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Domiciliary care flatlines in Sweden

The Swedish domiciliary care sector did not enjoy the same growth as its European neighbours through the pandemic, with older residents rejecting all but the most essential services. HBI speaks to two Swedish domiciliary care operators to find out more.

GHP continues organic growth in 2020 despite pandemic

GHP, a listed provider of specialist clinics in Scandinavia and hospitals in the Middle East, increased revenue and EBITDA in 2020 despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic. HBI talks to CEO Daniel Ohman to find out how.

Triton “invests” in Bergman – Aleris merger to follow?

PE firm Triton has agreed to "invest" in Dutch, Nordic and German ambulatory clinic operator Bergman Clinics, possibly implying it is not buying control from NPM Capital and the Malensteins who are retaining stakes. Triton would not comment on the size of the stake nor on our speculation it plans to merge Bergman with Nordic operator Aleris.

Swedish regions vow to stop paying for telehealth

A quarter of Swedish regions, home to more than a quarter of all Swedes, have signalled that they will stop paying millions of euros to the country's for-profit telehealth suppliers like Kry.

Teleradiology veteran joins AI outfit as sectors’ outlooks diverge

The former CEO of lab group Unilabs' teleradiology arm TMC, Alexander Böhmcker, has joined the eighth most-funded imaging AI company in the world, Aidoc, as VP Europe. We talk to Böhmcker. What does the move say about the two sectors which had very different 2020s?

HBI 2020: Lessons on reaching the patient

An insurer, an integrated healthcare provider and a telehealth player are three providers with very different experiences of being able to reach the patient. HBI looks at four tangible lessons from Aetna, Medicover and Kry from HBI 2020.

Nordics: Finding positives in a difficult year

HBI 365's State of the Regions: Nordics panel found a lot of positives had come out of a difficult year. But better relationships with payors and public providers, and a vastly increased understanding and recognition of the benefits of digital clinics were tempered with the knowledge that, as the pandemic recedes, the new normal is likely to see some of these advances pull back - albeit not to pre COVID levels.

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