09-Jun-16 IHH Healthcare's wholly-owned subsidiary Parkway Pantai is developing a 450-bed multi-specialty tertiary hospital in Shanghai. Called ParkwayHealth Shanghai International Hospital, it is slated for opening in 2020. It will offer a range of specialties and healthcare services, with a focus on cardiology, cardiac surgery, gastroenterology, urology, minimally invasive surgery, general surgery and internal medicine. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

08-Jun-16 Foreign hospitals operators in China are afraid of the “red envelope” practice which makes it difficult to secure medical talent. However, this is not a problem for Raffles Medical Group. “Measures such as sending Singapore-based doctors to China or placing Singapore practitioners on medical leadership positions in its newly set-up hospital can ensure high RMG standards remain intact”. [image: Yahoo! / Raffles Hospital]

08-Jun-16 A new global survey of patients and doctors by Philips shows that emerging economies are poised to adopt new technology, led by UAE and China. Australia comes in 4th and the US 6th. At the bottom of the report is Japan, where strict regulation and a lack of oversight have made the healthcare system less efficient. [image: UIG / Getty Images]

06-Jun-16 Hospitals in China are to benefit from advanced new data analysis that will improve patient care, following an agreement between Telstra Health and the Shanghai Institute of Medical Quality. This will see the rollout of Telstra Health’s Quality Investigator program, which enables users to measure and analyse mortality, readmission and length of stay to help improve clinical quality and safety. [image: Telstra Health]

01-Jun-16 PingAn, a Chinese insurance and banking conglomerate, has launched "Mobile Medical Records" through its PingAn Health Cloud. PingAn Health Cloud is building a core capability in electronic medical record management, and is partnering with healthcare providers to establish a neutral, authoritative, and personalized health platform. [image: PR Newswire]