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HBI 2026: Expanding into Saudi Arabia: What actually works?

Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system is evolving rapidly, creating substantial opportunities for private investors and operators. Central to this transformation is Vision 2030, the national plan to diversify the economy and shift healthcare from being predominantly publicly funded, around 70 percent, to being largely driven by the private sector.

Delivering value through an integrated healthcare service platform — Interview with David Rolfe, Group CEO, Ergéa

HBI spoke with David Rolfe, the recently appointed Group CEO of Ergéa, a pan-European provider of Managed Equipment Services (MES) and clinical outsourcing. The company works with both public and private healthcare systems across diagnostics and oncology. In this interview, we discuss Ergéa’s growth plans, opportunities in the European healthcare market, and the key trends shaping the sector.

FREE BLOG HBI 2026: key highlights

Our team is preparing a detailed post-conference report covering all the sessions, but for now, here’s a quick roundup to wrap up the week and highlight some key takeaways. This year, we introduced a Life Sciences stream, spotlighting investment and innovation across pharma.

How European real estate investors and care operators can build profitably and sustainably — interview with Alberto Fernandez, Healthcare Activos

Healthcare Activos is a Spanish specialist healthcare REIT investing in nursing homes, hospitals, mental health clinics and rehab centres across Europe. Currently it has 84 assets under management, worth over €1.3 billion. Healthcare Activos has two distinguishing features which set it apart from the other major healthcare real estate investors in Europe. One is that they prefer to buy individual properties rather than portfolios, as they prefer to pick and choose the best assets based on their fundamentals (catchment area, design, effort rate, operator, lease agreement) on a case-by-case basis. Secondly, and relatedly, they have a strong focus on new builds, which they design themselves.

Simplified IT and sales processes key to accelerating AI adoption in imaging — DeepHeath’s Niccolo Stefani

US-based outpatient diagnostic imaging services provider RadNet has recently acquired French radiology AI company Gleamer in an all-cash transaction valued at €230 million (~$270 million). HBI spoke to Niccolo Stefani, Business Leader Population Health & Clinical AI, RadNet DeepHealth, about what this acquisition means for the AI platform and the overall adoption of AI in imaging.

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