What to Expect
Direct Access to Hospital Stakeholders
Engage directly with IHH clinical, operational, and business leaders.
Mentorship from Industry Experts
Receive guidance from experienced healthcare leaders and subject-matter experts from IHH's leadership community and Plug and Play’s global network.
Regulatory & Integration Readiness
Get support across regulatory considerations, healthcare data requirements, and enterprise integration.
Clear Pathway from Pilot to Scale
Move from pilot to partnership and scaling opportunities across IHH markets.
Meet Our Mentors
Mr Lee Keng Leong
Director, Operations,
Ministry of Health Transformation
Ms Elizabeth Han
Group Head of Innovation & Transformation,
IHH Healthcare
Mr Quek Sin Kwok
Group Chief Business Technology Officer,
IHH Healthcare
Dr Koh Hau-Tek
Chief, Out-of-Hospital Services, IHH Singapore and Chief Executive Officer, Parkway Shenton,
IHH Healthcare Singapore
Mr Linus Tham
Group Chief Information Officer,
IHH Healthcare
Focus Areas
Always on Personalised Care
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Enable continuous personalised care beyond episodic clinical encounters, supporting prevention, early intervention and ongoing health management through connected technologies. Promote a closed-loop approach, from detection and prediction to intervention and learning and extend preventive health and wellness services to corporate partners and the wider community.
Potential areas include:
Wearables, Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), AI health coaches, digital twins, longitudinal health platforms, scalable healthspan / wellness screening, AI and instant triaging solutions, biological-age & epigenetic aging-clock assessments, high-throughput gut microbiome & metabolic profiling
Integrated and Coordinated Care
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Connect specialists, disciplines, facilities and care settings to enable coordinated multidisciplinary care, seamless transitions and continuity throughout the patient journey, supported by interoperable patient data
Potential areas include:
Care coordination, new in and out of hospital care models, multidisciplinary care collaboration, interoperable health information exchange, care transition management, home care, referral platforms, interoperability, rehabilitative care
Precision Medicine and Cancer Care
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Improve outcomes through earlier detection, more accurate diagnosis, personalised treatment planning and continuous monitoring. Encompasses precision medicine and cancer care while extending individualised approaches to other disease areas.
Potential areas include:
Oncology AI, liquid biopsy, genomics, pathology, radiology, treatment-planning software, remote monitoring, survivorship platforms, biomarker technologies, AI-assisted genetic interpretation, Coordinated theragnostic service model
Transforming Patient Journeys
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Simplify how patients access, navigate and manage care, while helping care teams communicate and support patients throughout the healthcare journey (including insurance, billing and payments). Create a more convenient, connected and seamless experience across all disease areas.
Potential areas include:
Patient engagement, Omnichannel messaging, Digital front door, Payments, Insurance integration, Cross-border care, Appointment and care navigation, Medical tourism, Patient education, In-ward Meal Ordering, Patient Treatment Journey Tracking, Health Screen Package Advisory
Empowering Healthcare Workforce
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Solutions that reduce administrative burden, streamline clinical and operational workflows, optimise staffing and capacity, and help healthcare teams deliver safer, higher-quality care. They also support better decision-making, staff engagement and workforce wellbeing.
Potential areas include:
Ambient clinical intelligence, AI Workforce planning and scheduling, Hospital capacity and patient-flow optimization, Operational and Clinical Analytics and Improvement, Clinical Coding and Revenue Cycle Automation, Staff Engagement and Wellbeing, Medical Device Lifecycle and Recall Management, Automated Job Dispatching, Smart cleaning operations, Data access request automation
Program Benefits
Clinical Validation & Healthcare Provider Access
Work directly with IHH clinicians and operational leaders to validate your solution in live healthcare environments.
Pilot & Proof-of-Concept Pathways
Structured support to design, launch, and measure pilots within hospital systems.
Access to Commercialisation Pathway
Access to IHH internal leaders and Plug and Play’s global network of advisors.
Enterprise Integration & Compliance Readiness
Guidance across interoperability, data privacy, cybersecurity, and healthcare regulatory alignment.
Demo Day Exposure
Pitch to decision-makers at an in-person Demo Day in Hong Kong, with pathways to adoption and partnerships.
Global Ecosystem & Scaling Opportunities
Expand beyond Hong Kong & Shanghai, with long-term access to Plug and Play’s corporate and investor network.
Program Timeline
What It Takes to Work with IHH North Asia
Commercial Direction
Evidence of traction beyond ideation, such as early revenue, pilots, LOIs, or a clear enterprise monetisation pathway.
Healthcare Provider-Ready Product
Solutions designed for real hospital settings, with a credible roadmap toward enterprise-grade deployment.
Data, Security & Compliance Readiness
Awareness of healthcare data, interoperability, and security requirements, with the ability to meet required compliance standards.
Healthcare Context Awareness
Prior healthcare experience is helpful but not mandatory; a clear understanding of hospital workflows and decision-making is essential.
POC Execution Capability
Ability to define, deploy, and iterate a proof-of-concept within weeks to a few months.
Hong Kong and/or Shanghai Market Readiness
