At the National University Hospital (Singapore), innovation is at the core of everything we do.
We are a smart hospital where AI, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, and digital solutions are woven seamlessly into clinical workflows and everyday operations — a place where cutting-edge technology meets clinical expertise, bold ideas find fertile ground, and breakthroughs are made for our patients and the wider world.
NUH now has 115 AI applications in use—from speech-to-text clinical documentation to cancer detection, to clinical decision support, and patient engagement through the NUHS app.
To date, 41% of our 9,000 staff have undergone training — not just in AI, but in combining AI with clinical and operational improvement. The results speak for themselves: nursing handovers have been cut from one hour to 10 minutes through voice-to-text tools and reduced documentation. Inpatient tests have dropped by 15% over two years, and AI-planned robotic surgery has halved operating time for knee replacements.
By 2030, NUH aims to be an organisation where technology is a democratised tool used by everyone. Healthcare has historically lagged behind other sectors in digital transformation — but at NUH, we are committed to closing this gap, not for technology's sake, but to improve care delivery, meet the demands of an ageing population, and prepare our workforce for the future.
Harnessing Digital Innovations to Enhance Patient Care
Artificial Intelligence (AI) An AI dashboard developed by NUH links colonoscopy and lab reports to help doctors remove polyps earlier and prevent colorectal cancer. Read more
Electronic Functionalities NUH partners with Lifescapes to bring revolutionary brain-computer interface therapy to Singapore, helping stroke patients regain movement through neuroplasticity. Read more
Patient Safety Technologies NUH doctors augment their clinical decision-making using three AI-assisted evidence tools, ClinicalKey Physician, ClinicalKey AI, and OpenEvidence. Read more
Robotics Use of AI-planned robotic surgery has resulted in a 50% reduction in surgery time for knee replacements in NUH. Read more
Telemedicine NUH pioneered mixed reality technology to provide real-time remote surgical guidance from Singapore to Ghana. Read more
Virtualisation NUH leads development of digital twin technology that creates dynamic 3D anatomical replicas to enhance surgical precision. Read more
KROI sits at the heart of NUH, inspiring our healthcare professionals to embrace innovation, leverage technology, and deliver exceptional care through three key focus areas: building innovation competencies (Ascend), creating an active innovation hub (Nexus), and scaling technologies (Forge).
Ascend represents our journey of growth, elevation and transformation. We conduct curated training programmes that empower our healthcare professionals with innovation mindset and AI competency.
Nexus represents the convergence of clinical expertise, technology, and innovative ideas. TheNUH Innovation Hub is a collaborative space designed to accelerate healthcare transformation through strategic partnerships and AI-driven solutions. This facility enables teams to transcend ideation and engage in practical experimentation, allowing for rapid iteration and real-world testing of innovative concepts before full-scale implementation.
Forge means to create, build, and develop a smarter, more connected healthcare ecosystem together. Through strategic industry-academia alliances, KROI catalyses collaboration between end-users, industry partners, and university researchers, fostering jointly-created, evidence-based, and transformative healthcare solutions.
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Innovating for Better Care, Together
At NUH, innovation also means transforming how care is delivered, measured, and experienced. Our programmes bring together clinical excellence, research, education, and system transformation to tackle complex healthcare challenges. Central to this is ensuring that patients' voices shape our work, which is why we are progressively implementing Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) to capture patients’ perspective on their health and recovery, measuring what truly matters to them — from symptom relief to quality of life. Learn more about ourPROMs.
In addition, our leading-edge programmes are focused, multidisciplinary effort designed to drive better clinical outcomes, enhance safety, elevate patient experience, and improve healthcare value in ways that are scalable and sustainable. Through collaboration across specialties, institutions, and community partners, our teams translate evidence and innovation into meaningful improvements in care — locally and globally. Learn more about NUH’s leading-edge programmes.
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