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Affidea to launch diagnostics imaging network in Serbia

Pan-European diagnostics imaging provider Affidea has opened a €4m hospital in Belgrade last December and is planning to launch more facilities in other major cities in the next two years. We take a closer look at the company’s plans.
March 9, 2017

The Philippines: a national survey

The Philippines has tremendous potential. It has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, and yet it doesn’t have many large healthcare service providers and it lacks a medical infrastructure sufficient to cope with all its residents’ needs. Healthcare Nova looks at the current market there, government policy, and how the private sector is changing.
March 9, 2017

Mixed investor sentiment in Turkey before referendum

With political uncertainty and concerns over the value of the Lira, investors in Turkey are facing a tricky decision. Should they stay or should they go? Healthcare Nova catches up with Turkish doctor Omer Karahan, a partner at healthcare consultancy Value Health.
March 8, 2017

Who will win and who will lose in the GCC?

Who will win and who will lose in the GCC? To see what near unbridled private healthcare looks like nothing beats a trip to the GCC. Revenue is ballooning as mandatory PMI comes in for ex-pats. Meanwhile Abu Dhabi, Dubai and even Saudi Arabia are extremely willing to turn to the private sector for provision, functional outsourcing and even privatisation.
March 2, 2017

Sales grow at Spire, but problems hurt margins

The CFO of the UK's second largest hospital group says the group's margins were negatively affected adversely by two problems last year - but it still saw rapid growth for other reasons.
March 2, 2017

Interview: Päivi Metsäniemi, Chief Physician and Juha Tuominen, CMO, Terveystalo

Terveystalo, Finland’s largest private healthcare provider, has developed a monitoring and data analytics package to better identify patients at risk of or suffering from type 2 diabetes. The group says it could help the country save €2bn a year and that it is already making a profit from Etydi. We speak to Päivi Metsäniemi, Chief Physician, and Juha Tuominen, CMO, at Terveystalo, who have applied to the HBI 2017 awards in the Best Use of Digital Health category.
March 2, 2017

Brazil’s new post-acute business model attracting foreign interest

The post-acute market presents a real opportunity in Brazil, after the ban against foreign investment in hospitals was lifted in 2015. This is according to Martin Benitez, an independent consultant with extensive M&A experience in the Brazilian healthcare market who is involved in just such a transaction. He speaks to Healthcare Nova about his latest project, and the market in general.
February 27, 2017

Suppliers still waiting for distributors and investors to sell into Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa lacks the networks of both reliable distributors with service offerings and private equity players that can be approached with deals, says Jonathan Nighswander, director at Polish medical equipment manufacturer Famed, and Vienna-based private equity firm EMSA Capital.
February 27, 2017

Interview: Jill Watts, CEO BMI Healthcare

Jill Watts has worked in healthcare for almost 40 years, and since she was appointed group CEO of BMI Healthcare in November 2014, she's been widely credited with turning the business around. A former CEO of Ramsay UK, she has strong views about the market, the state of the NHS, and the role of the private sector. Here's what she had to say when Healthcare Europa caught up with her in London.
February 26, 2017
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