Modern Aging Singapore Announces 2016 Winners
On Friday, ACCESS Health International and its Singapore based partners at NUS Enterprise awarded roughly $85,000 US dollars to three teams of entrepreneurs who are creating innovative solutions for an aging population. The Modern Aging Singapore program is a business accelerator that …
Open Elder Care Markets: An interview with Dr. Alfred Chan
Professor Alfred Chan Cheung Ming, better known as Dr. Alfred Chan, is chairman of the Elderly Commission of Hong Kong. Elder care is an important topic in Hong Kong – the elderly population is increasing by more than two percent annually. I spoke …
Overcoming Isolation Among the Elderly: An interview with Patrick Cheung
As part of its ongoing effort to identify global best practices in elder care, the ACCESS Health team in Sweden recently spoke to Hong Kong based entrepreneur Patrick Cheung about the Jade Club. Mr. Cheung founded the Jade Club to help elderly …
Staff Spotlight: Rohini Kalvakuntla on Managing Public Private Partnerships
Rohini Kalvakuntla works in the India office for ACCESS Health International. She manages the Public Private Partnerships Project and ACCESS Health’s involvement with the Center for Health Market Innovations. We talked to her recently when she was in New York, to find out more about …
Providing Blended Elder Care: An interview with Daan Dohmen
Dr. Daan Dohmen is the founder and chief executive officer of FocusCura, an eHealth provider currently operating Europe. The company focuses on independent living for elderly persons and the chronically ill, providing a “blended care” service where patients can receive personal visits …
Embrace Living: An Interview with Rebecca Priest
St. John’s has four retirement communities in Rochester New York that range from independent living and assisted living to rehabilitation and skilled nursing. Approximately ten years ago, the management of St. John’s, led by Charlie Runyon, Rebecca Priest, and Allen Power began …
Finalists Announced for Modern Aging Singapore
The ACCESS Health International team in Singapore and its partners at NUS Enterprise recently announced the finalists for the Modern Aging 2016 program. Supported by the Singapore Ministry of Health, Modern Aging is a business accelerator designed to facilitate the creation of …
Business World Features Safe Care, Saving Lives
Indian business magazine Business World recently published an indepth article on the Safe Care, Saving Lives program and its efforts to reduce newborn deaths in India. Of the 2.7 million neonatal deaths that occurred globally in 2015, one third occurred in India. The article …
Dutch Elder Care: An interview with Roland de Wolf
Earlier this year I spent two weeks in the Netherlands, as part of my research into best practices in elder care. Here in Sweden, where I am based, many healthcare professions view the Netherlands as a country that promotes innovation in elder …
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