23-Sep-14 Public health targets in Thailand are being lowered and hospital subsidies frozen for the next fiscal year following a cut in the government healthcare budget. Officials said the funding gap would put a crunch on state-owned hospitals, but insisted patients would not be affected.

18-Sep-14 The provincial government of Sichuan is constructing 10 new hospitals with an integrated telemedicine system that aims to promote resource sharing between hospitals. This is part of an initiative from the central government announced in August, requiring local government to include telemedicine services in their planning and to provide capital support.

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28-Aug-14 India's Apollo Hospitals has launched an 'eAccess' remote monitoring system that allows one specialist to monitor 40 to 50 patients in its ICUs around the country from a central location, and help the onsite practitioners to take relevant actions in real time to prevent complications.

27-Aug-14 After piloting the first wholly foreign-owned hospital in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, China's Ministry of Commerce has announced that foreign investors will be allowed 100% ownership of hospitals in seven cities and provinces. Both greenfield and M&A investment will be permitted.