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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]

20-Apr-17 The improving medical infrastructure across Asia has seen new destinations of choice emerge for tourists seeking treatments. Meanwhile, more hospitality players are entering into medical tourism to provide a holistic wellness experience. Asian resorts are seeing good therapy in linking up with hospitals to provide medical packages, enabling travellers to receive holistic treatments while on holidays. [image: TTG Asia]

18-Apr-17 At the ground-breaking ceremony for the 1,800-bed Woodlands Health Campus in Singapore, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said WHC will be "future ready" so it can meet the challenges of an ageing population while serving as an air-traffic control tower "from which the healthcare team monitors its patients whether they are in the hospital or at home". [image: gov.sg]

13-Apr-17 More than a decade after Singaporean hospitals started experimenting with the technology, a national platform for telemedicine has been launched, paving the way for restructured hospitals and other healthcare institutions as well as possibly general practitioners in the future, to offer consultations remotely. Under the initiative, patients can consult doctors on selected conditions from anywhere with an Internet connection. [image: Robin Choo]