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First “open to all” NHS-funded telehealth primary care app launches

Telehealth provider babylon has launched the first NHS funded telehealth primary care service which is open to all patients, with a 'GP at hand' app that promises NHS tele-consultations within two hours and face-to-face appointments within a day. Now and Evergreen are also working with the NHGS but offer more limited options. We talk to babylon.

Healthcare Europa October 2017

This October, we bring you news of a planned €2bn healthcare services fund, further consolidation in the dentistry market and a £1bn bid for one of Europe's largest hospital groups. There are also interviews and features examining radical change to the insurance market.

FREE BLOG Can “Healthcare ATMs” be the primary care panacea India needs?

Indian health insurer Max Bupa Health is launching pioneering technology based around "Healthcare ATMs" which can assess a potential customer's health, and then sell them insurance on the spot. Healthcare Nova speaks to a healthcare operator who already uses these ATMs for health assessment, one who decided not to, and a group that manufactures them - and also looks at how they can be used to sell insurance.

Market expects further health tariff cut in France in 2018

Pan-European private healthcare operator Capio is preparing for yet another tariff cut in France next year - even though one hasn't been announced. Assurances from the country’s health minister, however, suggest to some operators there may be calmer seas ahead.

Interview: Ben Faircloth, Partner, L.E.K. Consulting

Dentistry is flavour of the month in healthcare services with consolidation taking off right across Europe and private equity placing big bets on the concept of national and even multinational chains. Ben Faircloth, who has advised some of the largest players in Europe, tells us what really makes these businesses work and which models are set to prosper.

NephroPlus plans to expand in India and abroad in 2018

Indian renal care provider NephroPlus is to open 55 more centres across the county by the end of 2018, which will see it operating in 180 locations. Healthcare Nova speaks to CEO Vikram Vuppala about the rollout, centre profitability and imminent international expansion.

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