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Eye specialist works to overcome resistance to AI Myopia screening

Some parents are wary of AI's ability to provide a holistic assessment compared to physicians. 

Eye specialist works to overcome resistance to AI Myopia screening

Some parents are wary of AI's ability to provide a holistic assessment compared to physicians. 

Bertis’ proteomics breakthroughs drive US clinical market expansion

This Korean tech firm seeks to expand expertise on treating illnesses with high unmet medical needs.

Tech startups mend low-income nations’ healthcare cost pressures

Healthcare providers can use software and smartphones to reduce high costs for diagnosis.

Indonesia's journey towards electronic medical records

Only 13% of hospitals have optimally implemented electronic medical records in the country.

How Southeast Asian healthcare providers resolve cost pressures

Markets are experimenting with single-specialty care and ambulatory care centres.

Why Asian healthcare providers should focus on digital training for the workforce

A digital healthcare expert cited Singapore’s e-training for health workers as the best example.

What’s lagging in viral hepatitis prevention amongst pregnant women in Asia Pacific?

Lack of screening and medication hound elimination of disease amongst pregnant women.

How this ENT specialist invented extra protection against airborne diseases during scope procedures

The healthcare expert seeks to prevent aerosol and droplet contamination during surgical procedures.

Why Singapore’s Osteopore chooses to expand in South Africa

To mark the expansion, the firm sent the first shipment of cranial regenerative implants.

When is it time to purchase pricey medical equipment? Malaysian single-specialty hospital explains

It invested nearly RM15m to provide the most advanced medical diagnostics equipment for orthopaedic care.

Tan Tock Seng Hospital develops remedy for overwhelmed hospitals

Its surgical care program via ambulatory setting cuts hospital stays from six to one day.

Using offline and online channels to counter misperceptions of hepatitis B – a ‘silent disease’ – in Singapore

Gilead Sciences’ US$1m grant will help NFDD and other community-based organisations across Asia battle public apathy towards liver disease.

Remote hospital’s ‘smart’ move to weather storms and power outages

Koh Phangan Hospital saved millions of Thai baht in maintenance expenses after switching to a smart hospital.

Is Asia ready to put healthcare on the cloud? Here’s what an AWS executive has to say

Amazon Web Services Chief Medical Officer Rowland Illing says countries will move at different paces. 

Why procurement is the biggest hurdle in green hospital goals—and how to conquer it

Procurement is amongst the 10-goal GGHH framework for hospitals to achieve net-zero by 2050.

Malaysian eyecare clinic zooms into boutique centres to elevate services

OasisEye Specialists deployed AI screening machines to remote areas where doctors are scarce.

The Medical City seeks to recover crippling number of foreign patient entry

It cut the price for executive check-ups by 15% for travellers from Guam and the Pacific.