21-Jan-15 The Jakarta Health Agency is to build a 30-storey cancer treatment hospital in West Jakarta, with doors expected to open in 2017. It will also choose three doctors and two nurses from each of 10 hospitals in Jakarta to receive palliative care training from Singaporean doctors. [image: Care Bright]

16-Jan-15 Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has strengthened efforts to improve healthcare services by working on key issues, including IT, medical equipment management and transparency. The Ministry said IT is key to improving healthcare services and simplifying admin, especially in provincial and district hospitals, which are trailing behind. [image: Vietnam News / Duong Ngoc]

15-Jan-15 Two recently released studies predict that Indonesia’s government will be unable to achieve universal health coverage by 2019 as planned. There is a huge gap in access to healthcare between different regions. A lack of hospitals in underdeveloped regions has prevented people accessing healthcare, leading to low claim rates. [image: Moynier Liana]

07-Jan-15 Flexible wearable embedded systems and connected devices are poised to advance Malaysia’s healthcare industry. The government has established a ‘Connected Healthcare Cluster’, to drive technology advancements in the application of Internet of Things for the healthcare arena. [image: Connected World]

22-Dec-14 Singapore-based mHealth startup RingMD will be rolling out a platform offering audio and video medical solutions in North America in Jan-15. It also plans to establish an innovation centre in South Carolina. [image: mobihealthnews]