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Is Italy among the top healthcare destinations?

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23-Nov-17 Italy has 1,400 hospitals, sees 700,000 foreign patients each year, and is working to improve its global image with the creation of ItalyCares - a network that gathers together the best Italian healthcare providers. [image: Destination Health]

Using tech tools to replace real patients in Singapore's medical schools

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22-Nov-17 Medical students in Singapore will soon be able to see a patient's abdomen through simulated X-ray, using an augmented reality program called MediSIM that will enable them to see and feel the insides of an abdominal manikin. [image: Gavin Foo]

Indonesia’s prize health insurance system mired in debt

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20-Nov-17 In January 2015, the Indonesian government launched an ambitious comprehensive health insurance system designed to make basic care available universally by 2019. Today the scheme faces nearly insurmountable financing and unpaid contribution related debts. [image: Asia Sentinel]

Medical tourism – the Philippines' claim to fame

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20-Nov-17 The Philippines has been ranked the eighth best medical tourism destinations in the world, according to the International Healthcare Research Center and the Medical Tourism Association, a global non-profit association for medical tourism. [image: Philippine Tourism]

Medical tourism healthy in Malaysia, but less growth seen in Singapore

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19-Nov-17 Singapore's reputation as a high-end destination for medical tourists is under threat from Malaysia, where the quality of care is rising and costs are falling. But Singapore is making efforts to regain its status. [image: The Straits Times]

Is Italy among the top healthcare destinations?

Using tech tools to replace real patients in Singapore's medical schools

Indonesia’s prize health insurance system mired in debt

Medical tourism – the Philippines' claim to fame

Medical tourism healthy in Malaysia, but less growth seen in Singapore

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