13-Jan-16 Electronics giant Philips and the Singapore Economic Development Board have agreed jointly to invest in digital health companies, especially in the area of population health management. The companies will be selected based on their ability to drive innovations in areas like telehealth and healthcare informatics. [image: AFP / Koen van Weel]

13-Jan-16 Public hospitals in Hong Kong will get an additional 5,000 beds and 90 operating theatres in the next 10 years as part of a HKD200 bn (USD26 bn) bundle of development projects to cope with a rapidly ageing population, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has said. [image: SCMP Pictures]

12-Jan-16 Samsung India and the Department of Health have signed an agreement to introduce the Samsung Smart Healthcare programme to Haryana. The initiative has been designed to provide government hospitals with state-of-the-art medical equipment with the aim of making affordable healthcare accessible to the large number of patients from Gurgaon and neighbouring localities, especially from the economically weaker sections. [image: Samsung]

11-Jan-16 Australian VC firm OneVentures has committed AUD3 mn to facilitate the expansion of dementia technology company Find-Me Technologies. Aged care assessment software developed by University of Queensland has been licenced to healthcare company Raisoft. And retirement village operator Living Choice has partnered with Tunstall Healthcare to provide residents more choice at a reduced cost. [image: Tunstall Healthcare]

11-Jan-16 As it embarks on a two-child policy, China said it aims to improve maternal and child healthcare and expects a new baby boom in the next few years amid slowing growth in the world's second largest economy. The government is urging universities and medical schools to train more midwives and pediatricians. [image: Gong Wave / China Daily]