Telehealth

AIA Singapore, which is part of the largest public listed pan-Asian life insurance group, announced that will cover the costs of 50,000 video medical consultations provided by WhiteCoat, a Singapore-based tele-medicine provider for all its HealthShield Gold Max policyholders.

Mohannad Jameel M Brembali, general director of Health Supporting Systems at the Ministry of Health KSA, discusses deploying telehealth to improve healthcare access to patients in remote areas of the country.

Dr. Khatoon Shubbar, who is with Bahrain's ministry of health, says despite its many challenges, telemedicine is being deployed in the country to help reduce the burden on secondary care.

During its latest earnings call, the remote care company highlighted its new offerings for enterprise customers and discussed how it's been preparing for an increase in infectious disease cases.

The new medications are focused on seasonal allergies.

Datos's remote patient monitoring platform, Tyto Care's connected devices, and a robot from InTouch Health will help the hospital treat and monitor patients in quarantine and at home.

Moving toward telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience, says Dubai Health Authority’s Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh.

Egypt is looking to deploy best practice technology solutions across Africa, says Dr. Ahmed Safwat Mitwalli Elassal, board member with the Egyptian General Authority of Healthcare.

Dr. Ramadan AlBlooshi, Dubai Healthcare City Authority in the UAE, says for "telewellness" to have a major impact, telemedicine's treatment, prescription and follow-up process needs to improve.

Yaya Mbaoua, CEO of The Mbaoua Group, will be speaking at HIMSS20 on how telemedicine could transform Africa’s healthcare.