While rapid economic growth across ASEAN Member States (AMS) has ushered new levels of wealth, opportunities and quality of life, it has also brought about challenges such as the soaring demand for high-quality health services and rising healthcare costs (Mistry et al., 2019, pp. 7-11). Digital health transformation has the potential to address these issues, and it can be cost-effective in delivering healthcare services even to marginalized areas.

The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed the sprint towards a technologically advanced health system (EU-ASEAN Business Council, 2022). Investment expansion in techenabled businesses is soaring, with telehealth and ondemand care (41%) and predictive analytics (43%) having the highest percentage of capital invested in Southeast Asia’s health technology (GPCA, 2021, pp.10-11).