01-Jun-17 Appointment ticket touts are prevalent in the Chinese medical system and are attracting attention as they drive up costs and reduce availability of appointments at the best hospitals. [image: Daily Mail]

01-Jun-17 The Australian Digital Health Agency wants to link up all systems to share health data. The organisation has set itself an ambitious five- to ten-year timeline to have digital interoperability across the healthcare system. [image: iTnews]

31-May-17 The Spa and Wellness Association of Cebu is hoping to promote Cebu as a medical, dental, and health tourism destination, with its 20 hotel spas contributing to the country's target of one million medical tourists for 2017. [image: IMTJ]

31-May-17 The Indian medical device industry is having to manage the complexities of low-priced Chinese imports flooding the market and issues of perceived quality from Indian providers in tenders for procurement of medical devices and electronics. [image: ET Healthworld]

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31-May-17 Revenues of Apollo Hospitals crossed the USD1 bn mark in 2016-17 jumping 17% year-on-year. Profit after tax, however, declined 7.2%. The company surpassed a milestone of 10,000 beds in the year. [image: ET Healthworld]