Building AI readiness for health in Southeast Asia
The concept of AI readiness–a framework for assessing how prepared governments are to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) ethically and responsibly in public services—has gained global recognition, with endorsement from intergovernmental organizations and forums.1 Multiple benchmarking tools now exist,2–4 converging on three pillars: strategic vision and governance capability, maturity of the national innovation ecosystem, and availability and quality of data and infrastructure.
Authors
- Kidong Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-5911)
- Clive Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-2068)
- Mengji Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3768-1394)
- Muhamad Noor Alfarizal Kamarudin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2505-1018)
- Anthony Li
- Vivek Jason Jayaraj
- Muhammad Taufeeq Wahab
- M Premikha
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (MY)
- Monash University Malaysia (MY)
- Asia Society (US)
- National University Health System (SG)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (PH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101762
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.65