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Elderly care post-Covid: HBI Big Picture Seminar

How has Covid affected the elderly care sector across EMEA? To find out, HBI-365, the new global digital platform, brought together a panel of three: Fredrik Gren, CEO and president, Ambea, a sophisticated and large Pan-Scandinavian care group, Alexei Sidnev, CEO, Senior Group, the largest player in a big emerging market, Russia and Pierre-Emanuel Bercegeay, CEO, Ouihelp, a VC-backed, digital-savvy domiciliary homecare start-up in France. The seminar was followed by the first meeting of our HBI-365 elderly community with a useful roundtable on workforce.
July 2, 2020

Interview: Daniel Soukup, head of EUC Virtual Clinic

The Czech Republic's largest primary care and occupational healthcare provider by revenue, EUC, has been leading the charge in bringing digital health care to the country. Daniel Soukup, head of its Virtual Clinic, tells HBI that while the service has before been only for its private-pay patients, it is starting to work much closer with public insurers to bring telemedicine to more people.
June 23, 2020

Medgate moves into public health support role for pandemic

Switzerland's largest telehealth player Medgate has shown how digital health firms can provide invaluable support during a crisis. The company tells HBI that it has gone beyond its traditional role of working with insurers to support a number of different initiatives during the pandemic.
June 22, 2020

Interview: Katharina Juenger, CEO, TeleClinic

For the first time in Germany publicly-insured patients can go straight to an app to have a teleconsultation without paying out of pocket. Small start-up TeleClinic is the first to launch a reimbursable service, which comes as the country's largest statutory insurer launches its own telehealth solution and KRY and Doctolib enter the market. TeleClinic CEO tells HBI it hopes to hit 100,000 consultations this year.
June 17, 2020

Telemedicine booth provider raises €15m

Investment activity in telemedicine booths has picked up over the past month with Babylon leading a Series B of US-based Higi and France-based H4D closing a €15m round. H4D's founder tells HBI that it's a half a billion potential market in France alone.
June 15, 2020

EU proposes standalone health budget

The European Commission has proposed a five-year €9.4bn health budget that will be used to train workforces and support digital innovation. How might the private sector benefit?
June 11, 2020

DocDoc expands into China

Singapore-based 'doctor discovery platform' DocDoc has moved into China through a partnership with one of the world's largest insurance risk management companies, Kaitaiming (KTM), giving it access to 90% of the country's insurers. HBI speaks to CEO Cole Sirucek.
June 11, 2020

Babylon admits data breach

Telehealth company Babylon has admitted a data breach, after a patient using its UK-based app GP at Hand was able to see recordings of other patient's consultations.
June 11, 2020

Digital Health – The Great Leap Forward

After a decade of desultory change, in recent months European countries have dramatically accelerated their move towards digital health care. This covers every aspect from primary care to home monitoring. But what form do these new business models take? And how will it transform different aspects of health care delivery? In a 20-minute presentation, McKinsey […]
June 10, 2020
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