Business Models and Strategy

HBI 2017: Why CEE hospital operators need to think small before thinking big, for double-digit margins

In Central and Eastern Europe, the public hospital infrastructure is old, and consolidation is difficult because there are so many small players. Why would anyone buy an old, failing public hospital – and what margins might operators hope to make if they attempt to consolidate? HBI 2017 pulled together a panel of expert CEOs for their advice.

April 11, 2017

HBI 2017: Four reasons to be positive about investing in Central and Eastern Europe

Is it worth investing in Central and Eastern Europe – and if so, where? How does the health landscape differ from Western Europe? And what are the sectors to watch? Eilert Hinrichs from global strategy consulting firm LEK gave the keynote speech at the CEE discussion at HBI 2017.

April 11, 2017

HBI 2017: UK primary care to go the way of dentistry?

The CEO of the UK’s largest dentistry chain predicted that the UK will rapidly move to a mixed private-public pay model over the next five years at the HBI 2017 conference last week.

April 10, 2017

HBI 2017: Investors queuing up for piece of Moscow Medical Cluster, claims CEO

Five candidates have reached the final stages of consideration for entry into a medical cluster on the outskirts of Moscow, which has received US$165m of state support, we heard from its CEO and advisors.

April 6, 2017

Morocco’s physicians’ fiscal opacity deters investment

The investment landscape in Morocco - much like the weather - has been a bit dry, despite a 2015 bill designed to open up investors outside the governmental and physician community. Healthcare Nova speaks to Mehdi Lahrichi, of McKinsey Morocco, to find out more.

March 31, 2017

US$82m Lagos hospital project may attract IFC funding

A N32bn (US$82m) greenfield hospital project in the Nigerian city of Lagos consisting of a 150-bed multispecialty hospital and two primary care centres has received the backing of two investors and of potentially a third - development finance institution IFC. John Adesioye, CEO of consultancy Utopian Consulting International, says this is the sort of investment that Nigeria needs.

March 31, 2017

How do you design a patient centric hospital?

The award-winning New Psychiatric Hospital (GAPS) in Denmark claims to turn the waffle of patient centricity into bricks and mortar. Healthcare Europa asks Søren Daugbjerg, CEO of Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, one of the practices behind the project, about his take on hospital design - and asks whether there is any evidence that the design of a hospital can actually improve a patient's health.

March 31, 2017

FREE BLOG Reinventing the lab sector

In our current environment, the Diagnostics industry is faced with increasing challenges that have an impact on how we operate (business models) and how we generate profit. Western European markets have seen caps on test volumes or decreases in reimbursement tariffs; Emerging Markets have partially enjoyed an increase in wealth but struggled in defining sustainable funding systems, many of which remain based on out-of-pocket payments.

March 31, 2017

Interview: Frederic Llordachs, co-founder of review and booking site Doctoralia

Doctoralia, the Spanish-based online healthcare appointment booking and review site with a strong presence in Latin America merged with its Polish-based competitor DocPlanner last year. Healthcare Europa talks to Doctoralia co-founder Dr. Frederic Llordachs, now a partner at DocPlanner, about business models, the merger, and the future of booking sites.

March 27, 2017

Interview: Andy Lockwood, managing director of Capita Healthcare Decisions

UK outsourcing giant Capita has had a torrid year with three profit warnings knocking a third off its share price. It’s selling off non-core activities trying to turn its fortunes around but the inclusion of its medical recruitment business in the sell-off does not signal a withdrawal from healthcare. Instead, as MD Andy Lockwood explains, it’s bundled four of its health offerings into Capital Healthcare Decisions, which offers tech solutions to providers and payors both public and private and at home and abroad.

March 27, 2017

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