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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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A Conversation with Sheldon Dorenfest
Posted March 6, 2012 by
Late last year, Wharton published an article about the private hospital market in China, good timing considering the country announced in December’s update to the FDI catalog that private hospitals were now in the “encouraged” category. Consequently, it is widely expected that entrepreneurs and existing American and European hospital systems will begin to more aggressively [...]
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Next Level Pharma’s Speaker Series: Christoph Glaetzer
Posted March 4, 2012 by
As part of NextLevel Pharma’s upcoming conference on “Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Access in Key Asian Markets”, I had the opportunity to speak recently with Christoph Glaetzer, Vice President of Market Access for Asia Pacific (APAC) of Janssen Pharmaceuticals. The opportunities and challenges for the research-based pharmaceutical industry, including Janssen with the region are as [...]
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A Conversation with Zhanlian Feng
Posted February 24, 2012 by
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Zhanlian Feng, an Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University. Several of his published articles, specifically “Charting an Inevitable Course: Building Institutional Long-term Care for a Rapidly Aging Population in China” and “An Industry in the Making: The Emergence of Institutional Elder [...]
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The Ultimate Conundrum
Posted February 21, 2012 by
Last week, researchers at MIT made a startling announcement: the impact of air pollution in China was estimated at $112 billion in 2005 alone! These increased costs come from, as the USA Today put it, “both lost labor and the increased need for health care because ozone and particulates in air can cause respiratory and [...]
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Interview with Carol Liu, filmmaker behind “Restoring the light”: documentary about how disabled families deal with China’s social and economic pressures
Posted February 14, 2012 by James
We caught up with Carol Liu, who gave us a great show back in December here in Beijing. She answered questions about her experience filming a documentary in China, and some of the stories behind the main characters in her film. James Flanagan/Asia Healthcare Blog: What motivated you to make “Restoring the Light”? Carol Liu: [...]
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Thinking About the Anhui Model
Posted February 13, 2012 by
From today’s Asia Times, my column on how the Anhui pharma model is spreading throughout the country and whether it might impact China’s medical device and diagnostic sectors as well. The article can be read by clicking here, and is quoted below from Asia Times: Anhui medicine wrong for China By Benjamin A Shobert Few [...]
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IMPAC Retirement World Living China
Posted February 9, 2012 by
As regular readers of AsiaHealthcareBlog will know, we are very interested in how the Chinese senior care market is evolving. This year, one of the conferences we are very excited to be joining that will cover this question is the IMPAC Retirement World Living China 2012. The list of panelists is first rate and the [...]