29-Jul-15 Raffles Medical Group, a major Singaporean private healthcare provider, has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. By joining the network, Raffles Medical's health specialists can seek advice from Mayo Clinic's physicians in the network on treatments and disease management. Physicians and specialists in the network can also share their expertise via online conferences to discuss medical issues. [image: Mayo Clinic Care Network]

27-Jul-15 Increasing numbers of Shanghai’s more experienced doctors and dentists are leaving the city’s public hospitals to set up private group practices. One dentist who recently set up a private practice calls the current public hospital system unsustainable. He describes "a noisy and crowded environment, low income, excessive workloads, bad patient-doctor relationships and a ridiculous evaluation system.” [image: Shanghai Daily]

23-Jul-15 Korea's Ministry of Health & Welfare compared the Korean National Health Accounts and Total Health Expenditure data for 2014 to the OECD’s Health Data and announced that the Korean government’s public financial resources accounted for 55% of the country’s national health expenditures. Conversely, the average of the 34 OECD member countries was as high as 72%. [image: Business Korea]

23-Jul-15 The ‘Hospital At Home’ program has recently become more popular in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, thanks to the participation of four public hospitals. The public infirmaries now also offer the service to provide care and brief diagnoses at home for elderly patients and those who have difficulty walking. Each health check costs from VND150k (USD7) to VND500k (USD23). [image: Tuoi Tre News]

23-Jul-15 After years of provincial pilot programs, a nationwide funding safety net is to be put in place in China to help low-income residents who contract serious illnesses. Medical insurance covering expenses for critical illnesses is to be expanded to include the whole country before the end of this year to help financially challenged residents. [image: Chinese Embassy]