Demand for and interest in dental services from patients and investors continues to rise, with increased respect for dental platforms and a heightened awareness of aesthetic procedures.
Axa group in partnership with Microsoft has launched its digital healthcare platform in Italy and Germany this year, and has plans to launch in Spain, Belgium, and the UK in the next two weeks. An expert panel at HBI 2021 made up of Bupa, Cigna and Axa discusses how the Insurer market has changed and the future of digital platforms.
Infertility is up, maternity in many regions is down - and the global fertility market is continuing on an upwards trajectory largely untouched by Covid. It remains a hot ticket when it comes to M&A - though issues with regulation and staffing are causing some headaches.
Analysts and strategists in the diagnostics sector have been racking their heads over what business will look like in a post-Covid world. There is a lot of uncertainty over how much of the current Covid testing volume will remain, and how much growth will be seen in B2C demand for other disease testing.
Operators differ in their visions and ambitions for how digital tools can be used to transform the primary care and diagnostic sectors, from being purely a ‘marketing tool’ that can improve convenience and ease of access for patients, all the way to round-the-clock patient-tracking and data-gathering to be used in combination with genome sequencing and AI to predict and prevent illness and death.
Providers in emerging markets must better explore new business models - like subscription-based wellbeing and capitated primary care - if they want to fill the gap left by the public sector, panellists agreed at HBI 2021.
The long term impact of COVID on mental health and psychiatry is unknown as demand is increasing, a panel of European experts at HBI 2021 conference said. They discussed polyaddiction and new symptoms, mental health tech, and the impact of the pandemic on healthcare workforce.
Demand for homecare services is vast, but recruitment constrains operators, how do you meet this challenge? An panel at HBI 2021 considered this thorny problem and others, including how to maintain quality, and whether price increases are possible.
Wages typically make up 50-75% of healthcare service business’ costs, and the prospect of wage inflation in Europe over the coming years is particularly worrying for the sector, especially in the face of stable or even decreasing tariffs. A well-qualified panel at HBI 2021 was divided over whether efficiency gains from digital will offset the hit to margins.
Institutional investors are snapping up half of all new assisted living projects as they collectively up their stakes in the sector. An expert panel at HBI 2021 said that they are recognising the market as a long-term and steady investment.
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