08-May-17 Puerto Rico plans to achieve a more efficient health system that reduces spending, by 2019. The new model is patient oriented and plans to achieve savings of USD900 mn over ten years. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

02-May-17 Latin American governments may prioritize cost-cutting, expansion coverage, or improving the quality of care over the next decade. While value-based healthcare is an increasingly important goal given persistent fiscal constraints, whether payers will implement this effectively remains in question. [image: Frontier Strategy Group]

01-May-17 Telehealth is beginning to be common in secondary care in Australia, particularly for outpatient and emergency care services in rural areas. However, the structure of the private and public healthcare systems still reduces eligibility for telehealth usage. [image: Asian Scientist Magazine]

28-Apr-17 The World Economic Forum plans pilot programs of a new healthcare model that would pay for treatment based on how well it works rather than volume of care. Signatories include Novartis, Takeda, Medtronic, Kaiser Permanente, Qualcomm's health-data unit, and health officials from the Netherlands and Britain. Regional pilots are planned for The Netherlands, Singapore and China. [image: Reuters]

25-Apr-17 US conservatives really only have one example of a free market healthcare paradise: Singapore. Singapore is the only truly universal health insurance system based on the idea that patients, not insurers, should bear the costs of routine care. What Singapore shows is that unusual fusions of conservative and liberal ideas in health care really are possible. [image: Roslan Rahman / AFP / Getty Images]