This blog, written by ACCESS Health President William Haseltine and ACCESS Health Singapore Program Manager Denise Ong, originally appeared in The Huffington Post "Patient centered care" is a term that has become ubiquitous in healthcare policy and strategy documents. Today chronic diseases such as diabetes prevail. Health and social needs of an aging population are…
MIT Hacking Medicine Awards Top Robotics Prize
Autonomous Smart Mobility Platform Clinches Top Prize at MIT Hacking Medicine Robotics Singapore 2017 Winning team, Botler, creates a patient-friendly autonomous transport system at Asia's first Hackathon for social robotics in elder care. The creators of Botler have been officially announced as the winners of MIT Hacking Medicine Robotics Singapore 2017. Their solution looks at…
Hacking Medicine with ACCESS Health Singapore
Channel News Asia's morning program First Look Asia featured ACCESS Health Singapore Country Manager Adrienne Mendenhall talking about technology and robotics as a solution to some of the challenges of an aging population. The interview aired in the leadup to Asia's first hackathon to explore robotic solutions for elder care, Hacking Medicine Robotics Singapore. The…
CNN News 18 Features ACCESS Health International
CNN News 18 in India recently aired an important discussion among national healthcare leaders on the role of technology in rural healthcare. ACCESS Health India Country Director Siddhartha Bhattacharya was featured on the panel. Click on the videos below to hear his thoughts on the potential role of mobile technology in healthcare, making universal access…
Corporatizing Public Hospitals in the Philippines
The ACCESS Health team in the Philippines is finalizing the first phase of its nationwide study mapping the status of corporatizing public hospitals. ACCESS Health has worked with the Department of Health to identify public hospitals that have initiated or fully implemented corporatization reforms. The second phase of the study will evaluate the impact of…
Boston University and ACCESS Health Host Industry Leaders Networking Reception
The team at ACCESS Health in China kicked off 2017 with an Industry Leaders Networking Reception held in partnership with the Boston University School of Public Health. The event, held at Tech Temple in Beijing, included more than forty industry leaders from academia, large healthcare corporations, non healthcare corporations, and investors. The Dean of Boston University…
Medical Audits Collaborative: Phase III Meeting in Seoul and Wonju, South Korea
The Medical Audits Collaborative held its third in person meeting in South Korea from December 6 to 9, 2016. The meeting was the third in a series that brought together participants from Colombia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Philippines toward the development of a medical audits systems toolkit. The toolkit will synthesize country…
Can Sin Taxes on Tobacco Solve Funding Challenges in Healthcare System?
This article originally appeared in Business Standard. The adverse health effects and hazardous nature of goods (substances) such as tobacco and alcohol are well known. This has led several countries to implement a tax on these goods, commonly referred to as sin taxes. These taxes increase government revenue for healthcare services and, simultaneously discourage the…
Exploring Healthcare in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway
ACCESS Health International and the Dutch Task Force Health Care are partnering on a series of three new studies and fact finding missions that will explore healthcare systems in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. The studies will provide an in depth look at how healthcare and elder care are financed and monitored in each of the three countries.…
Innovation for the Elderly Competition in China
As part of its Modern Aging program, the ACCESS Health International team recently hosted a two day training program in Shanghai for finalists of the Third National Innovation for the Elderly Competition. The Innovation for the Elderly Competition is a nationwide competition that encourages innovative technology projects to serve the needs of an aging population. The competition was created and…