The firm aims to tap Singapore's tech and business talents to spur innovation in digital health. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Home-grown digital healthcare company WhiteCoat Holdings, which recently launched its services in Indonesia and Vietnam, opened its regional headquarters on Wednesday with an eye to further expansion in South-east Asia.
The company currently works with around 1,000 health and wellness providers comprising general practitioners, specialists, allied healthcare professionals and pharmacies, and has provided digital health services to over 1.5 million people in the region. Mr Koh said WhiteCoat aims to empower people in the region to take better care of their health, by providing healthcare at their fingertips through its app.
Speaking at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration, noted that WhiteCoat was among the pioneer firms under the Ministry of Health’s regulatory sandbox for telemedicine and mobile medicine.
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