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Slovakia to have the first big private-public partnership hospital in 2017

The Slovakian Ministry of Health is currently doing some pre-tender surveys and discussions with possible partners to set up the first PPP hospital in Bratislava. Healthcare Europa’s sources say that hospital chain Svet Zdravia, owned by private equity house Penta, could be one of the front-runners in the tender - which includes the construction, financing and operation of the facility - although there are international bidders too.
September 23, 2014

FREE BLOG Fleury: Building a brand around services

I had a fascinating chat with Rogerio Rabelo, a member of the board of directors at Fleury, one of the largest lab + imaging groups in Brazil. The company which is quoted has sales of around US$800 million and is perceived as a premium brand in Brazil, where some 50m people, a quarter of the population, have private healthcare plans giving access to private providers.
September 22, 2014

Interview: Anna Rulkiewicz, President of the Management Board at LUX MED

LUX MED, recently bought by Bupa, the international healthcare group, is the largest Polish private healthcare operator with five small hospitals, 161 owned outpatient facilities and about 1,600 subcontracted centres located across Poland. The company had sales of €208m in 2013 and is in the middle of an ambitious expansion plan with the aim of making the group the largest private national inpatient chain. We talk to Anna Rulkiewicz, CEO at LUX MED, about the Polish market and LUX MED’s recent and future acquisitions. With a background in sales and marketing Credit Suisse, Zurich and Commercial Union she joined LUX MED in 2002 as sales and marketing director.
September 22, 2014

Outlook brightens for Swedish private healthcare sector

Sweden’s general election has returned what will be a minority Social Democrat-led left/centre coalition. Traditional centrist and right parties lost out to the far right Sweden Democrats who more than doubled their share of the vote to just under 13%. But the SDs lack a majority. What does this mean for the country’s large private healthcare and care sector? We talk to Per Batelson, chairman of Karolinska University Hospital and Patrik Patrick Kallman, CEO of Inca Integrated Care Solutions.
September 22, 2014

Teleradiology brightens up

After years of disappointingly slow growth, has teleradiology, the interpretation of images by radiologists sited remotely, started to turn the corner? Europe’s largest player Telemedicine Clinic (TMC) says it has seen 20-30% compound growth for the past four years. We speak to Alexander Böhmcker, TMC’s CEO, who says even Germany is showing signs of opening up.
September 17, 2014

Medsi oligarch arrested

Russian investigators have placed Vladimir Yevtushenkov, chairman of Sistema, the conglomerate which owns Medsi, the largest healthcare operator in Russia, under house arrest on charges of money-laundering. Reuters says that the charges against Sistema's Vladimir Yevtushenkov were made in connection with the acquisition of shares in oil producer Bashneft.
September 17, 2014

Universal Health Services enters Europe

Universal Healthcare Services, the biggest US behavioural care operator, has followed Acadia, the second largest US player, in entering the UK market with the acquisition for a reported £200m of Cygnet Healthcare. We look at the multiple and significance.
September 16, 2014

FREE BLOG Huge roadblocks to telehealth remain

What are the road blocks to the adoption of telehealth? A good place to get answers was the King’s Fund International Digital Health and Care Congress in London last week. Effective telehealth – the remote exchange of data between patients and healthcare professionals to assist in the diagnosis and management of healthcare conditions - is vital given that long term medical conditions take up 70 per cent of the NHS UK budget. Fans claim it reduces A&E admissions, costs and bed days.
September 15, 2014
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