The Greek government, facing severe staffing shortages in its National Health System (ESY), has unveiled a series of measures aimed at enticing private doctors to fill critical gaps in rural and underserved areas.
Online medical education platform Learna has put together a postgraduate programme on AI use in medicine, aimed at healthcare professionals who want to brush up their understanding and skills in how AI works and how they can make use of it. Dr Anish Kotecha, Learna’s Head of Medical Education, spoke to us about the motivation for creating the course and what it covers.
As the UK’s political parties enter the final straight for next Thursday’s general election, the outcome is all but certain, with polling strongly indicating that the Labour Party is set to return to power for the first time since 2010 — at current projections with the largest parliamentary majority in British history.
Speakers at HBI’s first ever panel on the veterinary sector made a compelling case for the sector’s investability to HBI 2024 attendees. Demand is resilient and growing, supported by a growing number of pets as well as greater expenditure from pet owners as the range of services expands. Demand growth is also supported by greater price flexibility than human healthcare typically has in most European countries. And almost all the continent’s markets remain unconsolidated.
The Council of the European Union’s (European Council) Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) convened on Friday to discuss critical aspects of EU health policy, investment in the healthcare sector, pharmaceutical reforms, workforce challenges, and health data utilisation.
At a fascinating HBI 2024 workshop on transforming the dental services industry, innovators outlined bold new business models designed to improve access to affordable, high-quality oral care for millions across Europe.
Tuesday June 18th saw the latest round of industrial action within the French healthcare industry, as thousands of workers across private medical settings, from private hospitals and clinics to retirement homes, went on strike.
HBI recently reported on the looming dementia wave, which most countries are poorly equipped to tackle. In the UK in particular there is a huge gap in provision of care home places for people with dementia of medium severity. Eilert Hinrichs, Partner at L.E.K. Consulting, a strategy consultancy, recently co-authored an executive insight about this problem. He shared some ideas with us about what can be done about it.
It is tempting to think of universal health coverage as a quantitative endeavour since, after all, the goal is to bring sustainable and accessible health care to more and more of the planet’s people. But while numbers and quantity matter, the mission is about quality at its heart.
The world is facing a major healthcare workforce crisis. The effects of shortages are already being felt across both developed and developing countries. By 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts a shortage of 10 million health workers globally, predominantly in low and lower-middle-income countries.
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