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The politics of privatisating Nordic elderly care

Market forces are not the only factors determining the fate of private providers in Nordic elderly care. As local elections near in Norway and national government in Sweden continues to be run by a struggling minority group, we speak to operators in both countries and take a look at how a political climate can create a warm welcome to the private market - or rain on its parade.
October 25, 2018

Could Pihlajalinna be a bid target?

Shares in Finnish outsourcing specialist Pihlajalinna have dropped in value by over a third in the last 12 months, and it has lowered its profitability guidance for 2018. We speak to Helsinki-based healthcare advisor to find out more.
July 12, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2017: Improving diabetes identification and treatment

A new data warehouse solution enabled Terveystalo to identify individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes, identify people who had the condition and to transparently demonstrate value. Applied across the whole of Finland, the new system would annually save 31 ,000 years of labour and 2 billion euros according to independent academics.
July 6, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Building a personal health plan service platform for over 600,000 patients

Oma Terveys is a personal health plan service platform that can be used to monitor and review your care history, personal health plan, lab results and wellness goals. It introduced an 24/7 online GP chat function in 2016 using both text and video calling with the ability to attach photographs. It employs 200 GPs to monitor the chat service and claims to be able to reply in seconds. The platform also allows physicians to chat with each other to share information. The app has more than 658,000 registered users and Terveystalo, the biggest, for-profit medical provider in Finland claims that 13% of its physical visits (5.25m in 2017) end up registering.
June 26, 2018

Pihlajalinna and Helsinki-based insurer plan nationwide cooperation

Finnish outsourcing specialist Pihlajalinna and Helsinki-based insurer Fennia have announced long-term plans to jointly provide “comprehensive health and well-being services”. Healthcare Europa speaks to Pihlajalinna and a local operator to find out more.
May 31, 2018

Mehilainen sold to CVC

Mehilainen, the big Finnish occupational outpatient group has been sold in a deal valued at around €1.8bn to CVC by Triton and KKR. We talk to Mehilainen CEO Janne-Olli Järvenpää about the deal and growth plans. Will he look outside Finland?
May 18, 2018
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