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“We can meet the needs of the baby boom generation with today’s medical capacity”

That is a very bold statement indeed. But Prof Richard Boucherie at the Centre for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research (CHOIR) of the University of Twente in the Netherlands, reckons it is true. For the past 15 years CHOIR has been helping Dutch hospitals, labs and homecare groups to increase their efficiency through mathematical modelling using operations research methods including queueing theory, optimisation and computer simulation. We interview him on how such an approach can make massive efficiency gains.

Interview: Dr Peter Bazso, Director, Duna Medical Centre, Hungary

The Duna Medical Center (DMC) aims to be the most substantial private hospital in Hungary, with an ambitious building programme, and the only one that covers almost all surgical areas. Healthcare Europa speaks to its director Dr Peter Bazso about its business model, expansion and the wider market in Hungary.

Black-owned healthcare investment company lists in Johannesburg, is on the hunt for acquisitions

RH Bophelo is South Africa's first black-owned healthcare acquisition company. It floated on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in July, and thinks it has found its niche - targeting perviously uncatered for lower to middle income families, and consolidating the small players operating in a highly fragmented domestic market working in the shadow of the big three. Healthcare Nova caught up with CEO Quinton Zunga to find out more.

Pan-European dentistry is here, but at what price?

The first truly Pan-European dentistry giant with clinics in around ten countries could soon be a reality after years of gradual bottom-up consolidation. A huge fragmented market remains to be conquered – but we hear concerns that prices are coming unstuck from reality.

Interview: Nooman Haque, managing director of life sciences and healthcare, Silicon Valley Bank UK

A foundation of the valley, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has been offering banking services to the world’s tech-capital since 1982. Healthcare is a key focus and in this interview Nooman Haque tells Healthcare Europa why we should be taking notice of the space.

Interview: Stefaan Gieelens, CEO, Aedifica

The CEO of the Belgian and Pan-European property investor Aedifica reveals to Healthcare Europa the ace up his sleeve in Europe’s increasingly competitive healthcare property market.

Waterland scotches Median for-sale rumours

Rumours that the private equity firm Waterland will sell the German rehabilitation giant have started to circulate. We put them to partner Dr Carsten Rahlfs and discussed the future of the market and acute care group ATOS.

Interview: Dr Kate Tulenko: Vice President of Health Systems Innovation, IntraHealth International

The world needs to produce more surgeons than have ever lived in the next decade.  That statistic highlights the massive medical shortage that the world faces today.  Our annual Siemens Healthineers survey found that staff shortages were the number one problem for private operators in Emerging Markets and the second most important in Europe.

Interview: Teo Sarda, Sphera Global Health Care

Operating in 25 countries and across four continents, Sphera Global Health Care is building a global network of local expertise. Working mainly with insurers, the group acts as a middle man to assist access to international-standard medical services through local infrastructure – if it is not available. We speak to CEO Teo Sarda.

Interview: Wilson Mayora Mogollon, Colombian insurance union Fasecolda

Colombia has universal and generally well respected public healthcare coverage, yet there are still millions who take out private insurance. Healthcare Nova talks to Wilson Mayora Mogollon, who is responsible for healthcare at Fasecolda, the body which represents private insurance companies, to find out more about the market.

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