April 20196 Technology is opening up new paths towards better healthcare by offering superior healthcare outcomes, end-to-end compliance management, the security of valuable information, safe and optimized transactions, and more. The APAC region's demand for access to high quality and affordable healthcare has a lot to gain from the application of technology. The region's high demand for healthcare is driven by population growth, rising costs of healthcare especially for chronic diseases and the already strained public health systems. According to Frost and Sullivan, the growth of the healthcare industry in the APAC region is one of the fastest in the world. The growth of smart hospitals, developments in home healthcare and medical tourism have increased the region's demand for technology, innovative healthcare programs, drugs and medical devices based on advanced technology, and more. Healthtech solution providers are developing products to tackle the challenges and improve healthcare processes for physicians, patients, payers, and other stakeholders of the industry. These products streamline back-end processes and improve the patient and client experience at the front end. Beyond detecting, treating, and predicting health conditions, healthtech products are eliminating inefficiencies from the APAC healthcare industry. Healthtech solution providers are truly setting a benchmark enabling healthcare providers to try and use technologies with an open mind and to prepare for the changing world with as much technological knowledge and capability as possible.Our goal with this special edition is to highlight the top-notch healthcare technology solution providers that leverage innovative technologies to positively impact the healthcare industry in the APAC region. This edition also blends thought leadership from subject matter experts with real stories on what selected vendors are doing for their clients, including exclusive insights from CIOs and CXOs.Send us your thoughts.Annie JohnsonEditorialWidening Healthcare PossibilitiesAnnie JohnsonManaging Editoreditor@apacciooutlook.com To subscribe to APACCIOOutlookVisit www.apacciooutlook.comArt & GraphicsAmelia StewartFlynn SmythToby LangtonRenukesh GangurManaging EditorAnnie JohnsonSenior WritersLane Adams Clara MathewRoyce D'SouzaEditorialAlfred MardinLouis BeckerRachael ClarkRoy ChowDai ShihSamikshya BeheraCopyright © 2019 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.APRIL - 24 - 2019, Volume 05 SE 13 Published by ValleyMedia Inc.*"Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff"Emailsales@apacciooutlook.comeditor@apacciooutlook.commarketing@apacciooutlook.comContact usPhone: +1 510.996.5168Fax: 510-894-8405
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