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China, HK, Macau
Q&A with Paul Gordon of Hanson Bridgett
Successful senior care models in the United States are the by-product of hard won victories and several decades’ worth of insights. The range of expertise and core competencies these insights reflect can be both impressive and overwhelming. Combining real estate, healthcare, and hospitality into the current holistic – if still varied – set of models [...]
The Elderly
Talking Turkey with Kevin Ryan
At the recent Ageing Asia Investment Forum in Singapore, one of the speakers I particularly enjoyed hearing was Kevin Ryan the Managing Director of Waterbrook Lifestyle Resort and Waterbrook China. Kevin has established himself as a very successful developer and operator in Australia and is eager to see whether his approach can be successfully exported [...]
China, HK, Macau
Getting Your Senior Care Facility Licensed in China
For long-time China watchers who have been closely monitoring the country’s ongoing effort to modernize its healthcare system, the role of the government as regulator and payer is critical to understand. Navigating these waters is especially important for senior care operators who are creating a market almost from scratch, with all the promise and peril [...]
The Elderly
Another Perspective on Geriatric Care in China
Following my recent interview with Dr. Sean Leng, I wanted to pursue another voice who would be willing to provide additional context to the challenges unique to delivering quality clinical geriatric care in China. Fortunately, Dr. Yuli Wang was willing to answer some questions related to this topic. Dr. Wang holds a MD in Western [...]
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May 2, Beijing event: A Discussion with Robert Scherpbier, UNICEF China
For those unfamiliar with Beijing Healthcare Forum (BHF), it is an organization for academics and professionals engaged in projects and enterprises related to health care services. Its goal is to better inform members and others about emerging trends in the Chinese health care system and market while building a network of professional contacts and resources.The group [...]
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VCs and China’s health reform plan
Posted April 14, 2009 by Damjan Denoble
An article called VCs already eyeing potential in new Chinese health care reforms on Venture Beat by Camille Rickets gives some insight into what type of companies stand to profit from the now approved 850 Billion Yuan health care reform package. With 7,400 clinics and 2,000 hospitals in the works, companies that provide medical equipment, [...]
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Private schools and private clinics in China are natural companions
Posted April 13, 2009 by Damjan Denoble
Posted By Damjan DeNoble I had dinner yesterday with good friend Will Bernholz,who is Marketing Director of Etonkids Educational Group International Division, a Montessori early education chain based in Beijing. At some point in our conversation we started talking about the efforts that EtonKids was undertaking to co-market with private clinics in Beijing. He explained [...]
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Vietnam says no to privatising state-run hospitals (For Now)
Posted April 12, 2009 by Damjan Denoble
Posted By Damjan DeNoble This announcement showed up in my Google Alerts this morning HANOI, April 11 — Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party said state-owned hospitals will not be privatised, effectively ending a debate of the past few years over a plan to diversify ownership of treatment facilities in the health sector. But Vietnam encourages the [...]
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Mad Men: China’s mental health picture
Posted April 10, 2009 by Damjan Denoble
Posted By Damjan DeNoble The surface level comparison of China today resembling the USA of the 1950s has been made by every American that’s ever visited China. Mostly, the comparison revolves around the Chinese attitude towards health. From a societal health perspective, the comparison is easy to make solely based on the number of male [...]
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Apparently, Women Cadre don’t have the Same Age Retirement in China
Posted April 8, 2009 by James Flanagan
Posted By James Flanagan This was news to me, via China CSR, here: [...]Chen Zhili, the chairperson of the All-China Women’s Federation, has called on Beijing to take a proactive role in making the retirement age for female cadres and intellectuals the same as their male counterparts. [...] Side note, the ACWF is an organization [...]
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Deloitte’s Medical Tourism Fallacy
Posted April 6, 2009 by Damjan Denoble
Posted By Damjan DeNoble The term “medical tourism” has been spreading like wildfire since the release of the Deloitte medical tourism study in 2008 which predicted that 6 million Americans would go abroad for medical tourism in 2010, with an additional 3 million going abroad in 2009. The study was cited 350 times in 2008, [...]
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Placebo effect and acupuncture
Posted April 5, 2009 by James Flanagan
Posted By James Flanagan Interesting article at the New York Times Well blog: “Believing in Treatments That Don’t Work“. It briefly covers when ideology trumps evidence, and touches on a lot of points that could kick start a conversation on the placebo effect. Recent press reports detailing the dangers of cough syrup for children have [...]