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Interview: Jan Leister, executive director of digital health, Fresenius Helios

Fresenius Helios has a new incoming digital health executive, who after heading up the Fresenius Group's German rehab business for the past four years wants to disrupt the way it manages chronic disease by transforming it from a pure hospital operator into a digi-physical healthcare group. Leister tells HBI that he wants to sell its digital therapeutics solution Curalie right into emerging markets.

Swiss Medical Network: outpatient centre acquisition is not a referral stream

Switzerland's second-largest for-profit hospital group Swiss Medical Network (SMN) has acquired a primary and outpatient care centre in Bern, but the deal was  "not done to steer more patients to the group’s hospitals," a spokesperson tells us. We look at the primary care market in Switzerland and how SMN's approach to it differs from competitors.

Max India expands into new elderly care services

Max India, the conglomerate that recently sold a large stake in hospital chain Max Healthcare, has announced it will expand its elderly care business in India by moving into mid-market independent living, medicalised nursing homes and homecare.

Interview: James Thorburn, CEO, City & County Healthcare

The CEO of City & County Healthcare, the second-largest domiciliary care provider in the UK with 2019 revenue of £ 236m, tells HBI how the company is navigating the COVID-19 crisis and what prospects are now like for a sale.

Curaeos ‘strikes a deal with creditors’

Pan-European dental group Curaeos has reportedly struck a deal with some of its creditors in a move that will lighten the company's debt while transferring a minority stake.

Swiss Medical Network ‘open to new shareholders’ as it seeks HMO model

Conglomerate Aevis Victoria is open to selling a stake in its hospital chain Swiss Medical Network to an insurer to help it move towards an integrated payor-provider model, co-founder and delegate of the board Antoine Hubert tells HBI. We catch up on pre- and post-COVID developments in the Swiss hospital sector.

Market welcomes Attendo’s H1 figures as it turns the COVID corner

Attendo's H1 results saw improvement as COVID's impact lessened. And while the effects of the pandemic clearly have had a negative impact on the listed Nordic care group, the market reacted positively. A share price which at the start of July was down over 35% on it's mid-February price rallied, and it is now just 10% down compared to its pre-COVID position.

What does a good post-COVID outpatient clinic look like?

Outpatient activity all but came to a standstill as the COVID crisis tightened its grip. A panel of experts comprising Richard Banks, Chief Strategy Officer at international fertility player Virtus Health, Martin Bundschu, Director at Germany-based optical specialist Smile Eyes, former Colosseum Dental CEO Tomas Aubell, and L.E.K. Consulting's global co-head of healthcare Ben Faircloth joined an HBI-365 audience last week to discuss what a good outpatient clinic post-COVID might look like, and how markets have been affected.

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