25-Aug-15 Universitas Indonesia and GE Healthcare have announced a telemedicine program that will connect the country’s leading clinicians to some of its most deprived patients. The program will address a lack of tools at clinicians’ disposal to diagnose and treat pregnant women and infants, by equipping clinics with a rugged portable ultrasound system. [image: The Pulse]

24-Aug-15 Within two years of Vietnam's satellite hospital program, the rate of patients sent to central hospitals has declined sharply and several satellite hospitals are now performing advanced medical procedures. Khanh Hoa hospital’s director said heart patients in the province now have very little need to go to Ho Chi Minh City for treatment. [image: healthplus.vn]

18-Aug-15 The Philippines government has completed the construction and expansion of 68 health facilities in Central Luzon. 32 of the facilities are located in Bulacan; 15 in Pampanga; 2 each in Aurora, Tarlac, and Zambales; and 1 each in Bataan and Nueva Ecija. The program is intended to revitalize primary health care and upgrade hospitals to decongest end-referral hospitals. [image: Hospital Directory Asia]

21-Jul-15 In many emerging markets, data on healthcare is limited, but a growing number of entrepreneurs and public health activists are finding ways to fill the gaps. Digital health startups are contributing with online information portals, disease management apps and telemedicine services. Public health organizations are also working with big data, for example the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation (IHME) with its Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. [image: Shutterstock]

17-Aug-15 Kalusugang Pangkalahatan or Universal Health Care is the current thrust of the Aquino Administration, aimed to bridge the inequality gap and reduce barriers to health care, reduce social exclusion and work towards universal coverage of delivering health services to Filipinos. The strategy aims to improve health outcomes especially in 43 priority provinces. [image: GOVPH]