Health Futures Industry Networking Reception
ACCESS Health China held its first seasonal “Health Futures Industry Networking Reception” on January 16, 2018 in Beijing. The topic of the session was healthcare innovations and applications and their impact on healthcare system transformation from the perspective of both China and the United States. More than forty mentors and partners participated in the session.…
Innovations in Healthcare: Examples from India and beyond
ACCESS Health launched its latest book Every Second Counts with an hour long session at the Jaipur Literature Festival, titled “Innovations in Healthcare”. The book describes the story of the largest emergency response providers in the world, the Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI). EMRI launched in 2005 in a single state in India, Andhra…
Why Blockchain and Women Will Save Us
This post was guest authored by Shefali Srinivas, Vice President, Health Lead, Asia Pacific at WE Communications. It originally appeared on LinkedIn. SGInnovate and ACCESS Health International brought a truly fantastic group of people together to talk blockchain in healthcare earlier this week. I had a mortifying moment at the start of our discussion; I forgot…
ACCESS Health China Organizes Chronic Disease Management Industrial Forum
ACCESS Health and its partners Health News (Jian Kang Bao) organized the China Chronic Disease Management Industrial Forum late last year in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. ACCESS Health and Health News invited guest speakers to speak about chronic disease and medical insurance and invited healthcare startup representatives and investors to present in a roadshow on chronic disease management. Chronic diseases…
Every Second Counts: Saving Two Million Lives
Every Second Counts tells the story of the largest emergency services provider in the world. The Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) launched in 2005 in a single state in India, Andhra Pradesh. Today, it operates in seventeen Indian states and territories and serves a population of more than seven hundred million. Each day, the emergency…
Call9: Disrupting Emergency Medicine and Palliative Care in Skilled Nursing
Call9 delivers technology enabled emergency care to the bedside of residences in nursing homes within minutes of receiving the call. Call9 also provides nursing home based palliative care that honors the priorities older adults throughout their lifetimes. The person centric care model has resulted in exponential healthcare savings for each nursing home that Call9 serves.
ACCESS Health China’s Bright Start Project Going Strong
As part of its support for its partner, the Non-Profit Incubator, and the Bright Start Project, ACCESS Health China participated in recruitment sessions in four different colleges in Shanghai and conducted a series of online and offline training sessions for students in November. More than two hundred students joined the November training sessions. Bright Start…
A New Toolkit for Medical Audit Practitioners: Ensuring Quality Across Health Systems
This post originally appeared on the Joint Learning Network blog. Medical audit systems are crucial to improving the quality of patient care and making efficiency gains in health care systems. But many countries struggle with the complexities of establishing or strengthening their medical audit schemes. The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), in collaboration…
ACCESS Health China Co Organizes Fourth National Innovation for the Elderly Competition
ACCESS Health China recently co organized the Fourth National Innovation for the Elderly Competition. This was the second time ACCESS Health participated in the competition. This year, ACCESS Health participated in the recruitment process for new projects, designing the training program, offering training, judging the semifinal completion, and conducting research on global trends in aging…
Government of Telangana Leads Quality Improvement Initiatives Across the State to Help Save the Lives of Preterm Babies
Healthcare leaders in Telangana joined together at Niloufer Hospital to pledge their support to improve health outcomes for babies born preterm. Premature birth and low birthweight is a leading cause of infant mortality in India. The Government of Telangana has undertaken a quality improvement initiative at Niloufer Hospital and other hospitals across the state called…