By Gabe Rijpma, Senior Director Health & Social Services, Microsoft Asia By 2020, a million new devices will be online every single hour[1]. These devices comprise not just consumer devices like mobile phones and tablets but also devices such as sensors and intelligent buildings that are connected online. Additionally, in … Read more »
How data can transform our health system This blog post was authored by Gabe Rijpma, senior director, Health & Social Services, Microsoft Asia On a typical morning, Janice gets into her car at 8am and visits her patients in Christchurch, New Zealand. Janice is an elderly support care worker and … Read more »
By Callum Bir, Director for the Health and Social Services Industry, Microsoft Asia Pacific Developed markets and emerging markets alike are facing healthcare challenges in Asia Pacific. Take for example, in India, close to 850 million people lack access to quality healthcare while in New Zealand, long distances between homes … Read more »
Partnership rides on global strategic collaboration to jointly deliver new suites of innovative solutions and services. Industry leaders Microsoft and KPMG in Singapore (KPMG) have partnered under the KPMG Digital Village programme to develop new solutions to support their clients’ business transformation and business model innovation endeavours. As a key … Read more »
This blog post was authored by Gabe Rijpma, Senior Director, Health & Social Services, Microsoft Asia When I think of the future of healthcare, I think of my own family. In a decade’s time my father will be 85 and require some support – probably some of it from my … Read more »
Solutions will empower healthcare customers to enhance patient outcomes in the region Singapore, April 8, 2015 – Microsoft Services and Predixion Software announced today that the two companies will bring Predixion’s healthcare solutions — Preventable Readmission and Length of Stay Management — to Asia Pacific, with Microsoft Services as … Read more »
It doesn’t take a physician to tell you that an adhesive strip can’t fix a broken arm, nor can a bandage repair a broken system of disparate databases of important medical records, patient histories and billing information. Working in data siloes can lead to critical operational and clinical decisions that … Read more »
Alvaro Celis, Vice President, Microsoft Asia Pacific, gives his take on the technology trends set to shake up 2015. The last few years, I’ve had the good privilege of being a part of a major shift towards cloud technologies in Asia Pacific. Without a doubt, the cloud has been a … Read more »
At World Cities Summit, Microsoft reveals how the use of innovative technology is changing the way cities are tackling urbanization challenges and transforming the lives for their citizens. Microsoft CityNext believes a people-first approach is the key to future-proofing cities. … Read more »
By year 2050, 22% of the Asian population will be above the age of 60 – that’s 1 in 5 people. It’s going to take a collective effort across all levels for cities to tackle the problem of an ageing population. What can YOU do to help? Find out more … Read more »