18-Nov-16 China's adoption of innovative e-health could encourage the rest of the world to make the Internet an integral part of medical care. China's big hospitals have continually invested in upgrading their IT infrastructure. Combined with the surge in use of smartphones and big investments in innovation, e-health has a bright future in China, according to Liu Jiren, CEO of Neusoft. [image: China Daily]

07-Nov-16 Despite a decline in Chinese tourists visiting Taiwan, the medical tourism industry has enjoyed steady growth, thanks to visitors from Europe, North America, Hong Kong and Macau. The number of visitors and the output of the industry have been growing steadily. From 2008 to last year, 63 medical institutions saw the foreign patients increase from 68,000 to 300,000. [image: Medical Tourism Magazine]

18-Nov-16 2016 marked another major milestone in China, as health became an explicit national priority under the Healthy China 2030 plan. This is an exceptional recognition of the political power of health. But some formidable new threats have arrived. Population-wide increases in body weight warn of a wave of lifestyle-related diseases including heart disease, diabetes and diet-related cancers. [image: China Topix]

14-Nov-16 IHH Healthcare, the largest Malaysia-based hospital operator by market capitalization, has divested a 29.9% stake in its indirectly held unit PCH Holding to Chinese firm TK Healthcare Investment. IHH's subsidiary, Parkway Group Healthcare will still hold a 70.1% stake in PCH Holding. PCH, formerly known as Parkway China Holding, holds a chain of clinics and hospitals in China. [image: IHH Healthcare]

20-Oct-16 By 2020, over 800,000 Chinese are expected to head overseas for medical and healthcare treatments. While China’s super wealthy favour the US or Europe, China’s middle-class prefer more affordable options in Korea, Singapore or Thailand. Eight booming medical tourism destinations include the US, Japan, Germany, UK, Singapore, Thailand, Korea and India. [image: Juwai]