14-Jun-17 5G data services will transform the healthcare industry says an Ericsson study covering Germany, Japan, Korea, UK and US, noting three key impacts: increasingly decentralised healthcare, increasing availability and importance of data, and wearables and remote treatments becoming commonplace. [image: Ericsson]

14-Jun-17 14.4 mn kids in India are obese, the second highest after China with 15.3 mn. Egypt topped the list for adult obesity at about 35 percent. Lowest were Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1 percent. [image: ET Healthworld]

29-May-17 The US and Japan lead the world in telemedicine. However, China is likely to exceed them to its underserved population, need for access by the middle and lower-classes, and need for improvement to clinical workflows. [image: iData Research Inc]

28-Apr-17 The World Economic Forum plans pilot programs of a new healthcare model that would pay for treatment based on how well it works rather than volume of care. Signatories include Novartis, Takeda, Medtronic, Kaiser Permanente, Qualcomm's health-data unit, and health officials from the Netherlands and Britain. Regional pilots are planned for The Netherlands, Singapore and China. [image: Reuters]

25-Apr-17 US conservatives really only have one example of a free market healthcare paradise: Singapore. Singapore is the only truly universal health insurance system based on the idea that patients, not insurers, should bear the costs of routine care. What Singapore shows is that unusual fusions of conservative and liberal ideas in health care really are possible. [image: Roslan Rahman / AFP / Getty Images]