02-Oct-14 Korean medical appliance manufacturers could be sandwiched between global leaders and their Japanese and Chinese counterparts. GE, Philips, and Siemens are expanding their business by aggressive investment and Japanese companies' technological strength is likely to be redoubled with assistance from the Japanese government. All this has created an entry barrier for Korean companies. [image: University of Bristol]

03-Sep-14 Hot on the tail of Alibaba's Taobao being accepted for payment in some hospitals in China, Tencent has addressed a major barrier to adoption by allowing patients to pay for hospital services in Guangdong with its WeChat system, and crucially, integrating with the government health insurance system which automatically picks up the eligible portion of the bill. [image: SCMP]

23-Sep-14 A new partnership between HelloMD in the US and Crosswave Management in China will provide people in China with access to the top 1% of US doctors. Patients can use smartphones and tablets for video consultations, or simply speak to a doctor by phone. But will they understand each other? [image: HelloMD]

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.

15-Sep-14 In Thailand, private hospitals have become a platform for change, attracting increasing numbers of foreign patients, with medical tourists from China becoming a major focus.