Colombia’s administrative court has lifted an injunction preventing the country’s largest insurer, Cafesalud, being sold to a consortium including Spain’s third largest hospital operator, Ribera Salud.
There are now tens of thousands of genetic tests and physicians often spend weeks finding the right supplier with the right approvals at the right price. We look at a new website which uses intelligent search to create an online marketplace. What does it tell us about the future of genetic testing?
Using AI and machine learning to interpret big data promises to cut fraud, cut costs, deliver massive system improvements and improve diagnosis. Worldwide, there are probably over a thousand IT companies seeking to use big data to improve healthcare outcomes, ranging from Dr Watson, Microsoft, Google, Siemens, Philips and GE through to a myriad of start ups.
Teleradiology Solutions (YS), based in India, has signed a deal that will enable AI-based readings for many images. TS works with 150 hospitals in 20 countries.
Grupo Banmédica, the Chilean group comprising a network of health care centres, clinics and insurers in Peru, is set to invest a further $40m in its Peruvian assets.
Vietnamese officials in the city of Can Tho have met with a South Korean hospital delegation to discuss cooperating on construction and healthcare projects.
Donor fatigue and finance ministries that are reluctant to pay for healthcare means private capital could be vital in achieving universal health coverage, said experts at the launch of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) report on global access to healthcare last week.
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