By 2030, the world will be short of 18m health workers – a fifth of the total capacity to care. HBI talks to Mark Britnell. Author of Human, solving the global workforce crisis in Healthcare.
Kenya's National Health Insurance Fund has released a list of all accredited inpatient hospitals, 20-25% of which are for-profits, as it goes through a series of reforms to achieve the holy grail of Universal Health Coverage. But the former chairman of one of the country's largest hospital groups tells us the full achievement of the […]
Brazilian diagnostics company DASA has reported losses of R $14.5m ($3.8m) for the last quarter of 2018. We ask the company why, and talk to a market expert about its strategy.
Revenue at International healthcare group NMC breached $2bn for the first time in FY2018. The company repeated its 2019 guidance today (Thursday, March 7)- but its share price plummeted 9% as investors appeared to be cashing in.
American investor Columbia Pacific Management has appointed Morgan Stanley to advise on its sale of Columbia Asia, the portfolio of hospitals in Vietnam, Malaysia, India and Indonesia, with a reported price tag of up to $2bn which we think is ambitious.
Brazil's largest hospital group by revenue, Rede d'Or, has announced its expansion plans for the next five years. But given ongoing speculation about its plans to list, it seems likely to IPO well within this timeframe, perhaps even this year. HBI puts this to the company and talks to a market expert.
Recently-passed legislation has given South Africa's competition commission more powers to act on its findings in June 2018's health market inquiry, which was highly critical of the country's private healthcare sector.
Pan-Asian hospital group IHH Healthcare saw 3% revenue growth, 9% EBITDA growth but a 35% plummet in post-tax profits in 2018. The results confirm its struggles in Turkey.
Brazil's Federal Medical Council (CFM) has re-banned telemedicine just 19 days after it unbanned the practice. A well-connected source says it could take many months for the resolution to pass afresh.
We talk to the CEO of QI Spine Clinic, a network of back and neck therapy clinics in India which has also developed a data-driven platform for diagnosis and treatment that it is looking to franchise out to partner practitioners in India, the US and potentially globally. The group is planning a Series B to the tune of $10-20m to fund growth.
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