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Bumrungrad International Hospital shocks the market with $15 telemedicine consultations

New and existing patients can use Bumrungrad Anywhere to access over 200 doctors at the touch of an app.

Bumrungrad International Hospital shocks the market with $15 telemedicine consultations

New and existing patients can use Bumrungrad Anywhere to access over 200 doctors at the touch of an app.

Is Thailand, the poster child for universal healthcare, ready for telemedicine?

Bangkok’s heavy traffic is one of the factors heaping pressure on healthcare providers to implement on-demand digital care.

Migrant workers gain access to universal healthcare in Thailand

An estimated 1.5 million undocumented migrants registered with the Ministry of Public Health in 2018.

Are Philippine hospitals ready for universal healthcare?

Labour and funding shortages are plaguing ill-prepared healthcare providers.

This is how tech startups are revolutionising Asian healthcare

A platform provides personalised in-depth consultations with just one click. Patients are always taught never to look up their symptoms online, lest...

Can the newly signed Universal Healthcare Bill save Philippines' dying ‘mom and pop' hospitals?

This will have repercussions with the private hospitals depending on early release of reimbursement claims or number of denials of payments.

This is how tech startups are revolutionising Asian healthcare

An app provides personalised in-depth consultations with just one click. Patients are always taught never to look up their symptoms online, lest they...

Singapore scientists further unravel ALS mystery in groundbreaking new work

It will drive future work to significantly slow down the disease.

The doctors are out: Labour shortage cripples Hong Kong's public hospitals

Insufficient doctors and medical professionals, inevitably long waiting times, and empty unused wards are only the tip of the iceberg for Hong Kong’s...

Governments rush to revamp regulations as costs rise

Asian countries are rolling out multi-pronged strategies to boost their healthcare sectors and keep attracting investments.

Malaysia's fledgeling elderly care pressured to cater to booming silver pool

Nursing homes are run mostly by charitable groups providing final stages of care to the elderlies.

Rapidly growing costs stunt Thailand's healthcare goals

Epidemiological changes, healthcare spending, and lack of integration persist.

Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center: The Philippine model in free dialysis treatment

See how a hospital is tackling the problem of unaffordable dialysis treatments.

Dr Watson vs Dr Google: Asia battles healthcare data asymmetry

People are googling symptoms more than consulting doctors.

Chart of the Week: Check out how ASEAN medical devices is facing a surplus bubble

Trade liberalisation is causing supply to skyrocket, analysts say.