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22-Nov-17 In Korea, Gil Hospital of Gachon University is establishing a 'Virtual Reality Therapy Center' to treat PTSD and panic disorder patients. In the future, the hospital plans to expand VR treatment areas to cognitive impairment and ADHD. [image: Business Korea]
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22-Nov-17 Medical students in Singapore will soon be able to see a patient's abdomen through simulated X-ray, using an augmented reality program called MediSIM that will enable them to see and feel the insides of an abdominal manikin. [image: Gavin Foo]
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20-Nov-17 Seeking to overturn the traditional hospital-led medical record-keeping system, Seoul-based startup MediBloc has set out to create a new patient-centered health database platform using blockchain technology, where the patient, rather than hospitals, owns his or her own medical records. [image: Park Hyun-koo / The Korea Herald]
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20-Nov-17 Volpara Solutions of New Zealand has received regulatory clearance for its quantitative breast imaging tools in Japan and Taiwan, as Class II medical devices. 5 million women in Japan are screened for breast cancer using mammography each year. [image: Volpara Solutions]
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Health IT and eHealth are two of the most promising areas of Digital Health in the Asia-Pacific region, a Global Growth Markets survey has found. Countries that showed the strongest support include two of the largest, where current penetration levels are relatively low: China and Indonesia.
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