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Ada opens up markets with new languages

German telehealth company Ada claims that introducing new languages on its AI-powered "symptom checker" app will eventually open the market up to an additional 102 million people.
October 24, 2018

Quest Diagnostics changes strategy in emerging markets

Last week Healthcare Nova reported that US-based lab company Quest Diagnostics had sold its Indian medical diagnostics arm to Strand Life Sciences. We also reported that Quest has set up an international alliance of lab companies based in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Korea, Hong Kong and Australia. Are the two moves connected? We speak to Quest's MD of global markets, Mark Machulcz to find out more about the group's change of strategy.
October 24, 2018

Why mental health market in UAE is one to watch

Historically, mental health issues have had something of a stigma in the Middle East - not talked about, with problems often going unaddressed. Bit this appears to be changing. Healthcare Nova speaks to an investor eyeing the psychiatric market in the United Arab Emirates, and to Lighthouse Arabia, a psychiatric specialist centre based in Dubai.
October 24, 2018

A way to triple telehealth take-up

A member of the senior management team at an international health insurance provider tells Healthcare Nova that an experiment with premiums has tripled the take-up of telehealth in one of their markets.
October 16, 2018

UK care homes up for sale after court battle

Private equity firm Terra Firma has put 24 care homes up for sale in the UK for £225m (€256m), following a court case in which US-investment fund H/2 Capital partners disputed their ownership.
October 12, 2018

For profit UK-based GP service launches in London

A small band of NHS doctors has begun offering 30-minute consultations and handing out their mobile numbers to patients for £1,200 a year, as part of a new private scheme based on a US model. We speak to Dr Mark Sweeney, director of Concierge Choice UK which is behind the move, to find out more.
October 11, 2018
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