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HBI 2021: Will digital change everything or is it just a ‘marketing tool’?

Operators differ in their visions and ambitions for how digital tools can be used to transform the primary care and diagnostic sectors, from being purely a ‘marketing tool’ that can improve convenience and ease of access for patients, all the way to round-the-clock patient-tracking and data-gathering to be used in combination with genome sequencing and AI to predict and prevent illness and death. 
September 30, 2021

HBI 2021: Emerging markets need new business models

Providers in emerging markets must better explore new business models - like subscription-based wellbeing and capitated primary care - if they want to fill the gap left by the public sector, panellists agreed at HBI 2021.
September 30, 2021

HBI 2021: The mental health pandemic running alongside Covid

The long term impact of COVID on mental health and psychiatry is unknown as demand is increasing, a panel of European experts at HBI 2021 conference said. They discussed polyaddiction and new symptoms, mental health tech, and the impact of the pandemic on healthcare workforce.
September 30, 2021

HBI 2021: Wage inflation biggest concern in Europe

Wages typically make up 50-75% of healthcare service business’ costs, and the prospect of wage inflation in Europe over the coming years is particularly worrying for the sector, especially in the face of stable or even decreasing tariffs. A well-qualified panel at HBI 2021 was divided over whether efficiency gains from digital will offset the hit to margins. 
September 30, 2021

HBI 2021: Whether to buy or build digital health

There are three levels to digitalisation for healthcare providers: the foundation is clinical information systems, the middle is customer patient journey and the top is using data to understand it all. Elsan, Humanitas and Schoen Klinik talked at HBI 2021 about whether to buy or build these capabilities.
September 30, 2021

HBI 2021: Korian CEO ‘doesn’t want to take company global’

Sophie Boissard, the CEO of pan-European elderly care group Korian, does not want to take the group into a multiplicity of markets, she told delegates at HBI 2021. The stance is in contrast to Bupa and Helios, who are building asset-light digital touchpoints to reach more global customers. 
September 30, 2021

Clove on track for record quarter despite Covid

India's largest dental chain, Clove Dental, is hitting record revenues and on track for its best quarter ever despite Covid. HBI caught up with Clove chairman and co-founder Louis Shakinovsky at HBI 2021 to find out more.
September 30, 2021

UK insourcing group for sale

HBI hears that 18 Week Support (18WS), a UK-based group that offers insourcing support for the NHS, is for sale.
September 30, 2021

Amanat sells minority stake in IMC

GCC-investor Amanat Holdings has sold its 13% stake in hospital International Medical Centre, a month after CEO Mohamad Hamade told HBI that it was shifting its strategy towards majority investments.
September 28, 2021
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