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Finnish nursing home group Hovi expands in Singapore

Family-owned Finnish nursing home group Hovi has made its first venture abroad. It has entered Southeast Asia by setting up an elderly day-care centre in Singapore. Group CEO Jussi Peltonen tells HBI of plans to further expand in the region.

Fullerton continues expansion into Aussie primary care

Singapore-based Fullerton Health, which provides a range of healthcare services to corporates, has bought 48 facilities from Australia’s second biggest hospital chain Healthscope for S$59.4m (US$43.6) – becoming the third largest primary care business in the country.

How big data works at Fullerton

Big data analytics is finally paying dividends, says Fullerton, which mainly provides outpatient healthcare services to corporates and insurers through a network of 225 wholly owned clinics across six countries and 8,000 medical provider partners around the world. CIO Ted Minkinow says that Fullerton, working with Microsoft, has been able to identify potential fraud and wastage in Singapore. He also claims that big data can now predict with 70% accuracy over a two-year period which patients will have a major healthcare problem such as a heart attack. “It is more accurate than the doctor” he says. We also profile Fullerton.

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