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NephroPlus plans to expand in India and abroad in 2018

Indian renal care provider NephroPlus is to open 55 more centres across the county by the end of 2018, which will see it operating in 180 locations. Healthcare Nova speaks to CEO Vikram Vuppala about the rollout, centre profitability and imminent international expansion.

Just how close are the tech giants to muscling in on traditional insurers and operators?

Insurers and operators are worried about the threat posed by tech giants like Google, Amazon and Microsoft – and the potential for these capital rich business to muscle out traditional players with big spending and technical know-how. But is this threat really realistic?  Healthcare Nova catches up with Peter Ohnemus, CEO of Swiss health app and health score company dacadoo, to find out more.

Mexican pharmacy chains power into primary care

Mexico's big pharmacy chains are powering into primary care which they see as a good way to sell more prescriptions. They could already be doing as many 500,000 primary care consultations a day according to Chief Innovation Officer Carlos Perez at Proa, the largest private lab group in Mexico who was speaking at Healthcare Latam, the inaugural Pan-Latin American healthcare service event.

Brazil: Problems and Opportunities

Here we look at the Brazilian private healthcare services market.  What is the potential in what is, per capita, the world's second largest private medical insurance market? 

Argentina: Feast after famine

The last 12 years has been tough for Argentina’s private hospital sector. In the province of Cordoba out of 450 only 200 hospitals have survived. But that is about to change said delegates at Healthcare Latam, the first Pan-Latin American event devoted to private health care services.

Brazil: for-profit hospitals face crisis

Aside from Rede D’Or, Intermedica and Amil, Brazil is dominated by many thousands of small private hospitals. At Healthcare Latam, the inaugural Pan-Latam healthcare conference held in Sao Paolo this month, we learnt that many are now doing badly, but still won’t sell. Meanwhile, employers are seeking structural changes in healthcare delivery.

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