ST Engineering and Royal Philips have announced a strategic partnership to offer complementary digital health solutions aimed at improving bedside support and capacity management in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, starting in Singapore. This collaboration leverages Philips’ clinical command centre technology with ST Engineering’s operations command centre and AI-enabled applications to drive empirical outcomes and enhance digital transformation for healthcare providers.
The partnership was formalized at ST Engineering’s annual InnoTech Conference, where both companies highlighted their goal of addressing gaps in actionable data utilization and optimizing patient care access through real-time insights. Their combined solutions aim to enhance the efficiency of healthcare systems by integrating clinical and operational data, which is crucial in addressing workforce shortages and increasing demand in the region.
The collaboration seeks to reduce hospital lengths of stay by over 20% through improved situational awareness of patient journeys and unified data integration. This initiative aligns with findings from Philips' Future Health Index 2024 survey, which revealed that a significant majority of healthcare leaders in APAC face challenges with data integration, underscoring the need for innovative, interoperable solutions to provide timely, high-quality care.
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