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Interview: Dr Peter Cole, managing partner at Lancet Laboratories

South African diagnostic lab group Lancet is consolidating the African lab market, expanding into 12 countries in 12 years. We speak to managing partner, Dr Peter Cole, about the South African healthcare services market generally, the different African markets and the challenge posed by European and Indian competitors.
June 9, 2015

Telefónica brings subscription mobile health services to two million across Latin America

Healthcare Nova can reveal that mobile phone giant Telefónica is rolling out its mobile health services to all its Latin American countries over the next two months. Launched in Brazil in 2012 it now has 2m customers there. It is also about to turn Saluspot, a platform to message doctors and book appointments, into a subscription service. Mobile health services include 24/7 call centres and SMS health tips and advice.
May 27, 2015

Report: The changing face of the healthcare labour market

The global deficit of healthcare professionals is getting worse. The World Health Organisation estimates the shortage at 7m today rising to 13m by 2035 – or 18m if you include medical technicians. Not to mention the deficits in management staff. Operators need increasingly innovative ways to respond to the HR crisis, driving a paradigm shift in the landscape of medical training, recruitment and operation.
May 26, 2015

Report: Private health insurance to grow at 15% in Emerging Asia

A new report by reinsurer SwissRe lauds the potential of private health insurance (PHI) to transform healthcare in Emerging Markets. Medical insurance premiums are expected to grow at 10% per annum between 2013-2020, double the pace of emerging market GDP growth and triple global health insurance growth. We spoke to the author Clarence Wong, chief economist for Asia at SwissRe.
May 26, 2015

Synlab buys in Africa

European lab group Synlab has made its first acquisition in Africa, buying a majority stake in Medven, the holding company for the Medlab lab and imaging chain. It wants to use this as a base for further growth in West Africa. We think this is the first time a European lab group has bought assets on the ground in Africa.
May 22, 2015

Report: Huge investor interest at Healthcare Europa 2015

Click here to see all the presentations from Healthcare Europa 2015 How is the private healthcare services sector in Europe and beyond changing? Healthcare Europa 2015 provided a snapshot of the sector. We report. The fifth Healthcare Europa conference saw delegate numbers double to 430 with streams for acute, dentistry, elderly care and diagnostics in […]
May 21, 2015

FREE BLOG Cross-Border Investment Will Transform Global Health Systems

Globalization—whether you like it or not—has been the major force shaping markets for industrial goods for the past century. Until recently, services, including health services, were largely domestic businesses operating in national markets. Today, technology has given us the ability to tap knowledge workers regardless of geographic locations, creating a global market for services writes […]
May 14, 2015

Report: UAE survey: Statutory insurance sees market rocket

Healthcare consumption is rocketing in the United Arab Emirates thanks in part to the phased introduction of Mandatory Health Insurance (MHI) and underpinned by its rising population and income levels. Healthcare Business International journalist Lee Murray investigates.
May 5, 2015
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