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Netherlands moves to Mechanical Turk for homecare workers

The Netherlands is set to liberalise its health workforce, allowing self-employed carers and nurses to practice freely. The primary focus right now is on getting these independent healthcare workers into the homecare market: a €20 million fund has been established to be used by insurers to purchase their services. Patients will be free to identify and select qualified staff over the web, rather like Amazon's mechanical turk model. How will this affect incumbent homecare providers? How does the new system work? We investigate.
June 21, 2012

New cancer centre for Romania

What is claimed to be the first specialised private cancer hospital in Romania has just opened in Brasov. We talk to the doctor behind the project, Aurel Tudose.
June 21, 2012

Interview: Craig McNally, Head of Strategy and European Operations, Ramsay Health Care

Include dividends and rises in share price, and since September 1997 Ramsay Health Care has delivered a 2,000% return to shareholders. The company's shares are riding high, while management is indicating possible further expansions into Europe. We talk to Craig McNally about business cycles in the UK and France, as well as learning about the Ramsay Way.
June 21, 2012

Irish outsourcing hopes fade

Hopes that Ireland may outsource €45m of family doctor (GP) diagnostic lab tests any time soon look wide of the mark, as the public sector responds and government reforms move towards a trust structure.
June 15, 2012

Greek hospitals face wall of debt and yet there are opportunities

The situation in Greece is perilous, with hospital groups facing a wall of maturing debt at the end of the year, while the banks are unable to offer refinancing. The private sector is staying afloat thanks to an influx of Libyan healthcare tourists and a retreating public sector - but will the big private groups survive if Greece stays trapped in economic crisis? We talk to Greek private equity house Marfin, among others, about the state of play.
June 15, 2012

Aevis name presages change at Genolier

Genolier Swiss Medical Network, the second largest Swiss hospital chain, has undergone a name change, with the financial holding company now rechristened as Aevis. Clinics and infrastructure related to medical operations will retain the GSMN brand, while all financial operations are carried out under the new name.
June 4, 2012
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