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How digital technology is transforming homecare pathways

Homecare is moving from the traditional live-in and hourly care model towards a more modern one with 24/7 online support, digital tablet observations and sensors, instead of the carer's physical presence. This week’s infographic looks at the different user pathways in homecare.

Most pre-COVID sales processes now closed

In August last year, just two of the big sales processes launched just before the pandemic had been agreed. A year later and most of the assets have now sold with a lot of the movement coming from the mid-market.

Imaging AI investment booms post-Covid

Investment in the imaging AI startup space has soared 33% in 2021 so far, with new fundraising rounds, buyouts and IPOs signalling a renewed post-pandemic appetite for the technology. Partnerships between solution providers have also ramped up, possibly signalling precursors to full-blown mergers.

Top 15 companies add 4% market share in just two years

The top five players in the hospital, lab and nursing home markets in Europe and the Middle East have consolidated between 2-4% of their markets since 2018.

Pre-summer holiday M&A frenzy

There were more transactions at the top-end of the market in Europe's healthcare sector in June and July than in the same period in 2019 and 2020 combined. Dealmakers have now made more than a dent in the backlog of Covid-postponed processes. Traditionally June-July is a quiet time for M&A in healthcare services. 2021 appears to be the exception.

GCC hospital markets: not for the faint-hearted

The GCC's private hospital sector had a highly volatile second half of the 2010s despite being the target of huge foreign investments in the first. Public data shows huge fluctuations in annual growth in 2014-2019 across Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Dubai, UAE.

Europe’s digital health sector hits peak investment

The first six months of 2021 were a bumper year for Europe's digital health startups as they raised more money than ever before. This week's infographic gives a sneak peek at HBI's special report on how to value a digital health company. You can read the whole thing by subscribing to HBI Deals+Insights.

Domiciliary care growth rockets

This week we look at the growing domiciliary care market's largest players by revenue, with this interactive table.

Occupancy loss and excess deaths during the pandemic

A lot of discussion has taken place about the conduct of nursing homes in the pandemic. Today we look at the number of excess deaths among the over 65s in a population in 2020, and compare it to the loss in occupancy that operators suffered through that year.

CEO pay cuts during the pandemic

A lot of CEOs took huge pay cuts through the last financial year, others made bank. HBI explores CEO pay in a year when revenue expectations went out of the window, staff were furloughed and governments had to prop up businesses across EMEA.

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