Spanish hospital group Ribera Salud has increased its holding in Slovakian imaging and radiology provider Pro Diagnostic Group (PDG) – and says it is targeting further expansion in central and Eastern Europe.
After months of travelling to China, ignoring his critics and struggling to convince even his own board it was worth him persisting, the CEO of a European digital telemonitoring platform has just signed a deal with a Chinese company that just might be the start of something big. Healthcare Nova speaks to Lars Dahle from Dignio to find out more.
After months of travelling to China, ignoring his critics and struggling to convince even his own board it was worth him persisting, the CEO of a Norway-based digital telemonitoring platform has just signed a deal with a Chinese company that just might be the start of something big. Healthcare Europa speaks to Lars Dahle from Dignio to find out more.
Healthcare Europa talks to Philip Buergin, the new CEO of Jacobs Holding-backed Colosseum Dental UK, about problems and opportunities in the UK dental market, the wider European perspective, and Colosseum's plans for the future.
We hear that there has been a surge in interest in Ivory Coast's healthcare market in recent months continuing a trend that began as the dust settled from the civil war. Coupled with a weakening of French influence, the market is opening up. Healthcare Nova finds out more from a well-placed source.
We hear that USA-based hospital giant Steward Health Care International has plans to extend its operations and become the number one player in a further seven or eight European markets.
Before British primary care digital health player Babylon came along, the Rwandan government had never signed a contract with a private healthcare provider. A universal healthcare coverage scheme called Mutuelles de Santé had been operating in the country since 1999, but ten years later was spending 9.7% of GDP on health. The government and its citizens needed a means to make healthcare more accessible and affordable: so in 2016 it invited a private digital health platform to help connect patients to doctors.
Indian low-cost dialysis provider NephroPlus is investing 200 crore (US$29m) in 160 new clinics in India and abroad by 2020. The group CEO claims it is the cheapest dialysis provider in the world.
MENA hospital group Saudi German has partnered with a major Nigerian politician's healthcare company to build a referral centre, diagnostic centre and 100-bed hospital in the capital Abuja. This will provide an excellent channel for referring out-of-pocket payers to Dubai - but Saudi German is keen to stress it should also generally help stem the tide of medical tourists flooding out of the country.
Healthcare Europa speaks to Jos de Blok , CEO of Buurtzorg, the Netherlands-based homecare specialist, to find out more about its business model and the unique difficulties in operating in the Dutch market.
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