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SingHealth group CEO Ng Wai Hoe sees three areas where AI will be particularly helpful, including helping physicians make better diagnostic decisions.
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Everywhere you go these days, the buzzword is artificial intelligence. Just days ago, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung announced that Singapore had revised its AI guidelines to enable more innovation that augments the healthcare workforce and accelerates the development of new drugs.
What does that mean for Singapore? I recently spent the best part of a morning with SingHealth group chief executive officer Ng Wai Hoe for answers to this, and other questions related to healthcare services around the nation.
