06-Apr-17 Korea's medical institutions expanded their businesses into 20 countries during 2016, according to a report by the Ministry of Health & Welfare. During 2016, Korean medical institutions continued their spread of the medicalss "Korean wave”, entering countries including China, the USA, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, and the UAE as well as many others, three more countries than in 2015. [image: Business Korea]

04-Apr-17 The American medical deep learning company Enlitic has agreed to cooperate with healthcare big data company Beijing Hao Yun Dao Information & Technology ("Paiyipai") to provide diagnostic imaging in Health Check centers across China. The partnership was agreed following a successful 10,000 chest x-ray trial of Enlitic's patient triage platform. [image: Enlitic]

29-Mar-17 Singapore's medical tourism market is seeing it's well-heeled customers looking elsewhere for healthcare of late. A range of Asian countries are offering increasingly competitive levels of quality at more competitive prices. To address this problem, companies such as Raffles Medical Group, Parkway Pantai, and PanAsia Surgery Group are now investing in medical facilities outside Singapore to remain competitive. [image: Alphonsus Chern]

03-Apr-17 HealthCare atHOME plans to use USD 40mn in private equity investment to capitalise on the home healthcare market in India that is forecasted to reach USD8.4 bn by 2020. The company currently has around 800 employees and plans to scale to 15,000 in three years as well as increase its geographic coverage in India. [image: Healthcare atHome]

30-Mar-17 Glaucoma patients at Tan Tock Seng Hospital can now get the job done at home with the help of a handheld device. The hospital has adopted use of the devices to improve both its diagnosis and tracking of patients' conditions. In 2016, TTSH saw about 6,000 outpatient visits for the condition, which is the main cause of blindness in Singapore. [image: Lau Fook Kong / ST]