NUS-ISS and IMU University Launch Digital Leadership Programme for Healthcare AI
Source: PR Newswire APAC
NUS-ISS has partnered with Malaysia's IMU University to launch a Digital Leadership and Value Creation Programme for senior healthcare leaders, addressing the critical gap between AI investment and enterprise-wide transformation in healthcare.
Singapore's National University of Singapore Institute of Systems Science (NUS-ISS) has partnered with Malaysia's IMU University to launch a new Digital Leadership and Value Creation Programme aimed at senior healthcare leaders across Asia. The collaboration, announced at an executive forum in Kuala Lumpur, tackles the growing recognition that digital literacy is no longer just a technical skill but a core leadership capability.
The programme addresses a well-documented problem: despite heavy investments in AI diagnostics, predictive analytics, and digital health platforms, many healthcare organisations struggle to scale successful pilot projects into enterprise-wide transformation. The forum identified six specific priorities for moving beyond this impasse, including strengthening governance for AI adoption, building financially sustainable digital investment models, redesigning workforce capabilities for an AI-enabled future, and developing data-fluent leaders who can make evidence-based decisions at speed.
Professor Gerard George, Group Managing Director of IMU University, framed the challenge clearly: "AI is not just a technology shift. It is a leadership challenge. Value will not be determined by investment levels, but by how well organisations align leadership, governance, workforce readiness, and execution." Mr Khoong Chan Meng, CEO of NUS-ISS, added that technology alone does not transform healthcare — what matters is the ability of leaders to turn innovation into meaningful outcomes at scale.
Why it matters for Singapore: NUS-ISS has trained over 210,000 digital leaders and professionals since its founding in 1981, serving more than 9,400 corporate organisations. This partnership extends Singapore's expertise in digital leadership development into the ASEAN healthcare sector at a moment when regional health systems are accelerating AI adoption amid workforce shortages and rising costs. The collaboration also positions Singapore as a hub for healthcare AI governance training — an area where the city-state's existing regulatory frameworks and strong university system give it a natural advantage over regional peers.