Globally, priorities in healthcare are shifting towards modernised patient care by streamlining processes and task automation. Telehealth and telemedicine as we know it is becoming a common inclusion for both healthcare providers and insurance programmes with increased attention to the quality and outcomes of virtual care and the data driven clinical decision-making. As per Health Tech Alpha in 2022, more than 130 partnerships were closed globally between telemedicine Digital Health ventures and corporations, doubling the number of disclosed telemedicine partnerships in 2021. Being home to more than 3,300 Digital Health ventures, Asia Pacific (APAC) represented historically the second largest Digital Health ecosystem globally, with the two world’s most populous countries, namely China and India, accountable for approximately 50 per cent of those ventures. Against the backdrop of growing inequities in access to quality and affordable healthcare, especially for marginalised populations, the growing cost pressure on healthcare systems and global advancements in technologies, Digital Health businesses remain bullish to adapt to address health challenges on a local scale. While China has stuck to its ‘zero-COVID’ policy, advancements of Digital Health technologies in 2022 were more apparent in North-East Asia, South-East Asia, and South Asia as measured by partnerships, regulatory approvals and the amount of funding invested.
This story is from the December 2022 edition of BioSpectrum Asia.
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