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Recruitment, Retention and Training In Emerging Markets: Presentation, Salim Hasham, Mediheal

The former head of healthcare services globally at Aga Khan University and the former head of Johns Hopkins Medicine International global services, Salim has personal experience of running large hospital groups across Africa, South Asia and the USA and now heads up Mediheal, a top 10 operator in Kenya. Here he looks at the three big issues that all emerging market players face in HR and provides three practical solutions for each.

CARE gets serious in Myanmar

India’s CARE Hospitals is close to signing an exclusive partnership agreement with two hospital groups in Myanmar bringing its entry into the market one step closer.

Living Better at Home: Presentation, Nimrod Altman, Natali

Predictive eMonitoring, eHealth apps and Telehealth can be used to launch services ranging from homecare to medical care and from elderly care to chronic disease management programs. This is precisely the strategy adopted by Natali Healthcare Group, the largest Israeli eHealth company, which was bought by the chinese Sanpower Group in late 2014. Today, Natali has 150,000 Israeli subscribers and Sanpower has over 1 million. Here Nimrod lifts the lid on these fascinating, fast-growth business models.

Bangladesh: An attractive investment destination: Presentation, A M Shamim , Labaid Group

Despite their massive growth, the big Indian private hospital chains hold under 20% of the multi-speciality acute sector and under 5% of private outpatient business. Here we look at their development and also at new innovative outpatient models. What can the rest of the world learn from these? And how is elderly care set to grow in the region? How are India's neighbours developing?

Building Homecare in India: Presentation, Krishnan Ganesh, Portea Medical

Portea has mushroomed from nothing to 5,000 employees in three years to become the biggest homecare group in India. Whilst 65% of patients are elderly, Portea now seeks to meet all the non-acute needs of a typical family including primary care, diagnostics and chronic disease. Ganesh looks at the Indian elderly and homecare markets and how they can be segmented. Portea has 200 staff working on digital health solutions and he goes on to lift the lid on the group's offerings from remote consultations to e-monitoring and even predictive healthcare.

Acute Care in Emerging Markets: Presentation, Nate McLemore, Columbia Pacific Management

With 2,500+ beds, 28 hospitals and 4 clinics across India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kenya, Colombia Pacific is one of the top chains in Asia operating under the brands Columbia Asia, Columbia China and Columbia Africa. Nate looks at how patient profile and demand is changing; at the mistakes operators commonly make in Emerging Markets and asks what private health care delivery will look like in 5-10 years time.

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