10-Aug-16 Medibank Health Solutions, the Australian health management and telehealth services arm of privatised health insurer Medibank Private, is set to be sold off. Likely interested buyers would be healthcare service provider Aspen Medical or another insurer such as Bupa. [image: Medibank]

10-Aug-16 South Korea bans doctor-patient virtual visits, and expects major demonstrations by doctors and activists when it comes up for a vote in the National Assembly. Medical professionals, including the 100,000 doctors in the KMA who successfully blocked telemedicine in 2014, are calling for "a slower, more collaborative plan of attack that establishes safety protocols." [image: Business Korea]

10-Aug-16 Government hospitals in Malaysia need 16,000 more beds, especially in the Klang Valley, to cater to the increasing number of patients. Malaysia now has a ratio of 1.85 hospital beds per 1,000 population, which does not reach the international standard ratio of 2.50. [image: Berita Daily]

09-Aug-16 The health division of Wolters Kluwer has launched the Zika Resource Portal, a single point of access to clinical knowledge and information to help healthcare professionals worldwide stay up-to-date on the rapidly spreading virus. [image: Topix]

05-Aug-16 New research shows one in four chronically ill Australians is skipping healthcare because of high costs. James Cook University said the situation was significantly worse in Australia than in Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. The study found that more than one-third of people with asthma, emphysema and COPD could not afford the treatment they needed. [image: ABC North Queensland / Nathalie Fernbach]