The health systems in Asia-Pacific experienced varying degrees of modern transformation over the past year. In a post-pandemic world, it has increasingly become clear that digitalization has become the norm, from global systems down to personal hospitals. Due to their unmistakable support for increasing physician efficiency and patient outcomes, AI and digital care models remained the craze in healthcare. How might modern health advancements take shape in the new year? Healthcare IT News surveyed APAC’s medical IT providers to get estimates for and objectives for health IT for 2025. Which medical systems trend in your nation will you see continue in 2025? What new trends can we anticipate for the upcoming season? Dr Tawan Chitchulanon, Director, Princ Hospital Suvarnabhumi, ThailandFollowing the global trend and support by the Thai Government, the trend of using AI in healthcare, telemedicine, and digital personal data will]increase ] in Thailand. In order to have continuity of care with higher rate and less problem, personal information will be more connected and transferred among facilities, people, third-party earners, and more. Meanwhile, government hospitals in Thailand have ]started installing ] telemedicine kiosks to]provide more ] healthcare coverage. A HIS that can be connected to most Artificial technology has been created by The Princ Healthcare Group. For instance, we are considering using AI to assist physicians in obstetrics, such as the forecast of ocular diseases, as well as neuroscience and radiology. Northern Queensland Primary Health Network ( NQPHN), Australia’s Operations Director, Janine Cox, hopes to see improved video telehealth utilization in residential aged care facilities. 39 Visionflex wagons with USB products on the ground in our area are currently in use to provide more cost-effective digital care options. We are also seeing more common practices using GoShare technology for digital literacy, patient education, and registration into continuous quality improvement initiatives. These include the Inca shared wellness record and attention planning device that connects patients and their care group. Higher usage of our Main Feel device is expected to be used for individual medication alerts, patients at risk of hospitalisation, and those with missing care interventions, for example, where immunisations are expected or for healthcare reviews. In addition, it’s likely that the number of dynamic and interactive population health dashboards for general practices that are members of NQPHN’s data program will increase. This program enables practices to collaborate with patient groups to provide recalls for health assessments. Primary Sense is already being used in practice as an extraction tool to export data into reports. NQPHN is collaborating with other Queensland Public Health and Queensland Health to develop data linkage between different healthcare levels. To identify any gaps or barriers that may result from the data collected in healthcare settings and to follow a patient through their entire care journey. Based on recent changes to health legislation ( sharing by default ), we anticipate the most recent updates to the MyHealth app for consumers. The use of the app will become more popular with consumers and healthcare providers as a result of easier access to electronic prescriptions, which will increase the use of the app. A new consumer campaign spearheaded by the Department of Health and Aged Care will encourage more customers and providers to use it. Where there is insufficient system integration, it seems like there are emerging health information exchanges ( HIE ). We look forward to tracking the progress made across the country and figuring out how primary care fits into this information sharing model. Ling Su Yuen, Chief Architect, Synapxe, SingaporeAI and large language models ( LLM) have dominated the tech innovation conversation, particularly in healthcare, and they will remain big trends for 2025. However, I’m particularly excited about the untapped potential of the Internet of Things ( IoT ) in reshaping healthcare. Certainly, IoT has been around for some time but it is an evolving field, and its potential in healthcare is vast in areas like real-time monitoring, asset tracking, and supply chain optimisation. Healthcare uses medical devices extensively, these need to be tracked and managed effectively. Imagine the potential for life-saving outcomes from integrating medical systems with predictive analytics to improve pandemic preparedness by monitoring early indicators from various community health activities, including logistics networks and medical facilities. Looking ahead, another area that we expect to focus more on is empowering tech-savvy users, such as public healthcare clinicians, to develop custom applications that improve their own productivity. By adopting a more formal approach with “guardrails” that will enable them to participate in digital transformation while ensuring organizational compliance and cybersecurity, we can do that. This gives clinicians more room to think creatively and effectively address operational issues. The advancement toward frictionless cloud migration is another development that should be anticipated. Simplifying the transition of legacy systems to cloud environments will be a critical focus, enabling greater agility, scalability, and accessibility in healthcare operations. In addition, we have also been exploring the emerging field of quantum computing, particularly its implications for cryptography. We would need to prepare for the obsolescence of some cryptographic methods to ensure that we stay ahead of technological evolution because quantum resilience is a future-critical capability. Dr. Katharine See, Chief Health Outcomes Officer and Director of Respiratory Medicine, Northern Health, Australia These tools will increase treatment efficacy and patient outcomes while reducing clinician workload. They were initially focused on automation and process improvements. Our goal at Northern Health is to use AI to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care by tailoring and personalising treatments and reducing the administrative burden on our clinicians, enabling them to focus more on patient care as we move toward 2025. Implementing AI for imaging and pathology interpretation, starting with a pilot project at a cardiac point-of-care ultrasound, utilizing AI scribes to simplify documentation, and integrating AI-powered clinician assistants for real-time patient data summaries to generate actionable insights. We think that the adoption of these AI tools will enable us to deliver the health outcomes that our patients and the community value most. Dr Yuichi Tamura, CEO, CardioIntelligence, Japan In 2025, I expect the continued evolution of AI-assisted diagnostics and remote health monitoring solutions aimed at supporting Japan’s ageing population and enhancing chronic disease management as a copilot for healthcare providers. Rustom Lawyer, Augnito, IndiaI think some of the new trends to expect would be: Voice-based and ambient AI: Beyond conventional speech recognition, ambient AI technologies will emerge to document clinical encounters automatically. While the AI gathers and organizes data in the background, minimizing administrative costs and errors, clinicians can concentrate on the patient while minimizing administrative strains and errors. Insurance-funded models and integrated platforms: As India shifts from out-of-pocket spending toward a more insurance-funded model ( supported by a proposed increase in healthcare budget allocation from 1 % to 2.5 % of GDP by 2025 ), digital platforms will begin the process of unifying medical records, insurance claims, and reimbursements in a seamless ecosystem. Highly targeted interventions will be enabled by personalized, preventive care, including personalized treatment plans based on a patient’s genomic and clinical data, from proactive screenings for early disease detection to personalised treatment plans. Collaborative AI ecosystems: We will see more public-private partnerships ( e. g., government initiatives combined with startup innovation ). The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission in India exemplifies how collaborative efforts can establish standards for AI validation and research, thereby boosting healthcare efficiency and innovations at the highest level. As the demand for healthcare continues to grow in the communities of Australia and New Zealand, shortages of frontline clinical staff are accelerating a sustained effort to digitize clinical workflows, lessen the burden on frontline staff, increase patient access to care, and increase patient access to care. Digital patient pathway and digital medical record systems are becoming more popular. Through these tools, hospitals can obtain high-quality, clinically relevant data from patients throughout the duration of their stay in the hospital. _Responses have been condensed and updated for completeness and accuracy.