Primary care is the first point of entry for most patients into a health system. This makes primary care an important platform for preventive and promotive efforts, such as nutrition counseling, mothers groups, and outreach for school health. Primary care can also be an important coordination point to address social determinants of health, including clean…
Tuberculosis: The Good, The Bad, and The Unfinished
Tuberculosis has been with humans since time immemorial. We have been trying to get rid of tuberculosis since centuries. Have we done enough? Of course not, as tuberculosis is still a leading cause of death. What can be done to eliminate tuberculosis? This may be the wrong question to ask. We must ask ourselves, what have we done…
ACCESS Health Shares Research at Economist Event on Cancer
This post was authored by Sejal Mistry of ACCESS Health Singapore. Cancer is a leading killer in Southeast Asia. It is time for urgent action to reverse the growing tide of mortality in the region. As a consultant with ACCESS Health Singapore, I was invited to participate in an Economist Intelligence Unit event in Jakarta called…
ACCESS Health Wins Shanghai Services Federation Award
ACCESS Health China won the 2017 Special Contribution Award by Shanghai Services Federation in February 2018. This award is given to members of the Federation for their contributions to the development of the service industry in Shanghai. In 2017, ACCESS Health China launched a research unit, the Health Futures Innovation Platform, and the Innovator Alliance…
Continuous Quality Improvement in Maternal and Newborn Care in Sangareddy Hospital
Margaret Crotty, the Executive Director of the New York based nonprofit, Partnership for Children, and one of the newest members of the Board of Directors of ACCESS Health International, recently visited Sangareddy Hospital in Hyderabad, Telangana to view their maternal and newborn quality improvement programs. District Hospital Sangareddy Hospital was one of the first hospitals…
Health Futures Industry Networking Reception
ACCESS Health China held its first seasonal "Health Futures Industry Networking Reception" on January 16, 2018 in Beijing. The topic of the session was healthcare innovations and applications and their impact on healthcare system transformation from the perspective of both China and the United States. More than forty mentors and partners participated in the session.…
Innovations in Healthcare: Examples from India and beyond
ACCESS Health launched its latest book Every Second Counts with an hour long session at the Jaipur Literature Festival, titled “Innovations in Healthcare”. The book describes the story of the largest emergency response providers in the world, the Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI). EMRI launched in 2005 in a single state in India, Andhra…
Why Blockchain and Women Will Save Us
This post was guest authored by Shefali Srinivas, Vice President, Health Lead, Asia Pacific at WE Communications. It originally appeared on LinkedIn. SGInnovate and ACCESS Health International brought a truly fantastic group of people together to talk blockchain in healthcare earlier this week. I had a mortifying moment at the start of our discussion; I forgot…
ACCESS Health China Organizes Chronic Disease Management Industrial Forum
ACCESS Health and its partners Health News (Jian Kang Bao) organized the China Chronic Disease Management Industrial Forum late last year in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. ACCESS Health and Health News invited guest speakers to speak about chronic disease and medical insurance and invited healthcare startup representatives and investors to present in a roadshow on chronic disease management. Chronic diseases…
Every Second Counts: A new book from ACCESS Health
Emergency medical response systems are a critical component of any nation's healthcare system. Minutes and seconds can mean the difference between life or death. In our latest book, Every Second Counts, ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine tells the story of the largest emergency services provider in the world. The Emergency Management and Research…