Considering the shifting landscape of healthcare in Asia Pacific, health literacy and equitable access to care are emerging as essential factors in patient-centric care. This article draws attention to what can enable patients to be active partners in their care journey. …
Recommendations to Reduce Asia Pacific’s Patient Engagement Deficit
While the ability to engage with the world of healthcare is determined by the availability, accessibility, and efficiency of healthcare systems and infrastructure; people’s willingness to engage with the healthcare sector is tied to culture, trust, and beliefs….
Strengthening Healthcare Systems Through the Critical Role of Diagnostics
“Never waste a good crisis”. These words were first uttered nearly 100 years ago, and here we find ourselves in similar circumstances during the modern pandemic. While, certainly, COVID-19 has caused devastation across various health, social, and economic levels, the crisis has been a wake-up call as to the demands for continued structural reforms to systems in the Asia-Pacific region. Indeed, whether it be infectious disease, cancer, or other serious health threats, the quest for solutions to these significant challenges starts with – and depends on – diagnostics….
The Role of Diagnostics in Better Managing the Liver Disease Patient Journey
High degree of unmet needs across the Liver Disease Continuum Late-stage HCC management is associated with higher cost (36%) & poor 5-year survival (5-10%). …
Surviving a heart attack, living to tell my story
In this inspiring recount of his heart attack, Bernard Colombo, Region Head Roche Diagnostics Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, shares his biggest learning and his journey since….
Diabetes and Heart Disease go Hand-in-Hand – Can Biomarkers Break this Bond?
Diagnostics is key to partnering patients better in their healthcare journey…