Healthcare Redefined: Recent Episodes
Economist Impact
Healthcare Redefined is a new podcast series from Economist Impact, commissioned by Philips. The digital transformation of health and healthcare systems in the Asia Pacific region will be explored with an imperative for actionable insights to build sustainable systems. Listen to the leaders, policymakers and executives who are anticipating this digital journey.
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 Singapore
- Dr Harish Pillai, Chief Executive Officer at Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings in the Philippines
- Dr Shez Partovi, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Royal Philips
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Relevant content from Philips:
Global Future Health Index report: bit.ly/FutureHealthIndexAU
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 Association
- Kwang Cheak Tan, CEO of the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)
- Fabian Bigar, CEO, MyDigital, Malaysia
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Relevant content from Philips:
Global Future Health Index report: bit.ly/FutureHealthIndexAU
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 Health
- Dr Ben Widaja, President Director of Mandaya Hospital Group in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Mr Benedict Tan, Group Chief Digital Strategy Officer & Chief Data Officer for Singapore Health Services
- Moderated by Rob Cook, Clinical Director, Health Policy, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
For more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: healthcareredefinedapac.com
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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
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, Australia
- Dr Boonchai Kijsanayotin, chair of the Asia eHealth Information Network, a collaboration created by the World Health Organization to help Asian countries with digital health development
- Dr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General for Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, World Health Organisation
- Moderated by Elizabeth Sukkar, senior research manager, global health, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
For more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: https://healthcareredefinedapac.com
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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
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 Singapore
- Dr. Denis Bauer, bioinformatics team leader at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and associate professor at Macquarie University's Department of Biomedical Science
- Dr Hananiel Widjaja, director and co-founder of Kortex Indonesia and previous chief executive officer at the National Hospital in Surabaya
- Moderated by Rob Cook, clinical director, Health Policy and insights at Economist Impact
For more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: https://healthcareredefinedapac.com
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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
In this first episode, we explore how two advanced healthcare systems in the Asia Pacific region, Australia and Singapore, are driving digital transformation to ensure patient centred care is at the heart of the healthcare services.
Speakers include:
- Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, the founding director of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation and director of the Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science at Macquarie University in Sydney
- Dr Loke Wai Chiong, head of integrated health promotion and clinical director of programmes, MOH Office of Healthcare Transformation, Singapore
- Ailing Sim Devadas, founding co- chair of the SingHealth Patient Advocacy Network, a patient group in Singapore
- Moderated by Elizabeth Sukkar, senior research manager, global health, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact
For more Healthcare Redefined content, please visit: https://healthcareredefinedapac.com
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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