S’pore’s health start-ups harness digital tech amid mixed growth post-Covid-19

Healthcare start-ups use digital tools and emerging technologies to create alternative and more efficient ways to deliver care to patients. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PEXELS
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SINGAPORE – Health start-ups in Singapore are tapping emerging digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to drive expansion even as the sector faces mixed growth post-pandemic.

Mr Dejan Dukaric, chief technical officer of Singapore-based telehealth start-up Doctor Anywhere, noted that the pandemic accelerated the adoption of telemedicine and related digital technologies by at least five years.

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