24-Apr-15 The Macanese government will look into starting an electronic patient record system in 2016, Carlos Leong Kei Hong, who heads the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Organisation and IT Department, said. The bureau has also been in talks with local hospitals to come up with a unified format for the records. [image: Macau News]

21-Apr-15 Amcare Women's and Children's Hospital has become the first foreign-invested medical services institution in China to set up a general hospital, amid growing opportunities in the private hospital business. [image: Caixin Online]

20-Apr-15 A health project in Shanghai in which patients receive medical advice over the internet from regional specialists could hold the key to relieving an imbalance in the mainland's health system that sees big hospitals crowded with patients. [image: South China Morning Post]

17-Apr-15 Innovation will become increasingly necessary for Chinese medical technology companies in the next five years, according to a survey of medical technology company executives. China's med tech companies are trailing telecom and pharmaceutical firms when it comes to innovating. [image: China Daily Europe]

16-Apr-15 Moody's Investors Service says that continued strong growth in China's pharmaceutical sector will mainly benefit those pharmaceutical companies that can meet heightened industry standards and market practices under the ongoing medical reform. [image: Language Connections]