Digital Health

The healthcare expenditure in Australia in the previous financial year was AUD 170.4 billion, with 10.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP), thereby allowing the country’s healthcare spending to pass the 10% mark for the first time. Healthcare expenditure continues to rise; however, the rate of increase has been curbed in the last few years. At ...

Japan’s healthcare system is an icon of kindness and compassion. The country spends 11.4% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which equates to just over $560 billion or about one-fifth of the healthcare spending by the United States (US). At that level of spending, the Japanese people enjoy universal health coverage, affordable hea...

A few telehealth conferences have been held in Malaysia since 1997, but ‘The First Telemedicine Conference 2015’ was a notable event where multiple stakeholders, vendors, academia and healthcare providers gathered to discuss the initial steps for building an ecosystem for telemedicine. The conference held in August 2015 at Sunway Medical Centre...