Finnish outpatient group Terveystalo is working with businesses to create COVID-19 action plans as economies start to open. Meanwhile, corporate and private pay is down 30% in April.
Italy's COVID-19 experience will place a huge new emphasis on reducing inpatient hospital stays, says Bruno Biagi, VP of the country's third-largest private hospital operator GVM Care & Research. He adds that regions will provide financial support to the private sector but the market is likely to shrink this year.
There is a race against time to build AI algorithms which can diagnose and quantify COVID-19 from CT scans, and a hospital radiologist tells HBI an effective solution could theoretically double his throughput. But it may come after the peak of the crisis has passed.
After years of umming and ahhing, German doctors who own outpatient practices in areas like dentistry, imaging and ophthalmology are keen to sell. And deals continue to happen in spite of COVID.
After a severe shortage and sky-high prices, personal protective equipment (PPE) supply has improved and prices have stabilised, say operators and purchasing organisations.
Over the past month, the Phillippines has made moves to prevent its nurses from leaving to join foreign workforces. Healthcare workforce expert Kate Tulenko says this sets a precedent for future and perhaps permanent blockades. HBI reveals her advice on how to mitigate the risk.
The post-COVID-19 financial outlook for private hospitals in Western Europe is becoming clearer. Those in statutory insurance-funded markets are likely to be protected by the public payor while private insurers look unlikely to shoulder the burden. And reimbursement for any COVID-19 care will barely make up the difference.
Russia's lab market is likely to be boosted by the country's equivalent to Google setting up a courier network for B2C COVID-19 tests but the virus is "running rampant" through hospitals and elderly care.
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