There will be a robot in every care home within five years. This is the bold prediction of Dr Sanjeev Kanoria, founder and chairman of Advinia Healthcare which runs a network of 38 homes in the UK. Healthcare Europa speaks to him about a pilot project designed to find out if talkative robots are ready to help residents coping with dementia. [+]
In a wide-ranging interview, we look at Affidea’s strategy and view of the market covering everything from partnerships with AI outfits, elite hospitals and payors through to the growth of private pay and the opportunities to manage entire health systems. How will the imaging services and radiotherapy group with HBI estimated sales of around €370m in 2017 grow and build over the next five years? [+]
Catering for those with learning disabilities is a growing market in the UK and Nordic region and there are clear signs of opportunities opening up across Europe. Here Marc gives an overview of the sector country by country. [+]
Oman looks set to roll out mandatory insurance for private sector employees as early as the beginning of 2019 according to local players. The handful of them that make up the tiny private provider market are licking their lips in anticipation. [+]
Healthcare Europa speaks to Franz-Robert Klingan, Munich-based partner at global consultants Bain & Company who runs its healthcare private equity practice for EMEA, to find out his three key messages from the last year and where he thinks the hotbeds of activity will be going forward. [+]
A pioneer of international expansion, UPMC, a big US academic medical centre, first expanded abroad to Italy where it has been managing PPPs for complex surgery and transplants for over two decades. Surgeon Dr. Gridelli has also been a leader in UPMC collaborations with the Asian American Medical Group in Singapore; Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar; KingMed Diagnostics in China; National Research Oncology Center in Kazakhstan; Xiangya International Medical Center, China and the Whitfield Cancer Centre in Ireland. [+]
