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Chinese public hospitals embrace information technology

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14-Oct-16 A number of Chinese public hospitals have been testing and promoting electronic medical record systems in order to better serve patients. Many anticipate that, following healthcare reform, more and more public hospitals will move toward these “smart” medical services. [image: People's Daily Online]

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Webinar: Global Healthcare Online

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 Webinars

Watch the recording of the joint webinar with our partner IBT Online: Global Growth Markets CEO Pete Read and IBT's Client Services Director Susanna Hardy talk about global healthcare industry developments, the status of online channels in the healthcare sector and the importance of website localisation.

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China’s outbound medical tourism spurs global property investment

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11-Oct-16 Chinese tourists spent USD215 bn overseas in 2015 – including USD10 bn on medical tourism. Chinese are the world’s biggest spenders when travelling, and their splurging has extended towards health and wellness. The factors boosting medical tourism are propelling international property investment as many will be staying in their destination for a longer period of time or be recurring visitors. [image: Juwai]

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Macao 'to be' traditional Chinese medicine hub

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11-Oct-16 Macao in southern China - renowned as Asia's 'Las Vegas' - has tabled plans to become a hub to make traditional Chinese medicine more standardized and scientific, and to further develop it to enable it to be sold around the world. [image: Xinhua]

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How China's biggest search engine aims to fix a huge crisis in healthcare

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11-Oct-16 Baidu - China's biggest search engine - has introduced an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot to connect with patients and suggest diagnoses to doctors. The bot is designed to be the first port of call for a person feeling sick. A patient poses a health query to 'Melody', which responds with further questions, and compares responses with Baidu's database. [image: VCG / Getty Images]

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