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Under-fire Dentix may have a new suitor

Spanish dental chain Dentix has a new suitor, according to the Spanish press. The company has had a troubled history of late, heading into voluntary administration in April following a reported series of failed sales processes, including to Advent and KKR.
October 29, 2020

Mexico’s private hospitals enlisted in fight after occupancy plummets

Occupancy in Mexico's private hospital sector has plummeted due to COVID-19, a local operator tells HBI. Much of that spare capacity will go towards treating public non-COVID patients after a deal was struck with the government in an effort to prepare for an incoming wave of infected patients.
April 22, 2020

Booking data shows outpatient has all but stopped

Patient footfall for outpatient care across the world has all but stopped. Exclusive data from DocPlanner shows which specialities have seen the biggest drop in appointments booked and where telemedicine is really picking up some of the slack. We assess this against outpatient volumes in Singapore during SARS to see when it might pick up.
April 16, 2020

Mexican clinic boosts low-income patients by monetising quality

With the help of a results-based financing mechanism, Mexico's largest specialised diabetes provider Clínicas del Azúcar has doubled its number of patients from the poorest segments of society and tells HBI it can now double the locations for potential clinics. We speak to its CEO and the co-creator of 'social impact incentives' about how to monetise extra value in impact investing.
February 26, 2020

KKR pulls out of Dentix deal

Global investment firm KKR has pulled out of a deal to take a majority stake in Spain’s biggest dental chain, Dentix, the company exclusively tells HBI. It is KKR's second high-profile decision not to invest in a large healthcare group this week.
February 13, 2020

DomusVi acquires in Chile and targets Peru and Mexico

European nursing home operator DomusVi has acquired two facilities in Chile through its subsidiary Acalis as part of a rapid expansion strategy across the region. This is the group's second acquisition in Latin America, as growth has otherwise been focused on greenfield. We speak to the CEO of Acalis Latam about the group's regional strategy.
November 20, 2019

Interview: Julian Andriesz, CEO, Verita Healthcare

The massive latent demand to live longer is being tapped by a new generation of health care providers. British entrepreneur Julian Andriesz, 53, made a first fortune building business in SE Asia and got into prevention after watching his mother die of ovarian cancer, diagnosed late. He says his intention is to help his clients, whether they are healthy, have cancer or auto-immune diseases, to live longer, better lives. Verita has a chain of 10 clinics, believes its digital health disease prevention and management platform is about to become the largest in the world and owns IP, and research and manufacturing in Europe, Asia and Australia.
September 12, 2019

Interview: Julia Khalimova, Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Specialist, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

A recent study in the Lancet showed that it was more dangerous to have access to poor quality health care than to have no access to health care. That is particularly true in Emerging Markets where quality varies dramatically. Julia Khalimova, Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Specialist at IFC, the arm of the World Bank that invests in the private sectors of emerging markets, has been studying the field for ten years and IFC has recently launched a tool to enable operators to measure and improve. We talk to her about the problem. What progress has been made? And what is the best solution?
June 7, 2019

Opportunities in LATAM

Panellists on the LatAm panel at HBI 2019 see good opportunities in the region thanks to booming demand, particularly as demographics shift from rural to urban bases, and with the growth of the chronic and elderly care markets. Increasing use of digital health tools and better data, plus the growth of the consumer market are also seen as positive factors for the market.
May 28, 2019
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