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Multi-million dollar smart hospital emergency system projects in South Korea and more briefs

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Recently, 144 hospitals and health facilities have been connected to My Healthway, allowing My Health Record app users to access their health information from these institutions. This brings the total number of institutions connected to the national system to approximately 1,004.

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Asan Medical Center streamlines international patient service with AI

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"Any foreign patient can easily upload a description of their symptoms, photos or videos of the affected area, opinions from the medical team at their local hospital, and CT/MRI test data to the website," AMC said. These data are automatically linked to AMIS, AMC's hospital information system, for systematic data management.

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Bangkok Hospital streamlines patient flow with AI

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Bangkok Hospital, one of Thailand's largest private healthcare providers, has moved away from the paper and manual process of registering and managing patient flow in its headquarters. The HDC can now send electronic forms that patients can fill out, even before going to the hospital.

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National University Hospital testing predictive AI for Alzheimer's diagnosis and more AI briefs

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National University Hospital testing Alzheimer's predictive AI from Korea Singapore's National University Hospital is collaborating with medical AI company Heuron from South Korea to test the latter's AI solutions for screening and predicting Alzheimer's disease.

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Private healthcare the ‘ new normal’ in the UK?

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Common procedures that patients are getting through private health insurance include blood tests, knee replacements, peripheral nerve blocks, eardrum surgery and tonsil removal. Moreover, private hospitals in England are providing more care for NHS patients–similar to how the VA may outsource some care to private providers.

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IHH Healthcare migrates Malaysia, S'pore database systems to cloud

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Private healthcare group IHH Healthcare has moved several on-premise database systems of its hospitals across Malaysia and Singapore to the cloud. Consolidating its disparate on-premise systems in the cloud is part of IHH's efforts to modernise hospital operations in its home markets.

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Thailand-Russia cooperate for telehealth and more briefs

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Private providers in Thailand, Russia sign telehealth collab Two large private healthcare providers in Thailand and Russia have partnered to cooperate in such areas as telehealth and medical tourism. This includes providing teleconsultations, second expert opinion, and continuous care.