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FREE BLOG Propco deal activity has been as muted as opco in 2023

We’ve written a lot about the slowdown in M&A activity over the past year or two. But rising interest rates haven’t only adversely impacted opco acquisitions. They’ve had a similarly negative impact on propco investment.

December 1, 2023

FREE BLOG The sorry state of EMRs

Many operators have bemoaned the state of electronic medical records (EMRs). If only the data was more readable and transferable, then we would have a data revolution, they say. But there’s more to this complex landscape than first meets the eye.

November 24, 2023

FREE BLOG Reasons to be cheerful

Given the turmoil of recent years – the pandemic, soaring inflation, soaring energy costs, supply chain issues, a work force crisis, and war – it is good to bring you some good news for a change. There is a real feeling among industry leaders that the tide is set to turn.

November 17, 2023

FREE BLOG Why is an essential sector not a more appealing investment?

Which is the least investable sector in health care services at the moment? A few years ago, answers would have differed, but increasingly – and contrary to rising demand – HBI hears it is nursing homes.

November 10, 2023

FREE BLOG Is Ireland’s diagnostics scheme a good model for queue-busting?

Queues for accessing publicly-funded health care are a feature of almost every country that has an NHS system. In most of these countries they have worsened since Covid. There is one very notable exception to this.

November 3, 2023

FREE BLOG Key takeaways from ‘Saudi Health Transformation – The Real Opportunity’

On Wednesday HBI hosted a webinar on the huge opportunities for health care services providers and investors in Saudi Arabia, as the country privatises large swathes of its health care system as part of its Vision 2030 plan to reform and diversify its economy. What were the key takeaways?

October 26, 2023

FREE BLOG Why the EU won’t become the global standard-setter for AI regulation

Last week HBI attended a breakfast event hosted by international law firm BonelliErede on the impact of AI in health care. Vincenzo Salvatore, an expert on EU law and the former head of legal at the European Medical Association (EMA), gave a presentation in which he discussed the EU’s plans for regulating the use of AI.

October 20, 2023

FREE BLOG A good or a bad year for the Top 100?

This week we publish this year's Top 100, a list of the top 100 health care groups by 2022 revenue in EMEA. Was it a good or a bad year for them?

October 13, 2023

FREE BLOG Temperature-check on whistleblowing cultures

In the UK, the conviction of neonatal nurse Lucy Letby for the murder and attempted murder of numerous infants has shaken the healthcare industry. Many co-workers have since spoken publicly about how their suspicions, although raised, were dismissed by the very institutions meant to prevent harm.

October 6, 2023

FREE BLOG Do you need a health care background to be a great health care CEO?

Anyone who’s been paying attention to new appointments in the for-profit healthcare sector will have picked up on an interesting emerging trend: executives being poached from outside industries. It raises an interesting question: do you need to have a background in healthcare to be a healthcare leader?

September 29, 2023

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