Internationalisation Series: Smart Business and Healthcare - Japan
About This Course
As a super-aged society, Japan holds many useful lessons for Singapore, as Singapore aspires to become a healthier Blue Zone 3.0 state. Japan has confronted many social issues, including a declining birth rate, a super-aged population (30% population above 65 years old), social inequality and social isolation, while experiencing a paradigm shift in its values, culture, and economy, including changes in lifestyles, increased employment of foreigners, and advancements in Information Technology (IT).
These challenges and opportunities led to the establishment of the Japanese Digital Agency in Sep 2021 to maximize use of digital technology through regulatory and administrative reforms in healthcare. Significant progress was made since 2022 in various digital health areas, such as expansion of remote medical care, increase in healthcare-related apps, and the utilisation of healthcare data and the metaverse to improve care quality and value.
What You'll Learn
• Understand how policy and regulatory reforms in Japan are driving digital transformation in healthcare
• Acquire insights into how digital therapeutics is improving care quality in Japan
• Appreciate the challenges and opportunities of universal health coverage
• Learn reinvention of caregiving through social robots in Japan
• Explore useful metaverse applications in healthcare and virtual hospitals
• Analyse if Japan’s retirement communities/mixed living community concept is adaptable in Singapore
Entry Requirements
Diploma and above