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Schoen plans European expansion

The Schoen family is mulling selling a minority stake in Schoen Kliniken, the most profitable of the larger German hospital networks, to fund European and German expansion plans.
June 14, 2016

Dutch developer FocusCura’s heart monitoring app attracts payors

For the first time in Europe an insurer has agreed to fully reimburse app-based healthcare service, according to app designer FocusCura. Dutch patients using “hartwacht”, an app monitoring heart and cardiovascular diseases, will be fully reimbursed by insurer Zilveren Kruis. The group has developed a comprehensive platform connecting patients and carers – claiming a 26% drop in emergency admission rates.
June 13, 2016

Discovery to trial PROMs

The South African medical scheme, or private health insurer, Discovery Health, is interested in outcomes measurement and will soon trial patient reported outcomes measurements (PROMS) in collaboration with the provider Intercare, says Darren Sweidan, head of the Health Professional Unit. This is the one of the first such schemes in the country, as outcomes measurement has been stymied by a fragmented system and resistance by clinicians, he claims.
June 10, 2016

Private sector booming in Nigeria

There are numerous private hospitals under construction in Nigeria, as the government looks to the private sector to boost provision, and reverse the leaks of skilled staff and patient dollars, says Clare Omatseye, president of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria.
June 9, 2016

Al Borg attracts interest

Three Gulf-based private equity firms are reportedly interested in buying a minority stake in Al Borg Medical Laboratories, the largest player in Saudi Arabia. We report on Al Borg’s expansion plans.
June 9, 2016

Acibadem’s European plans

IHH Healthcare’s Turkish arm Acibadem has big plans for Europe where it recently became the largest player in Bulgaria with the acquisition of City Clinics. It is negotiating to buy in Romania and will build facilities in two other European countries.
June 9, 2016

Life Healthcare to buy in new European country

The South African hospital group, Life Healthcare, is set to enter its fifth international market through a European deal, Group Medical Director, Dr Stephen Taylor, revealed to Healthcare Nova. The deal could be announced within the next few weeks, says Taylor, who now spends half his time in Poland, helping Scanmed, Life’s first European acquisition, raise its standards.
June 9, 2016

Vithas grabs Nisa but there may be trouble ahead

Spanish hospital group Vithas has reached a preliminary agreement to take over seven-hospital rival group Nisa. Vithas stormed in with a pricey offer in the midst of talks to sell the group to private equity house Atitlán. Atitlán has pulled out, but now a group of minority shareholders want to tag along and threaten with legal action otherwise.
June 8, 2016
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