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HBI 2021: Whether to buy or build digital health

There are three levels to digitalisation for healthcare providers: the foundation is clinical information systems, the middle is customer patient journey and the top is using data to understand it all. Elsan, Humanitas and Schoen Klinik talked at HBI 2021 about whether to buy or build these capabilities.

HBI 2021: Data drives efficiencies in healthcare systems

AI is not the be-all and end-all of efficiency in healthcare, a more basic automation and understanding of data can drive 10%+ savings. However, payors must be prepared to share some of this with their partners.

HBI 2021: Korian CEO ‘doesn’t want to take company global’

Sophie Boissard, the CEO of pan-European elderly care group Korian, does not want to take the group into a multiplicity of markets, she told delegates at HBI 2021. The stance is in contrast to Bupa and Helios, who are building asset-light digital touchpoints to reach more global customers. 

Clove on track for record quarter despite Covid

India's largest dental chain, Clove Dental, is hitting record revenues and on track for its best quarter ever despite Covid. HBI caught up with Clove chairman and co-founder Louis Shakinovsky at HBI 2021 to find out more.

UK insourcing group for sale

HBI hears that 18 Week Support (18WS), a UK-based group that offers insourcing support for the NHS, is for sale.

Treatment, not terrorism: Medical machines threaten global security

Ageing cobalt-based radiation therapy machines pose a threat to global national security, and moves are afoot by the World Institute for Nuclear Security to see them decommissioned, replaced, and their active elements safely disposed of before they fall into terrorist hands.

Spain’s Alzira costs double after Ribera ejected

Spain may regret dismantling its pioneering Alzira model. HBI hears that costs have nearly tripled since it booted Ribera Salud out of the Valencian project. A similar fate might await Torrevieja, which expires next month.

Amanat sells minority stake in IMC

GCC-investor Amanat Holdings has sold its 13% stake in hospital International Medical Centre, a month after CEO Mohamad Hamade told HBI that it was shifting its strategy towards majority investments.

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