Healthcare professionals in Singapore are ahead in their use of digital medical records, but behind countries such as China and Saudi Arabia in tapping artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the accuracy of their diagnosis. Instead, more in Singapore are using AI to enhance the efficiencies of administrative tasks.
Some 37 percent of healthcare professionals in the city-state used AI to support administrative work such as staffing and patient scheduling, while a lower 28 percent turned to the technology for diagnosis, according to Royal Philips’ annual Future Health Index, which polled 200 healthcare professionals in Singapore. The global study covered 15 countries including Australia, China, France, Germany, India, and the UK, assessing responses from some 200 healthcare professionals in each market. In total, the survey was based on 3,044 respondents in healthcare including doctors, surgeons, nurses, and licensed practical nurses as well as 15,114 individuals that represented the general adult population.
In Singapore, 26 percent of healthcare professionals used AI to flag patient anomalies, while 25 percent used it to facilitate remote patient monitoring, the report revealed. They were, however, behind 45 percent of their peers in China who tapped AI to improve the accuracy of their diagnoses as well as 34 percent in Saudi Arabia who did likewise.