22-Jul-16 China must take steps to overhaul its healthcare sector as expenditures will be difficult to sustain in a slowing economy, says a World Bank report. The study found that expenditures would grow 9.4% annually from 2015 to 2020, while GDP is projected to grow at 6.5%, meaning health costs would rise from 5.6% to over 9% of GDP by 2035. [image: How Hwee Young / European Pressphoto Agency]

21-Jul-16 Australia's Dexus Property Group is making a move into the AUD172 bn (USD128 bn) healthcare sector, forging a partnership with Ramsay Health Care. The property giant has joined forces with the private healthcare provider to build a 128-bed private hospital in Sydney’s St Leonards that will help consolidate the precinct as the country’s primary medical hub. [image: Richard Polden]

21-Jul-16 Singapore's biggest healthcare provider Raffles Medical Group will spend SGD1 bn (USD737 mn) over the next three years to set up hospitals and clinics in Asia, group chairman and co-founder Loo Choon Yong said. About SGD600 mn will be used to spur growth outside Singapore, particularly in China, where an ageing population and reforms are expected to boost demand. [image: Raffles Medical Group/ST File]

20-Jul-16 The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and John Wiley and Sons Inc announced a publishing partnership for AAPM’s portfolio of journals in medical physics. With over 8,000 members globally, AAPM is one of the largest and most highly regarded professional organizations for researchers and scientists working in medical physics and related fields. [image: Wiley]

18-Jul-16 Health IT and eHealth are two of the most promising areas of Digital Health in the Asia-Pacific region, a Global Growth Markets survey has found. Countries that showed the strongest support include two of the largest, where current penetration levels are relatively low: China and Indonesia. EHR market growth in APAC is higher than the global average, and this faster growth is expected to continue.