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Aevis’ offer for LifeWatch likely to fail

An offer by the Swiss investor Aevis for the shares of telemedicine group LifeWatch will fail to reach its tender threshold of 67% of controlling equity, say investors.
February 6, 2017

Interview: Ignacio Riesgo, independent healthcare consultant

We speak to Ignacio Riesgo, previously a healthcare leader at PwC in Madrid, and currently an independent advisor to both public and private providers. Riesgo muses on the industrialization of healthcare in his latest book Médicos o robots: La medicina que viene (Rasche).
August 2, 2016

Interview: Andrés Gutiérrez, CEO, Médica Santa Carmen

Mexican renal care cost-cutter Médica Santa Carmen has concluded a second round of investments to expand from four clinics to 20-25 by 2021. We speak to CEO Andrés Gutiérrez about partnerships, the Mexican market and reaching out to the undiagnosed lower classes.
July 29, 2016

Interview: Mike Wagner, Executive Director, The Advisory Board

We speak to Mike Wagner, executive director at healthcare consultancy The Advisory Board. Wagner believes there'll be a move towards a risk-segmented payor system that combines greater cost control for chronic patients and more service-oriented healthcare for the bulk of the population. Giving up old reservations and partnering with disruptive newcomers is key.
July 20, 2016

UK healthcare faces up to Brexit

The UK has voted to leave the EU unleashing economic and political turmoil that has taken the legs out from under Sterling, ignited press hysteria and will likely see the leaders of both major parties replaced. As always, the NHS was front and centre during the campaign. But concerns for healthcare more broadly, including the private sector, are numerous. We talk to investors, operators and advisors.
July 1, 2016

Interview: Lars Christian Dahle, CEO, Dignio

Can telecare and telehealth keep the elderly and chronically ill in their own homes longer? A recent pilot in the city of Oslo, Norway, suggests the answer is yes, with a 32% percent reduction in hospital admissions and a 59% drop in the time nurses spend on home visits. That is thanks to a device which automatically relays readings (blood pressure, thermometers, breathing, etc) to an iPad and on to a central monitoring station. Dignio is also active in Sweden and Denmark and is exploring elderly care in China.
July 1, 2016

Hong Kong operators eye mainland medical tourists

Hong Kong operators are expanding to mainland China to promote their brands and bring medical tourists to Hong Kong, according to Thalia Georgiou, founder of consultancy firm Asia Care Group. We look at how Hong Kong-based Townhealth, is building dentistry and cosmetic surgery networks on the mainland, one year after Chinese insurer China Life Insurance became its largest shareholder.
June 22, 2016

Building brands that win patients

Nordic countries are moving towards healthcare systems where money follows the patient and there's a broader range of private providers to chose from. How are operators responding to greater competition? Johan Fredriksson from Praktikertjänst and Yrjo Narhinen from Terveystelo discussed brand building and patient choice at our HBI's 2016 Breaking Barriers conference.
May 4, 2016

Saudi’s five-year PPP plan

Plans to implement mandatory health insurance and expand capacity with new PPP contracts were laid out by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Omar, former Deputy Minister at the Saudi Ministry of Health, at our 2016 Breaking Barriers conference.
May 3, 2016
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