Philips general manager of Health Systems, South East Asia, Johan Vooren highlights the company’s renewed commitment to Singapore with the recent opening of their APAC Center, while detailing the qualities that make the country as such an ideal testing ground for Philips’ new telehealth program. He further elaborates on the value of employing new healthcare models in tackling the region’s confluence of healthcare challenges and exclaims how such innovative solutions can take on multiple forms to impact markets of all shapes and sizes.
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"The level of diversity [in ASEAN] creates a distinct spectrum of how a health technology company like Philips can contribute, spanning from helping local governments develop their primary care systems to exploring telehealth as a alternative model for elderly care outside the hospitals."
