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APAC healthcare benefit expenses may climb 7.8% in 2019: study
Vietnam, Malaysia and Philippines could witness over 10% increases.

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Medical inflation in Singapore to hit 10% in 2019
Healthcare
5 days ago
Cancer and cardiovascular issues are pushing the medical plan costs up.
Chinese pharma firms suffer as generic drug crackdown gathers pace
Healthcare
5 days ago
Only 58 drugs have been approved.
Japan's healthcare expenditure hits all-time high of $36b in 2017
Healthcare
5 days ago
This is due to demand for costly anti-cancer drugs.
Analysts alarmed over Indian hospitals' looming debt crisis
Healthcare
5 days ago
Liquidity is stretched due to rising capital costs.
Gulf states lure Chinese medical tourists with visa-free travel, other perks
Healthcare
5 days ago
Some hospitals even offer traditional Chinese medicine.
Malaysia beefs up health tourism budget in bid to attract more patients
Healthcare
5 days ago
It allocated $4.77m in 2019.
Singapore mulls biometrics identification system in hospitals and banks
Healthcare
5 days ago
National trials are slated in 2019.
Singapore's Ministry of Health sets fee benchmarks for surgical procedures
Healthcare
5 days ago
Professional fees range from $160 for a nasendoscopy to $25,000 for a heart and coronary artery bypass graft.
Singapore expands MediShield Life into three new areas
Healthcare
1 week ago
Eligible patients who feed intravenously can claim up to $1240 (S$1,700) monthly.
Taiwan hospital teams up with Indian healthcare group
Healthcare
2 weeks ago
They will collaborate on research and development centered on global health.

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Singapore's Thomson Medical Group spins off real estate business
5 days ago
It intends to become a pure healthcare platform.
Fullerton Health teams up with German software firm Software AG to transform healthcare industry
6 days ago
They eye to maximise the Internet of Things’ (IoT) potential to boost healthcare in APAC.
Bumrungrad International Hospital Implements InterSystems TrakCare with Early Benefits to Patient Satisfaction, Safety, and Efficiency
1 week ago
Eighteen-Month Digital Transformation Leads to Record High Patient Satisfaction Ratings in Several Departments at World Class, Multi-Specialty Private Hospital.
China's WeDoctor launches platform to integrate medical services in Greater Bay Area
2 weeks ago
It has also set up nine city service bases in the region.
Pharma firms win big as Singapore boosts public healthcare spending
2 weeks ago
Pharma spending could hit US$1.26b by 2022 amidst a boost in government spending.
Wanda Group forays into healthcare with new US hospital partnership
6 weeks ago
It will build international centres in top-tier cities.
Investment firm KKR Group launches Chinese hospital management arm
6 weeks ago
It also acquired a majority stake in HeTian Hospital Management.
Singapore's Thomson Medical divests hospitality unit for $2.47m
6 weeks ago
It was bought by property tycoon Gordon Tang.
Mobile-enabled InterSystems TrakCare supports better healthcare decision making
9 weeks ago
The new mobile user interface features an improved electronic medical record adoption.
Muscat Private Hospital- Oman bags two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2018
14 weeks ago
The hospital won the Patient Safety Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year.

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