12 Oct 2021 (Tue) – Morning Programme | Day 1
Welcome Address by HealthTech X Chairperson | 9:00 - 9:10am
Mr. Chua Chee Yong, Director, Strategy, HITMAP, Alliance, Planning and Exploration,
Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) Pte Ltd
How can technology help improve the current and future health of our population? We hit the streets to
hear what people have to say.
Opening Address by Guest-of-Honour | 9:10 – 9:25am
Second Minister for Health,
Mr. Masagos Zulkifli
Key Learning Highlights: At the opening ceremony of HealthTech X, Minister Masagos shared the four
beyonds in the context of technology to advance population health: Beyond digitisation to digitalisation,
beyond connectivity to continuity of care, beyond one-way to two-way patient engagement and
empowerment, and beyond retrospective hindsight to predictive insights.
HealthTech Partners Appreciation | 9:25 – 9:30am
Key Learning Highlights: Over the past two years, over 150 partners have supported IHiS and the public
healthcare as they stepped up to deliver HealthTech solutions to combat and contain the COVID-19
spread. From tech-enabling the Community Care Facilities since 2020, to the rapid mobilisation of IT
support and rollout of our nationwide COVID-19 Vaccination Operations, our partners have gone above
and beyond in their support. A big thank you! Watch our partners appreciation video.
Keynote Address | 9:30 – 10:00am
Mr. Bruce Liang, Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) Pte Ltd
Key Learning Highlights: In his Keynote Address, Bruce shared the type of shifts needed to build a
future-ready healthcare system and improve population health where healthtech can help identify patient
risk factors and enable general practitioners to play a bigger role in the prevention of chronic diseases.
Keynote: Harnessing Digital Platforms for Population Health | 10:00 – 10:40am
Dr. John Halamka, M.D., M.S., President, Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic
Key Learning Highlights: Dr. Halamka shared about Mayo Clinic’s approach to population health
including gathering a variety of health-related data, building algorithms that are fit for purpose, and how
they support patients in receiving the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
He shared how it is crucial to:
- integrate with different providers
- coordinate care with the supply chain to patient’s home environment
- have the right regulatory support for reimbursement and data sharing
Dr. Halamka also shared this has to be supported by:
- a common technology platform
- data de-identification
- acknowledging and addressing externalities
Let’s C.H.A.T (Conversations on Health And Technology) Panel Session on ‘Tech for Population
Health’ | 10:40 – 11:40am
Key Learning Highlights: Esteemed panelists dissected the issues from multiple perspectives - the
administrator, clinicians and technologists, surrounding the future of population health, the possibilities,
potential roadblocks and vision for the future.
They also discussed how we can accelerate upstream processes to redesign preventive health strategies,
as well as nudge behaviours for our citizens to adopt healthier lifestyles and habits to achieve better health,
how can we achieve care transformation and overcome the obstacles for a more integrated and patientcentric care.
Mr. Chan Yeng Kit, Permanent Secretary (Health), MOH
Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan, Chief Health Scientist, MOH
Ms. Ngiam Siew Ying, Deputy Secretary (Policy), MOH, CEO-Designate, Integrated Health Information
Systems (IHiS) Pte Ltd
Dr. Tham Tat Yean, CEO & Family Physician, Frontier Healthcare Group, Fellow, MOH Office of Healthcare
Transformation, Senior Consultant, MOH Primary & Community Care division
Moderator: Mr. Ong Leong Seng, Chief Technology Officer, MOH
CFO Perspective of Population Health Costing | 11:40 – 12:10pm
Mr. Robert DeMichiei, Former EVP and CFO, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC), Board
Director and Strategic Advisor, Health Catalyst
Key Learning Highlights: Mr. Robert DeMichiei shared UPMC’s experience in managing cost of care with
activity based costing. The key takeaways for the session include:
- With structural changes and incentives in place for providers, it will take around 3 to 5 years to realise
ROIs for population health.
- Quality care with affordable pricing can be achieved when we have good understanding of the underlying
cost of care.
- Organisations should consider IT ROI measurements that are based on utilisation and not upfront
investment.
Contact Us
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