Multinational dialysis giant Diaverum has entered the Greek market with the acquisition of six clinics. HBI hears the group has plans to consolidate more of the market and become the country’s best quality provider.
After 38 hours of deliberation, a long-awaited deal has finally been reached in Brussels. HBI speaks to three market experts to understand what the AI Act - the comprehensive European framework for AI innovation and regulation - could mean for the future of healthcare in Europe.
For years there has been a trend towards using outpatient services wherever possible - to improve patient outcomes, to better use an increasingly scarce workforce, and to increase cost efficiency. On the “Outpatient differential” panel at HBI 2023, how this push looks across the world was a key topic for discussion.
The big Greek for-profit health care groups are forming a national association to take on the Greek government which continues after a decade to claw back yearly a percentage of their profits. Meanwhile an investor tells us that the French government is worried there may be similar moves in France where labs are seeking to negotiate a new three-year price deal.
The company formed as a result of the merger between Euromedica and Imithea, the parent company of Henry Dunant, Greece’s largest private hospital, is unlikely to sell for three years, HBI hears. Click here to read our reports on the for-profit hospital sector, and here to read more about Euromedica, and here to read more […]
The Greek and US governments are investigating vulture fund Farallon's purchase of Euromedica back in 2020. That could scupper Euromedica's planned merger with Imithea – the parent company of Greece’s largest single private hospital Henry Dunant.
Henry Dunant Hospital, Greece’s largest private hospital, is now unlikely to be sold to the public sector after a merger between its parent company Imithea and Greek healthcare services multitasker Euromedica.
The arguments for digitalisation in healthcare services are well-established, and thanks to the pandemic, hybrid models are coming more and more to the fore. How is digitalisation being used to improve financial outcomes, and how is data being used to deliver unprecedented proactive and preventative measures?
HBI hears that the surprise buyer of European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) may not have been the highest bidder, despite winning out. HBI considers who else was in the running, and the EBITDA figure that may have been used for the deal.
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