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Clinisys merger creates global player as public labs lag behind in automation

Clinisys claims to have created the world’s largest player in lab information management and lab order comms and results software with a three-way merger which creates a platform across diagnostics and environmental tests. So how does CEO, Michael Simpson, see software changing the sector over the next 3-5 years? And what does an independent consultant with many years experience in the field think about the sector and its growth?
January 27, 2022

UK care homes focus on self funders as care crisis looms

Additional capacity is sorely needed in UK care homes, but many operators tell us they are only building facilities for privately paying residents. Local authority places do not pay enough to make it worthwhile, they say. HBI talks to three operators to find out more about this looming crisis. 
January 26, 2022

Voyage Care bought by Kuwaiti sovereign fund

Voyage Care, the UK’s largest provider of support for people with learning disabilities by revenue, has been acquired by Wren House Infrastructure, a London-based subsidiary of the Kuwait Investment Authority, Kuwait’s largest sovereign wealth fund. HBI explores the multiple paid, and the thinking behind it.
January 21, 2022

ADQ/Alpha Dhabi merger is ‘backdoor nationalisation’ of Abu Dhabi healthcare

A well-placed source tells us the merger between major UAE healthcare groups Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the National Health Insurance Company (Daman) and Alpha Dhabi’s Pure Health, effectively amounts to a ‘backdoor nationalisation’ of the healthcare system in Abu Dhabi, and that it will now be difficult for any newcomers to enter the market. 
January 20, 2022

Quin collaborates with symptom checker Ada

Dutch telehealth group Quin has collaborated with the company behind one of the world's most popular symptom checkers, Ada Health, in order to integrate its symptom-checking tool into the Quin platform. HBI catches up with Quin's CEO and Ada's chief clinical officer to find out more.
January 20, 2022

Virtus takeover could lead to M&A push in Europe

Australia-based listed fertility specialist Virtus Health, which also has a footprint in Ireland, Denmark, the UK and Singapore, is the subject of a takeover bid. HBI speaks to an operator source to find out more about the prospects of one of the largest international fertility groups delisting.
January 20, 2022

$3bn Amil for sale in Brazil

UnitedHealthcare owned Amil is for sale in Brazil. Reports in Brazil say the $3bn plus valued insurance and hospital businesses run by Amil are likely to be split and sold to at least two separate buyers. HBI speaks to a Brazilian source to find out more.
January 20, 2022

Nursing homes: Recovering from the Covid crash in Europe

Nursing homes were firmly in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons as the pandemic hit at the start of 2020. Mortality rates were high, morale was low, and huge reputational damage was done. Two years on, HBI speaks to three European operators to find out how the market is recovering.
January 20, 2022
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