“You wouldn’t manage your car by driving until it broke – so why would you manage yourself by waiting for pain and discomfort?” Ran Balicer asked at the HBI 2023 keynote ‘What is Possible Today?’. But while predictive medicine is common sense, there is still a fear of the machine.
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FMC shareholders vote to deconsolidate
Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) shareholders have voted in favour of the dialysis group’s deconsolidation by a 99.88% majority.
July 18, 2023
Interview: Tom Whicher, DrDoctor
Tackling no-shows is a key part of better utilising NHS capacity. HBI speaks to Tom Whicher, founder of NHS-facing technology platform DrDoctor to find out how it can be done.
July 14, 2023
Eugin sale “imminent”
Germany-based healthcare conglomerate Fresenius’ restructuring plans seem to be gathering steam, as HBI hears the sale of its Spain-based fertility clinic Eugin is imminent.
July 14, 2023
Has the demand for self-funding recovered in UK care homes?
Data from the UK office for national statistics (ONS) showed the percentage of residents self-funding nursing home care dropped in 2021/22 due to the pandemic. Recovery has been mixed.
July 14, 2023
FREE BLOG Fertility for sale – why profitable assets are coming to market
An ex-employee of hospital group Circle BMI described its former fertility asset as “a nice little profitable part of the business”. And yet all the UK hospital groups are selling them off. Why?
July 14, 2023
HM Hospitales reports strong FY22
Unlisted Spanish hospital group HM Hospitales’ announced its FY22 results which saw revenue up 7.5% to €617m, as groups battle for second place in the market.
July 13, 2023
HBI 2023: The outpatient differential
For years there has been a trend towards using outpatient services wherever possible - to improve patient outcomes, to better use an increasingly scarce workforce, and to increase cost efficiency. On the “Outpatient differential” panel at HBI 2023, how this push looks across the world was a key topic for discussion.
July 12, 2023
HBI 2023: Opportunities for integrated women’s healthcare
“There are so many other areas in women’s health, beyond fertility, where funding isn’t developed”. Katya Zubareva, a partner at L.E.K. Consulting kicked off HBI 2023’s “Investment opportunity in fertility and women’s health” panel with a fascinating question: why is women’s health hyper focused on fertility?
July 12, 2023
The fall of Babylon
Telehealth company Babylon will be merged with digital neurotherapy company MindMaze and taken private by its creditors. HBI catches up with two digital health experts to discuss what happened to Babylon and what the sorry saga means for the market.
July 7, 2023
How US university hospitals are buying or building primary care
In the US, firms like Amazon have been looking to dominate the patient journey, a move which seems unconscionable in Europe. To understand this culture shock, HBI spoke to a US-based university hospital operator.
July 5, 2023
HBI 2023: Solving the workforce puzzle
The workforce shortage affects all types of service providers, but not all groups deal with it in the same way. HBI 2023 heard the views of operators from a radiotherapy group, a hospital group, and a social services organisation on "how to solve the workforce puzzle”.
