23-Nov-16 Ctrip announced it has invested in IVF USA, a US-based IVF company. IVF USA has partnered with seven eminent reproductive health centers in the United States. The company has aided nearly 1,000 Chinese families in conceiving. Ctrip said that it has a good chance of venturing into medical tourism as it has 250 mn registered users. [image: IVF USA / China Travel News]

23-Nov-16 With over 2,600 beds, 2,300 doctors and 13 hospitals across several states in India, Max Healthcare is one of the leading healthcare service providers in the country. Max has selected IBM’s Mobile Client Care solution to transform and personalize its IT infrastructure into an intelligent, scalable and secure environment. [image: ET Healthworld]

23-Nov-16 9.5% of high-end Chinese travellers visiting the US in 2015 did so for medical tourism purposes, a survey of 623 travellers by media company i2i China has found. [image: i2i China]

22-Nov-16 Queensland health professionals concerned about people relying on questionable physical and mental health information they have dug up on the internet have banded together to kill off "Dr Google". As part of a project called Words for Wellbeing, hailed as an Australian-first, they will be prescribe books, websites and apps along with medicines. [image: ABC]

21-Nov-16 Construction of the AUD630 mn (USD471 mn) new Bendigo Hospital in Australia has been finished one month ahead of schedule. When it opens in 2017, it will have capacity for 372 inpatient beds, 72 same-day beds, 11 operating theatres, an integrated cancer centre, a new 25-bed maternity unit and an 80-bed mental health unit. [image: Bendigo Hospital Project]