​​​FOUR Singapore hospitals yesterday received an international award for using technology to improve patient care.

​​​The wide-scale destruction caused by the recent north Japan earthquake and tsunami has highlighted the importance of electronic health records (EHR), with industry watchers urging for countries to digitize healthcare data.

​​Each time actor-compere Randall Tan feels a shot of intense pain in his knuckles, he records what he feels on his smartphone.

​​Health agencies in Singapore have unveiled the country's first smartphone health diary application for rheumatoid arthritis.

​​WHEN Mr Randall Tan first experienced it in 2004, he dismissed it as a sports injury. Three months later, the swelling in his joints was diagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis, or RA.

​​The government has developed its first Web-based application, which can be accessed via mobile browsers, to help people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis monitor their condition.