26-Feb-16 Indian healthcare is growing at 17% and is expected to be worth USD280 bn by 2020. Even so, nearly one million people die every year due to inadequate facilities and almost 700 mn have no access to specialist care. The Government has planned a 'complete transformation' of the sector. It now needs to act on its plans and allocate more money. [image: Reuters]

25-Feb-16 Carestream Health has struck a deal with Alibaba Health Information Technologies to create an Internet-based medical-image sharing service in China. The system is to wed Carestream’s image sharing technology and Alibaba Health’s online platform. “This new service... facilitates patients’ accessibility to medical consultation by eliminating the need to travel to health care facilities" Alibaba Health vice president Ni Jianwen said. [image: Business Wire]

25-Feb-16 In Saudi Arabia, the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, SK Telecom and ezCaretech have been engaged in a hospital information system project worth approximately KRW70 bn since 2014 in a contract with six hospitals under the Saudi Arabian Ministry of National Guard. The transfer of the Samsung Medical Center’s genome-based precision medicine Avatar System is around the corner, too. [image: Business Korea]

25-Feb-16 Peking University Third Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Beijing Friendship Hospital have been ranked the top three in overall medical services in China's capital, according to a report released by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health & Family Planning. The report researched 105 hospitals in the city in terms of service capacity, efficiency, safety and specialization. [image: China.org.cn]

24-Feb-16 Siemens has released a new report based on research with healthcare providers across 13 countries including India, China, Poland, Russia and Turkey, which revealed four common pressures: demographic change; shifting patient expectations; requirement to reform; and the rising tide of healthcare technology. Digitalisation and smart financing have been recognised as the ultimate remedy for the increasing pressures on healthcare. [image: SFS]