OPH Health Founder Leona Tong Selected for 2026 Forbes China 100 Most Influential Chinese

Leona Tong, founder and CEO of Singapore-based digital healthcare company OPH Health, was selected for the 2026 Forbes China 100 Most Influential Chinese Selection, the company said in a FinancialContent Business Page announcement. The awards ceremony was held on October 29, 2026.

Leona Tong's Value Creator Recognition

Tong joins this year's honorees as a Value Creator, according to the announcement. The annual selection is now in its sixth year and recognizes individuals across technology, healthcare, business, investment and sports.

Tong founded OPH Health in Singapore in 2023 and leads an international team experienced in large-scale primary healthcare projects. Through collaboration with governments and healthcare organizations, she has led OPH's expansion into more than 10 countries and regions.

OPH integrates medical devices and clinical software to connect care across communities, clinics, hospitals and homes. Its work spans healthcare delivery infrastructure and medical AI, helping frontline providers access specialist resources and coordinate care. By combining health assessments, telemedicine and clinical software, OPH helps providers coordinate screening, referrals and chronic disease follow-up.

For public health systems, OPH provides integrated solutions for community screening, referrals between levels of care and regional health information sharing. For private healthcare groups, it integrates health assessments, telemedicine and chronic disease management into digital clinic and care management solutions.

Forbes China 100 and Forbes' Ranking Partnerships

Forbes operates more than 50 international licensed editions globally, including Forbes Asia, Forbes Europe, Forbes Africa, Forbes India, Forbes China, Forbes Japan and Forbes Korea, according to akta.pro company records. The same records list partnerships with market research firm Statista for annual rankings including Best Employers, Best Banks and Best-In-State lists, and with SHOOK Research for wealth advisor and CPA rankings.

Earlier Forbes Recognition This Month

Forbes named Help at Home to its 2026 Best Employers for Healthcare Professionals list, recognizing its caregiver-first culture, PR Newswire reported. Group 1 Automotive was named to Forbes' World's Top Companies for Women 2026, its first appearance on the list, according to PR Newswire. Turner Construction was named one of Forbes' America's Dream Employers for the third consecutive year and ranked No. 1 in construction on Forbes' Best Employers for Engineers list for the second straight year, EuropaWire reported.

OPH Health's Clinical Tools

OPH's primary care workstations bring together screening, outpatient care, chronic disease management and telemedicine while capturing clinical data. Capsule Clinic provides community-based health assessments and remote consultations, and when paired with Smart Pharmacy it also supports prescription medication pickup. Portable spirometers and companion software support lung function testing and follow-up.

VIOLA is used in Singapore's public polyclinics. Its vaccine cabinet and management software help nurses monitor temperatures, verify vaccine retrieval using computer vision, and track inventory and expiration dates. Frontline nursing teams contributed to its development and refinement, with project support from OPH Health.

OPH is progressively enhancing its distributed medical AI system linking medical devices, clinical software and large AI models. AI servers at clinics and hospitals are intended to run models locally to assist with clinical documentation, report interpretation and clinical decision-making, with clinicians reviewing AI outputs before inclusion in medical records. Model updates would require validation and approval before clinical use.