Healthcare
Drug makers face revenue cuts as healthcare spending drops
Drug makers face revenue cuts as healthcare spending drops
But private consumption will stay strong.
Thai universal healthcare policy under threat as more budget cuts loom
Reforms may not materialise, analysts warn.
Hong Kong's sickly public healthcare system reaches breaking point
Despite accounting for 90% of the city’s patients, public hospitals only employ 40% of the SAR’s doctors.
Raffles Medical links IncomeShield policyholders to over 200 private specialists
Policyholders can now book an appointment in NTUC Income’s website.
Singaporeans' stolen SingHealth data exposed to identity and tax fraud
The SingHealth cyberattack affected over 1.5 million Singaporeans, specifically 160,000 patients.
Air pollution in West Hong Kong is still in the red
Ozone (O3) levels have hit their highest point in the twenty years.
Rapidly growing costs stunt Thailand's healthcare goals
Epidemiological changes, healthcare spending, and lack of integration persist.
Hong Kong's labour crunch hits children's hospital launch
It will only get worse, lawmakers warn.
Singapore's Fullerton Health unveils fully digitised operations
It aims to be 100% on the cloud within 3 months.
Upgrading IT services top priority of healthcare leaders: survey
Better data leads to improved care, respondents say.
Chinese tourists flood Hong Kong for overpriced HPV vaccine
Supply is running out fast.
Taiwan's largest hospitals team up to target SE Asian markets
The union will focus on six countries.
China turns to “internet hospitals” as healthcare demand shoots up
Tech startups are the biggest winners.
Malaysian private hospitals' profits to surge as tax cuts roll in
Healthcare spending will jump by 12.4%.
Cambodia's universal healthcare programme crippled by lack of funds
The country cannot rely on foreign aid nor its national revenues to sustain the programme.
Hong Kong medical inflation to hit 8.4% in 2018
Diagnostics for cancer-related illnesses are pushing costs up.
Union Hospital-China bags two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2018
The hospital won the Facilities Improvement Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year