Russian hospital group European Medical Center is set to list on the LSE in the first half of 2018. Its minority private equity owners, Baring Vostok Partners, will seek an exit in a listing that could value the company close to US$1bn.
The term integrated care can sometimes feel like an over-used buzzword. So it can help to think about what it means for the very patients who are most often failed by existing fragmented systems of care. For Jonathan Darer that means those with complex co-morbidities and how they are treated across the medical system from acute to their homes. Here we to talk to Dr.Darer, Medical Director, Siemens Healthineers and former chief innovation officer at Geisinger to explore why and what integrated care for such patients should look like and how to best deliver it. Few healthcare systems in the world are yet capable of delivering a continuity of care experience that is needed for these complex patients.
A disappointing birth rate saw profits plunge at Harmonicare Medical Holdings, the largest private Chinese hospital group dedicated to gynaecology, obstetrics and paediatrics, despite China scrapping its single child policy. The company's 2017 FY report shows Harmonicare’s net profit dropped by 71% to RMB27.39m (US$6.8m) and diluted earnings per share also plunged by 71% to RMB36.10 (US$5.7m). EBITDA also […]
We talk to a consultant who tells us of a sea of private operators seeking financing from abroad, particularly in the areas of diagnostic imaging, medical laboratories and complex surgery - the three areas with the highest capex requirements. An unmet need for those services could mean a sound business opportunity.
There is a view that big European and US operators have a management expertise which will enable them to enter emerging markets in their chosen sector be it hospitals, elderly care, rehab or labs. That isn’t true. On the contrary, we are seeing Emerging Market operators who are better, faster and cheaper than anything Europeans […]
Fosun owned Luz Saude, the second largest Portuguese hospital group, is set to delist from the Lisbon stock exchange and trading has been suspended ahead of the move.
The CEO of the Netherlands’ largest ambulatory clinic has quickly scotched rumours of a sale, as he tells Healthcare Europa the group is looking to expand at home and abroad, move into a new field, and is planning a possible IPO.
Swiss start-up Corpus Health is launching a telemedicine platform in Switzerland in November, and is also eyeing Italy, partner Romain Boichat tells Healthcare Europa.
Observers are scratching their heads over JP Morgan's attempts to sell Mehilainen, the big Finnish healthcare group and international dialysis chain Diaverum.
Imaging giant Philips has bought a stake in Med360, Germany's largest imaging service provider. Such vertical integration has long been talked about but is now becoming reality.
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