A new Siemens Healthineers report finds that delays before patients reach stroke centers remain a major barrier to timely treatment across Southeast Asia. The report, Strengthening Stroke System Readiness Across ASEAN, was released at Hospital Management Asia 2026 in Bangkok and draws on insights from seven experts across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It identifies transportation delays, slow reporting processes, limited government funding, weak inter-hospital coordination, reimbursement gaps, and workforce shortages as key obstacles. The experts highlight successful models such as Singapore's coordinated emergency services, Indonesia's hub-and-spoke system, Vietnam's public-private Stroke International Services, Thailand's Mobile Stroke Unit, and Malaysia's multidisciplinary teams. They also emphasize the potential of AI and tele-stroke technologies to improve diagnosis and coordination, and outline five priorities including strengthening referral pathways, reducing door-to-treatment times, investing in workforce, accelerating AI adoption, and improving public recognition of stroke warning signs.
Siemens Healthineers AGReport highlights stroke care gaps and AI/tele-stroke potential, boosting demand for Siemens Healthineers' imaging and AI solutions.
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