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It is interesting to find that one of the healthcare web apps most highly rated by Nicolaus Henke, who heads up McKinsey’s Analytics team and is a head of healthcare is Murgency, an app developed in California and launched in India as the world’s first emergency response app. Founder Shaffi Mather claims it has relevance to Europe and the USA as well, where call out times in remote areas can easily be 50-60 minutes and cost a small fortune.
June 21, 2016

Does PMI have a future in Europe?

You might have expected private medical insurance to have grown fast over the last 15 years. In fact, almost everywhere, despite the recession, apart from Eastern Europe, there has been very limited growth. In a new report Voluntary health insurance in Europe: Role and regulation, The European Observatory on Health Systems looks at the sector and its future. We summarise the 163 page report in under 1,000 words.
June 21, 2016

NHS evolution presents a new challenge for private sector

The NHS in England is experiencing an unprecedented crisis as funding deficits and waiting times rise. Pressures on the social care industry, where tariffs and costs are tracking divergent paths, are adding to the strain. The solution in the form of a compromise between the Treasury and NHS England guarantees £8bn of extra funding by 2020 in return for efficiency gains of 2-3% a year, leading to new care models that should join services together, improve care and save costs across the system. But what is the role of the private sector in this changing landscape?
June 21, 2016

Affidea boss denies rumours

Affidea CEO Dimitris Moulavasilis has categorically denied rumours that Waypoint Capital might be willing to sell the Pan East and South European imaging service provider. There was speculation that such a sale would have left the way open for a large private equity house to buy both Affidea and Alliance Medical, where M&G is looking for a sale, and merge them to create a truly Pan-European operator. Instead, Moulavasilis expressed interest in further acquisitions to grow the company.
June 21, 2016

More dentistry deals to come in Europe

Two months after Medlife bought Romania's largest dental chain Dentestet, the European dentistry sector is moving rapidly. Two Italian groups were sold this month and there are ongoing negotiations for Croatian and Lithuanian groups.
June 21, 2016

Southern Dental for sale despite English NHS uncertainty

Third largest dental operator Southern Dental is likely to be put up for sale shortly. And there are strong rumours that the number one, MyDentist (previously IDH), and the number two, Oasis may also be sold. But there are uncertainties around Brexit and the NHS dental reform. We talk to industry insiders about the sector's prospects.
June 21, 2016

Life deal still some way off

Life Healthcare of South Africa is looking for acquisitions in attractive markets, but a deal is still some way off, says head of investor relations, Adam Pyle. Eastern Europe could offer synergies with Life’s Polish operation, he says, but so could South Asia or another Indian acquisition with Max Healthcare, Life's existing Indian venture.
June 17, 2016

Mobile health clinic for US$22,000

Clinic In A Can offers fully resourced, sterile and climate controlled medical clinics, with their own sources of water and power that can be shipped to any location in the world within days. They offer a radical solution to the widespread scarcity of basic healthcare infrastructure and equipment and a powerful tool for disaster relief, says Dr Michael Joseph Wawrzewski III, CEO and cofounder. Its shipping container clinics are now in 12 countries. He gave Healthcare Nova a tour.
June 17, 2016

Suppliers flock to Africa

The exhibitor halls at the Africa Health exhibition, which took place in Johannesburg last week, allowed a grandstand view of Africa’s developing healthcare market. Suppliers told us opportunities within the continent are multiplying. And a fascinating battle is emerging for contracts and bragging rights.
June 15, 2016

Who’d buy Alliance Medical?

Alliance Medical, one of Europe’s two big imaging service groups, has appointed Rothschild to consider strategic options, according to Sky News. So who would want to buy it? Big medtech?
June 14, 2016
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