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Aleris to launch video doctor service for Scandinavia

How does video conferencing change patient behaviour and the range of services that can be offered? Aleris, the big private operator who spans primary, hospitals, elderly and disabled care, is set to launch Video Doktor as a Pan-Scandinavian service. This allows patients to talk directly to family doctors and specialists by video link. We look at the model and how Aleris might monetise it. We explore the implications of having a doctor just a click away.

Eurocept buys Medizorg and tries to re-invent homecare

Eurocept, the Dutch pharmaceutical and home care company backed by private equity house GIMV, is to buy medicalised homecare group Medizorg to create a group with sales of €300m with Benelux and Pan-Nordic ambitions. We talk to Eurocept CEO, Mike van Woensel about homecare business models.

Falck creates Scandinavia’s largest occupational healthcare group

Falck, the international ambulance to fire engine giant, has created the largest Scandinavian player in occupational healthcare, Falck Healthcare, with sales of €395m and 2,000 staff, through a three-way merger with Previa and Quick Care, both owned by Danish fund group TryhedsGruppen. The deal leaves TryhedsGruppen with a 40% stake in Falck Healthcare and 2.3% in Falck Holding. Meanwhile, Falck has built clinic chains in Denmark and Poland. We talk to Jørn Wendel Andersen, CEO of TryghedsGruppen and Jan Steenhard, CEO of Falck Healthcare services division.

Report: Dentistry in Europe

Web-empowered, patient choice, the retreat of state payors, internationalization - what is happening in dentistry will happen in other healthcare service sectors soon. So it is a sector that is worth watching closely. In this, the first part of a 2 part report, we look at how dentistry markets in Europe are changing, look at business models and track consolidation, naming the major players country-by-country. How is the market set to change?

Ribon sets up new healthcare fund

Denis Ribon,former global head of healthcare at 3i, has set up a new business Archimed to invest in healthcare services, medtech and pharma in Western Europe.

Global Health Partner sees price drops but brighter outlook

The real problem in elective acute care in Sweden has been a series of price cuts, according to Daniel Ohlman, CEO of Global Health Partners, a chain of 20 ambulatory clinics mainly in Sweden, but also in Denmark with one in the United Arab Emirates.

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