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 …
Christopher Perna: Changing the Culture of Elder Care
ACCESS Health recently published a new interview with Christopher Perna, President and CEO of The Eden Alternative, an international organization focused on transforming care for the elderly and others facing long term cognitive, developmental, psychological, and physical challenges. The Eden Alternative was …
Hans Becker: Transforming Retirement Living in The Netherlands
The ACCESS Health team in Sweden has just published a new interview with Dr. Hans Becker, a man the Financial Times recently dubbed a “maverick” who is transforming retirement living. Dr. Becker has a unique philosophy when it comes to elder care: …
Focusing on Primary Health to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in India
Healthcare financing is one of the critical determinants of achieving better health outcomes. In India, central and state funding collectively represents about twenty percent of total health spending. ACCESS Health conducted an exhaustive analysis and comparison of the benefit packages of government …
Simple Solutions to the Greatest Health Challenges
This piece originally appeared in The Huffington Post. In life, the simplest solutions are often the best. When it comes to healthcare, they’re also almost always the cheapest. It’s striking then that we so often choose complex, costly, and ineffective healthcare solutions …
Future Forum Partners with ACCESS Health in Shanghai
ACCESS Health International partnered with the Future Forum to bring their highly respected lecture series to Shanghai. The event brought together leaders in science and business to discuss the future of health, including indepth sessions on precision medicine and artificial intelligence. Dr. William …
Improving Healthcare Through Medical Audits
ACCESS Health is one of the founders of the Joint Learning Network, an innovative knowledge network for low and middle income countries who are focused on expanding health coverage for all citizens. A group of network members recently formed a Medical Audits …
ACCESS Health Launches Affordable Excellence Book in China
ACCESS Health has launched the Chinese language version of Affordable Excellence: The Singapore Healthcare Story. Affordable Excellence demonstrates the possibility of achieving accessible, affordable, and quality heatlhcare for emerging economies. While it tells the story of healthcare in Singapore, its lessons are …
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