14-Oct-14 Distance healthcare cases in China are becoming more common, reflecting the rise in digital healthcare to bridge the chasm between health services in large cities and grassroots rural care. Lack of centralised patient data, uneven distribution of resources and issues over patient registration, appointments and payment have created a space for technology. [image: Reuters/Stringer]

13-Oct-14  A system recently unveiled in Taiwan compiles and makes available information on the medical care patients have received over the past year. Another system launched in 2013 enables doctors and pharmacists to check patients’ prescriptions in real-time. [image: CommonWealth]

10-Oct-14 Entrepreneurs in India are channelling the country’s rich technological and medical talent towards frugal approaches that could have much to teach the rich world’s bloated healthcare systems. [image: healthRIO]

10-Oct-14 Telemedicine networks are vital for ensuring quality healthcare services can reach people in rural and remote areas. There should be a well-planned approach to make services available to people at the grassroots level, India’s Chief Secretary Gokul Pati has said. (Image: By Intel Free Press via Wikimedia Commons)

07-Oct-14 Online health is shaping up to be a hot new industry in China, as an increasing number of hospitals begin providing cyber services. According to Alibaba, 15 hospitals across China have joined the "Future Hospital" scheme initiated by its online payment platform Alipay. However it does not (yet) link up with China’s health insurance system. (Image: Alipay)