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CARE gets serious in Myanmar

India’s CARE Hospitals is close to signing an exclusive partnership agreement with two hospital groups in Myanmar bringing its entry into the market one step closer.

Living Better at Home: Presentation, Nimrod Altman, Natali

Predictive eMonitoring, eHealth apps and Telehealth can be used to launch services ranging from homecare to medical care and from elderly care to chronic disease management programs. This is precisely the strategy adopted by Natali Healthcare Group, the largest Israeli eHealth company, which was bought by the chinese Sanpower Group in late 2014. Today, Natali has 150,000 Israeli subscribers and Sanpower has over 1 million. Here Nimrod lifts the lid on these fascinating, fast-growth business models.

Bangladesh: An attractive investment destination: Presentation, A M Shamim , Labaid Group

Despite their massive growth, the big Indian private hospital chains hold under 20% of the multi-speciality acute sector and under 5% of private outpatient business. Here we look at their development and also at new innovative outpatient models. What can the rest of the world learn from these? And how is elderly care set to grow in the region? How are India's neighbours developing?

Building Homecare in India: Presentation, Krishnan Ganesh, Portea Medical

Portea has mushroomed from nothing to 5,000 employees in three years to become the biggest homecare group in India. Whilst 65% of patients are elderly, Portea now seeks to meet all the non-acute needs of a typical family including primary care, diagnostics and chronic disease. Ganesh looks at the Indian elderly and homecare markets and how they can be segmented. Portea has 200 staff working on digital health solutions and he goes on to lift the lid on the group's offerings from remote consultations to e-monitoring and even predictive healthcare.

Acute Care in Emerging Markets: Presentation, Nate McLemore, Columbia Pacific Management

With 2,500+ beds, 28 hospitals and 4 clinics across India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kenya, Colombia Pacific is one of the top chains in Asia operating under the brands Columbia Asia, Columbia China and Columbia Africa. Nate looks at how patient profile and demand is changing; at the mistakes operators commonly make in Emerging Markets and asks what private health care delivery will look like in 5-10 years time.

Transforming Max Healthcare: Driving Organisational Change through Patient Focused Initiatives: Presentation, Rajit Mehta, Max Healthcare Institute

Systematically, over two years, Max has moved to understand what patients really want and has put in place programmes to ensure that it delivers this. Rajit goes over in detail a range of initiatives to research real needs and the steps Max has taken to ensure that staff are motivated to deliver this. Rajit, who has over 20 years experience in human resources in India and the USA, looks at how Max is modifying corporate culture as part of a programme that will see Max almost double bed numbers to 5,000.

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