India is in the midst of what some have dubbed the “world’s biggest healthcare overhaul.” In addition to recently launching one of the world’s largest publicly funded health insurance programs, set to cover some 500 million people living in poverty, the government has also been working diligently to develop a new digital health strategy for…

The Health Futures program in China recently held a special Industry Leaders Networking Reception in collaboration with Health Catalyst in Beijing. The event took place on August 20, 2019. The Event, held at WeWork Beijing, focused on transforming healthcare services and driving outcome improvement through healthcare analytics. More than seventy industry leaders and partners from…

This post was written by Shannon Leong, a student majoring in Life Sciences at the National University of Singapore and a former intern with ACCESS Health Singapore. Poor bone health affects 200 million older individuals globally.  In rapidly aging societies like Singapore, bone related ailments are a major cause for disability. The country now has one…

This post was written by Shannon Leong, a student majoring in Life Sciences at the National University of Singapore and a former intern with ACCESS Health Singapore.   The importance of good bone health is often overlooked. When people do think about it, it is often framed around aging and bone fragility and even then it…

This post originally appeared on Forbes.com   Health is a human right, enshrined in the Alma Alta declaration by the nations of the world. After satisfying the need for food, after satisfying the need for shelter, the next thing that every human wants to satisfy is the need for health: their own health, the health…

ACCESS Health India and partners hosted a learning visit in Tamil Nadu to learn more about local health sector reforms. The visit, organized in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Health Systems Transformation Platform, and the International Decision Support Initiative, was aimed at understanding key policy issues, priority health system challenges, the…

The Philippines team launched a new Global Health Emerging Leaders program at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China in June. The program was inspired by a Global Health Course originally launched in 2015 by ACCESS Health Philippines Country Director, Don Prisno. In recognition of the critical need to develop a new generation of global health leaders,…

ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine recently sat down with Gil Bashe, the Managing Partner for Health at the global public relations agency Finn Partners, to discuss his recent book World Class and the leadership that led to the transformation of NYU Langone Health. Ten years ago, NYU Langone Health was losing tens…

ACCESS Health President William A. Haseltine spoke at the Aspen Ideas: Health Festival about the importance of patient centered care and ensuring that every single person and organization within the healthcare system works toward a common goal to improve patient care and the patient experience. In his discussion, he highlights best practices both in the…

This post originally appeared on the Aspen Ideas Festival blog.  The health care system in the United States is inefficient. Our country spends more on health care than any other developed nation. Eighteen percent of GDP goes toward health — more than three trillion dollars each year, with the number expected to double by 2027.…