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Axa enters Irish nursing home market

French insurance and financial services company AXA has entered the Irish nursing home market for the first time by investing in a relatively large portfolio of homes operated by the country's biggest group, Mowlam Healthcare. We speak to JLL which brokered the deal.

Interview: Michael Sandhu, Remedium RT

After a long career at radiotherapy supplier Varian where he ended as Vice President, Global Market Development, Michael has set up his own consultancy to advise governments, international agencies and the private sector on the development of radiation therapy services in general and the best business models.  HBI asks him where the opportunities are and what they look like. 

PMI penetration rises across Europe

The number of people who are covered by private health insurance has largely risen across Europe in the past decade, according to a report by the OECD.

Dementia insurance policies in Europe within a year

Dementia policies which pay out for care are available in Japan and the USA and will be sold in Europe by the autumn of 2019 or earlier, says Peter Ohmenus, President and CEO of Dacadoo, the digital genetics wellness platform.

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Building brand awareness of regional centres of excellence

Patients often feel they have to travel hundreds of miles to capital cities to get the best treatment. UPMC International, part of the huge US academic medical center, found this applied to the Whitfield cancer treatment centre in the far south of Ireland. It confronted this head-on with its "I chose to have my cancer treatment close to home campaign" and a re-branding of the entire operation. The application looks at precisely how UPMC, and its partners, built the campaign and with what results.

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Programme that minimises radiation doses for CT scans

CT scans, particularly in emergency settings, can generate high doses of radiation. Affidea has rolled out a programme across its 235 centres in 16 countries which prescribes levels for 72 different CT scans. This is based on its database of 75,000 examinations a month. This has led to Affidea creating 105 unified protocols to standardize operating procedures for CT scans. This program is key to Affidea’s strategy for winning international tenders.

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