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Interview: Howard Podolsky, Group CEO, Cambridge Medical

Last week, Amanat Holdings announced the return of Howard Podolsky to Cambridge Medical Rehabilitation Center. HBI caught up with the ‘new’ group CEO to hear about current challenges and opportunities in the Middle East and what is different this time around.

Key takeaways from the HETT 2023 London Conference

Last week, HBI joined thousands of delegates at the Health Excellence Through Technology (HETT) 2023 conference in London, where exhibiters congregated to explore how digital innovation can be leveraged to address record-level NHS waiting lists - something keynote speaker Vin Diwakar, medical director for transformation dubbed “the greatest crisis since the Second World War.”

Why it pays to do the basics when building a patient pathway

A German outpatient operator tells HBI how providers are attracting and keeping patients within their businesses throughout the patient pathway, with as many as 50% of complex ophthalmology referrals coming from internal sources. HBI hears it pays to do basic (less profitable) work and even consider retail early in the patient journey so when they really do need help, they already have a provider of choice.

Hungary’s health care sector boosted by new state-of-the-art TritonLife lab

TritonLife, Hungary’s largest private hospital group, has significantly boosted the country’s diagnostic testing capacity by opening a new state-of-the-art laboratory in Budapest. The group tells HBI it will eventually have the capacity to process 10 million tests per year, including many which previously had to be sent abroad to be processed. As well as providing an in-house diagnostics service to the group’s own patients, TritonLife has agreed to provide testing services to more than 20 other private health care providers in the country.

Alliance Medical sale “imminent”

HBI hears that the longstanding sale of UK diagnostic firm Alliance Medical Group is imminent, with two bidders left in the process and pan-European operator Affidea tipped to be the front-runner. We speak to three market experts to find out more about the deal which is being valued at around $800m-$1bn.

German for profits’ growing influence in the healthcare sector

Germany's for-profit hospital sector has a growing role in the market's provision. Between 2014 and 2021, the percentage of German hospitals which were owned by the for-profit sector rose 2.3 percentage points to 44.5% and the number of beds controlled by the for-profit sector rose 0.9 percentage points to 24%.

Fresenius to sell Curalie after De Meo’s discreet departure

Fresenius’ digital health subsidiary Curalie is reportedly up for sale, as the conglomerate’s CEO continues to win over investors, streamline the group, and replace management. Meanwhile HBI hears former Helios CEO Francesco De Meo may be unhappy with the circumstances of his departure - and could seek legal advice.

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