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FREE BLOG Fraud analytics set to reshape private healthcare

Big data analytics can now identify operational inefficiencies and potentially fraudulent claims with great accuracy. That is going to seriously affect healthcare services, because the fraud stats in medical transactions worldwide are breathtakingly large. Take Singapore. Guess what percentage of scripts written in Singapore are potentially incorrect. And what about China Go on – guess!

How big data works at Fullerton

Big data analytics is finally paying dividends, says Fullerton, which mainly provides outpatient healthcare services to corporates and insurers through a network of 225 wholly owned clinics across six countries and 8,000 medical provider partners around the world. CIO Ted Minkinow says that Fullerton, working with Microsoft, has been able to identify potential fraud and wastage in Singapore. He also claims that big data can now predict with 70% accuracy over a two-year period which patients will have a major healthcare problem such as a heart attack. “It is more accurate than the doctor” he says. We also profile Fullerton.

BC Partners acquires largest Italian dental chain

DentalPro, the largest dental clinic group in Italy with 112 sites predominantly in the north, is being sold. Healthcare Europa talks to the group’s president about the sale and how it will affect the group.

US-based dialysis provider buys in Poland

US-based dialysis provider DaVita Inc is continuing its European expansion strategy through the acquisition of Centrum Dializa II, a chain of 47 centres in Poland.

Medicover ready to splash the IPO cash on acquisitions

Medicover, the occupational healthcare chain (Poland/Romania) and lab group (Germany and Eastern Europe) is ready to splash its IPO cash - around SEK 2bn (€210m) - on new acquisitions when it goes public this summer, according to its CEO.

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