Benedict Tan, Group Chief Digital Strategy Officer & Chief Data Officer for Singapore Health ServicesModerated by Rob Cook, Clinical Director, Health Policy, Policy and Insights, Economist ImpactFor more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: healthcareredefinedapac.com--Relevant content from Philips:Global Future Health Index report: https://www.philips.com.au/a-w/about/news/future-health-index/reports/2022/healthcare-hits-reset Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second of the three-part Threat Assessment 2022 podcast series, supported by WSO2, we speak with two experts in the banking space, Jimmy Ng, Group Chief Information Officer, and Head of Group Technology & Operations at DBS, and James Lloyd, Managing Director at Citi, and APAC Head of Spring by Citi., to discuss cultural change regarding digital transformation.This episode is co-hosted by Michael Frank, manager, policy & insights, and Yuwen Xiong, analyst, policy & insights at Economist Impact.Visit impact.economist.com/projects/digital-competition-in-global-finance/ for more content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we the explore the evolving use of data and its management in the Asia Pacific healthcare sector. What are the opportunities and barriers? And why are equity and security urgent issues if systems are to fully enable the better use of data.Speakers include:Professor Tim Shaw, Professor of Digital Health and Director of the Research in Implementation Science and eHealth Group (RISe) at the University of Sydney, AustraliaDr Boonchai Kijsanayotin, chair of the Asia eHealth Information Network, a collaboration created by the World Health Organization to help Asian countries with digital health developmentDr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General for Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, World Health OrganisationModerated by Elizabeth Sukkar, senior research manager, global health, Policy and Insights, Economist ImpactFor more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: https://healthcareredefinedapac.com--Relevant content from Philips:Global Future Health Index report: https://www.philips.com.au/a-w/about/news/future-health-index/reports/2022/healthcare-hits-reset Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we will explore the role of AI and predictive analytics, and how this innovation is resonating in the Asia Pacific region. What is the current state and what are the challenges now and into the future?Speakers include: Dr Kee Yuan Ngiam, group CTO and deputy chief medical information officer at the National University of Health Systems in SingaporeDr. Denis Bauer, bioinformatics team leader at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and associate professor at Macquarie University's Department of Biomedical ScienceDr Hananiel Widjaja, director and co-founder of Kortex Indonesia and previous chief executive officer at the National Hospital in SurabayaModerated by Rob Cook, clinical director, Health Policy and insights at Economist ImpactFor more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: https://healthcareredefinedapac.com--Relevant content from Philips:Global Future Health Index report: https://www.philips.com.au/a-w/about/news/future-health-index/reports/2022/healthcare-hits-reset Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.