Healthcare

Singapore’s imaging boom

With the rise of chronic diseases and an increasing elderly population in Singapore, the island’s residents are shifting their medical spending...

Singapore’s imaging boom

With the rise of chronic diseases and an increasing elderly population in Singapore, the island’s residents are shifting their medical spending...

Healthcare for everyone: Indonesia’s next big goal

The government of the world’s third-biggest democracy takes on the formidable task of providing healthcare for every Indonesian. How do you solve a...

Trigger finger: hospitals reduce adverse events

You trust you’re in good hands when you are in a hospital for treatment. But what happens when hospitals turn out to be dangerous places due to...

Where are the Indonesians?

Is medical tourism now one of Singapore's weak spots?

New Zealand Ministry of Health’s chief upgrades system by learning from shortfalls

Chai Chuah is the Acting Director-General for Health and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health in New Zealand. In this interview, he shares with...

When privilege trumps privacy

Singapore’s chronic health patients may highly value their privacy, but many can live with the idea of strangers seeing their medical records if it...

Accreditation’s not just for show anymore

When Apollo Hospitals Group devised its strategy to deliver worldclass patient care, it knew for certain that securing the right accreditation was...

A bite of the China pie

Most people think the opportunities in healthcare are around ever growing private hospital groups. But one Singaporean company is showing there is...

Anesthesia Information Management System accelerates patient care

When patients step into one of the more cutting-edge clinics or hospitals in Singapore or Malaysia, many may notice a marked improvement in care...

Finding the right mix of public and private funding

Whether it’s public or private, or a mix of both, citizens still look to those at the helm of leadership to provide the best for their medical needs...

A different take on health care innovation

How CapsuleTech is reinventing our idea of medical solutions

Accreditation’s not just for show anymore

When Apollo Hospitals Group devised its strategy to deliver world class patient care, it knew for certain that securing the right accreditation was...

The rise of biologics in meeting clinical needs

The Asian pharmaceuticals industry is currently evolving under the influence of four innovation trends, according to Richard M. Johnson, President &...

Thailand ahead in med tourism

Thailand may not match as Singapore as athe destination of choice for complex treatments, but it is certainly welcoming many international patients...

What you need to know about Asia’s healthcare expenditure

Healthcare systems all over Asia are undergoing significant change. Just as the state of economic development across the region varies, the...

Raffles Medical looks to cash in on China’s healthcare boom

Raffles Medical Group is looking to bounce by breaking into China this year. The Singapore-based health care provider, which operates dozens of...

Innovation in rural Indonesia

With nearly half of the population living in peripheral regions, performing routine and emergency surgeries in rural Indonesia is becoming a...