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]

12-Apr-17 Singaporean patients will soon be able to see their doctors from the comfort of their home, with the launch of a national video consultation platform. The cloud-based platform allows for video conferencing, file sharing and the display of medical reports or images during consultations. Six public institutions will launch the system, which is accessible via smartphone or computer. [image: Nadia Jansen Hassan / Channel News Asia]

10-Apr-17 DoctorOnCall debuts as Malaysia’s first online telehealth platform that connects patients with an extensive network of doctors and medical practitioners via audio or video call. DoctorOnCall.com.my has also become Malaysia’s first online prescription-based pharmacy, with average delivery times of 4-6 hours for areas within Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley, and 1-2 days for the rest of Malaysia. [image: Citizen Journalists Malaysia]

06-Apr-17 Natali, Israel's largest private healthcare provider, became a subsidiary of China's Sanpower group in 2014. Since then they have implemented their eHealth/TeleHealth technologies in the Chinese market, amassing 120,000 Israeli subscribers and over 4 mn in China. When asked about the Chinese healthcare market, Nimrod Altman, CEO of Natali Healthcare Group , noted "Barriers are collapsing". [image: PRNewsFoto / Natali Healthcare Group]