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Ramsay Santé to start capitated digi-physical primary care experiment next year

Ramsay Santé speaks to HBI about its plans to become France's first capitated healthcare provider as it imports Capio's model of primary care by opening five clinics in Q1 next year. CMO Francois Demesmay tells HBI that the funding model will allow the group to better leverage digital health innovations that focus on prevention and monitoring.
October 8, 2020

Medgate plans accelerated rollout in Germany after Rhoen JV ends

Swiss telemedicine player Medgate tells HBI that the end of its joint venture with German hospital group Rhoen Klinikum will allow it to roll out faster in Germany after the Asklepios takeover slowed down the project. HBI also checks in on the partnerships between other big hospitals and their telemedicine partners.
October 8, 2020

Deploying new generation apps – 6 things health care operators must get right, and the 13 mistakes they often make

New tech promises to allow humans AI-driven health care conversations over text, voice, and email, leading to real dialogue and much more intelligent monitoring. Some of this stuff is here now.  Here are the six main cornerstones health care operators should know when deploying it, and the 13 big mistakes that affect health care operators when they try and do tech stuff.
October 8, 2020

Healthcare Activos internationalises with Portuguese acquisition and French listing

REIT Healthcare Activos Yield has listed on the Euronext Access Paris, while its sister company Healthcare Activos has made its first acquisition outside of Spain, CEO of the management company for both tells HBI. He talks us through the listing and the long-term impact of COVID-19 on the development of the Spanish care home sector.
October 7, 2020

Unilabs new innovation chief targets consumer market

Unilabs has a new chief innovation officer who comes from recently acquired Dutch lab Saltro. Dr Esther Talboom-Kamp tells HBI about the consumer-facing and B2C platforms that she built there, but the pan-European lab group is coy about what it's now building in the space. 
October 7, 2020

Regulator: ‘Politics played no role’ in Mehilainen-Pihlajalinna decision

The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority's (FCCA) surprise decision to oppose the merger of Mehilainen and Pihlajalinna has nothing to do with the changing political climate around the privatisation of healthcare, its merger control director tells HBI. She also explains why you can't compare it to the merger of Terveystalo and Attendo in 2018. 
October 1, 2020

European operators brace for second wave

COVID's second wave looks either imminent, or is already starting to hit in many jurisdictions. Wave one saw lockdowns and closures - and not all closures were temporary. Will wave two be any different? HBI has been talking to operators across EMEA to see if forewarned is forearmed, how they predict the next few months will go, and what lessons have been learned.
October 1, 2020

CDPQ joins EQT on Colisée acquisition

The Canadian pension fund CDPQ is co-investing alongside EQT in the acquisition of French nursing home operator Colisée, its second investment in the European healthcare sector.
October 1, 2020

The San Donato hospital empire: a financial analysis

HBI's analysis of Italy's largest for-profit hospital operator San Donato Group's accounts answers many questions about the group's financial health before COVID. Like: which hospital accounts for 40% of revenues yet drags down profits by 20%? How concentrated is the business in its Milan stronghold and does this differ for profitability? Which subsidiaries are growing and which aren't?
October 1, 2020
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