Insights

20-Sep-17 KT Chairman Hwang Chang-kyu urges the use of big data to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, saying "telecommunication companies' assets such as connectivity and big-data have great force that can solve common problems such as infectious diseases." [image: Business Korea]

14-Jun-17 At Argentina's International Medical Tourism Congress, healthcare executives agreed they see an opportunity to develop the country's private health capacity for medical tourism, leveraging its extremely well outfitted and staffed private healthcare facilities. [image: IMTJ]

22-May-17 A study carried out in Latin American countries concluded that most efforts of the health system concentrate on the higher income population while neglecting the needs of the lower income classes, driven by the high cost of drugs. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

13-Jul-16 Latin America has become a hot spot for aesthetic procedures. American patients can save 20-80% of the total cost of aesthetic procedures in Latin America. Brazil occupies the top position. Colombia has witnessed a big hike in the number of plastic surgeries on foreigners, Mexico is also among the top five destinations, and Argentina welcomes around 14,000 foreign patients annually. [image: DPS]