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Northern Health has started digitising its various patient care programs through a single virtual platform.
Also, Canberra Antenatal Care has digitised its patient pathway for expectant parents.
Doing away with traditional manual coding has enabled Mount Alvernia Hospital's IT team to focus more on innovation rather than "reinventing the wheel," shares technology director Bruce Leong.
Its national research institute has built a chatbot based on Meta's LLM which can answer doctors' questions with up to 95% accuracy.
More deployments of cloud and AI technologies to enhance patient and clinician experience.
Also, WA Country Health Service is looking for a technology provider for its Virtual Care service.
The sector has strengths in cybersecurity and communications but lacks innovation, the Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council notes.
Despite the hype, this buzzing AI will still have to prove its worth for Asia's cautious hospitals, says one health tech vendor.
Specialty centres focused on cancer and brain disorders share flagship projects and initiatives in the pipeline to provide more personalised care to individual patients.
![[Left] Prashant Singh, CIO, Max Hospitals, and [Right] JP Dwivedi, CIO, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer](/sites/hitn/files/styles/230x130/public/2025-07/India_CIOs.jpg?itok=4sh-UPRA "Portrait photos of Prashant Singh, CIO, Max Hospitals, and JP Dwivedi, CIO, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer")
Hospital CIOs share their thoughts on what it takes to champion health IT this 2024.