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Interview: Martin Swegmark, CEO, Purch

Procurement remains an area where healthcare providers can make substantial savings. Swedish-based Purch has started benchmarking prices across Europe, and works for the public sector in Norway and Sweden and for private players in seven countries. CEO Martin Swegmark joined what became the hospital chain Capio in 1998 and later spent a long time at the lab group Unilabs where he was involved in procurement projects where they achieved Pan-European pricing contracts from suppliers.
November 21, 2014

Stamina grabs most of Sensia

Stamina, the Scandinavian wellness, gym, occupational healthcare operator owned by Herkules Capital, has snapped up Sensia’s primary care and occupational healthcare arm in Sweden.
October 31, 2014

Aleris to launch video doctor service for Scandinavia

How does video conferencing change patient behaviour and the range of services that can be offered? Aleris, the big private operator who spans primary, hospitals, elderly and disabled care, is set to launch Video Doktor as a Pan-Scandinavian service. This allows patients to talk directly to family doctors and specialists by video link. We look at the model and how Aleris might monetise it. We explore the implications of having a doctor just a click away.
October 23, 2014

Norway starts to open up to private sector

The new centre right Norwegian government has announced plans for a voucher system and is encouraging the four health care regions and the municipalities who handle elderly care to further utilize the private sector.
October 21, 2014

Eurocept buys Medizorg and tries to re-invent homecare

Eurocept, the Dutch pharmaceutical and home care company backed by private equity house GIMV, is to buy medicalised homecare group Medizorg to create a group with sales of €300m with Benelux and Pan-Nordic ambitions. We talk to Eurocept CEO, Mike van Woensel about homecare business models.
September 30, 2014

Falck creates Scandinavia’s largest occupational healthcare group

Falck, the international ambulance to fire engine giant, has created the largest Scandinavian player in occupational healthcare, Falck Healthcare, with sales of €395m and 2,000 staff, through a three-way merger with Previa and Quick Care, both owned by Danish fund group TryhedsGruppen. The deal leaves TryhedsGruppen with a 40% stake in Falck Healthcare and 2.3% in Falck Holding. Meanwhile, Falck has built clinic chains in Denmark and Poland. We talk to Jørn Wendel Andersen, CEO of TryghedsGruppen and Jan Steenhard, CEO of Falck Healthcare services division.
June 27, 2014

Report: Dentistry in Europe

Web-empowered, patient choice, the retreat of state payors, internationalization - what is happening in dentistry will happen in other healthcare service sectors soon. So it is a sector that is worth watching closely. In this, the first part of a 2 part report, we look at how dentistry markets in Europe are changing, look at business models and track consolidation, naming the major players country-by-country. How is the market set to change?
May 22, 2014

Dentistry platforms fetch high prices

Carlyle, the owners of IDH, the big UK dentistry group, plans to sell or float the group for as much as £1bn. Meanwhile, the largest Finnish dentistry group is subject to a bid and the two largest Scandinavian dentistry chains have just merged. What is the attraction?
May 14, 2014
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