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Using remote solutions to monitor COVID-19 patients

Remote care provider Dignio has used its solution normally reserved for elderly and chronic management to track COVID-19 patients outside hospital. HBI speaks to the company's CEO and UK manager about how it adapted there and in Norway.
May 28, 2020

Many CEE markets to crash as remittances drop

Private healthcare markets in CEE/Southeast Europe are set to crash this year due to economic contractions at home and abroad, with many countries highly reliant on remittance money from abroad.
May 27, 2020

Netcare reveals 45% revenue drop for April

Netcare, one of South Africa's 'Big Three' private hospital groups, says that April revenues dropped 45% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is one of the first financial disclosures by a listed hospital group for a full month of national lockdown. 
May 27, 2020

New players threaten to disrupt lab market

Will Covid-19 be a game changer for the lab sector? The prospect of big government contracts and a massive, unserved B2C market is drawing new players into the diagnostic lab sector. Could they have a permanent impact?
May 21, 2020

Pre-COVID M&A bets: the good, the bad and the ugly

With M&A at a virtual standstill and potential deals re-assessed in light of COVID-19, which transactions prior to the outbreak now look badly timed? HBI investigates. The good  KKR's decision not to invest in Spanish dental operator Dentix looks even more sound now with a 20% revenue drop forecasted for the sector. Two recent entries […]
May 21, 2020

Major management reshuffle at Ping An Good Doctor

China's largest digital health platform Ping An Good Doctor is reportedly losing its CEO, COO, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Product Officer and Company Secretary. Is it trying to shift the platform into a more profitable B2B strategy?
May 21, 2020

COVID-19 to open up property markets

COVID-19 is likely to accelerate the trend of hospital and care home operators selling off real estate, investors tell HBI, and the pandemic may significantly alter how care homes are designed in future.
May 21, 2020

Patients eager to resume private treatment post-lockdown

The vast majority of private healthcare consumers want to resume treatment once movement restrictions are lifted, but operators may need to adhere to strict safety measures to get patients through the door according to a new patient survey. But a major global private medical insurer told HBI that global demand might take over a year to fully return. 
May 21, 2020

Synlab raises €850m through bond

Pan-European lab group Synlab has issued over twice the amount of bond debt it was targeting in response to an low take-up of its bond-to-loan offer.
May 21, 2020

Alvarez & Marsal to sell NMC’s fertility arm

NMC Health Plc’s administrators have started selling off parts of the business according to Bloomberg with an auction of the fertility business as early as June. Consultants Alvarez & Marsal who are handling the business have invited bids for NMC’s distribution business according to the article. Potential acquirers have been asked to submit offers this […]
May 14, 2020
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