Thailand

Universal healthcare still struggles to take off in Myanmar and the Philippines.

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services added two new hospitals in H1.

Over 100 delegates from more than 30 hospitals in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand learn how digital technologies are creating the future of care.

Private hospitals in South East Asia end their use of paper records, enabling transformational changes such as value-based care initiatives, although system interoperability remains a barrier.

About 1.4 million international patients received medical treatment in 2012.

This marks the 13th year of the regional conference.

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

About 1.4 million international patients received medical treatment in 2012.

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

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

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

He will discuss how Thai hospitals can gain an international edge.

He will discuss the impact of UHC policy and health technology assessment in Thailand.

He will talk about how Southeast Asia’s medical services can turn consumer-centric.

Adjusted payment terms hit its bottomline. Bangkok Chain Hospital reported a 25% drop in its net profit to US$D8.5m (THB268m) in Q4, dragged by lower revenue from social security office (SSO) patients. Revenue from SSO patients fell 15% year-on-year due to an absence of revenue from chronic cases after SSO adjusted payment terms, a report by Maybank Kim Eng revealed. BCH received only 22.5% of SSO’s budget in 4Q18, compared to 80% in 4Q17. BCH also faced higher costs from the opening of KH Ramkhamaeng, which just opened in October. “The market expects BCH to deliver stronger earnings in FY19 as its base of SSO customers has enlarged following a higher quota from SSO. KH Ram should turn also around this year while BCH’s IVF center at WMC is scheduled to open by July,” the report stated.

Earnings took a hit.