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Pandemic could accelerate push to home dialysis

COVID-19 could accelerate the push towards home haemodialysis and increased operator costs are unlikely to be reflected in revised tariffs, Fresenius Medical Care's global head of M&A Dr Wolfgang Hofmann tells HBI. 
May 28, 2020

Using remote solutions to monitor COVID-19 patients

Remote care provider Dignio has used its solution normally reserved for elderly and chronic management to track COVID-19 patients outside hospital. HBI speaks to the company's CEO and UK manager about how it adapted there and in Norway.
May 28, 2020

Many CEE markets to crash as remittances drop

Private healthcare markets in CEE/Southeast Europe are set to crash this year due to economic contractions at home and abroad, with many countries highly reliant on remittance money from abroad.
May 27, 2020

Netcare reveals 45% revenue drop for April

Netcare, one of South Africa's 'Big Three' private hospital groups, says that April revenues dropped 45% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is one of the first financial disclosures by a listed hospital group for a full month of national lockdown. 
May 27, 2020

New players threaten to disrupt lab market

Will Covid-19 be a game changer for the lab sector? The prospect of big government contracts and a massive, unserved B2C market is drawing new players into the diagnostic lab sector. Could they have a permanent impact?
May 21, 2020

Patients eager to resume private treatment post-lockdown

The vast majority of private healthcare consumers want to resume treatment once movement restrictions are lifted, but operators may need to adhere to strict safety measures to get patients through the door according to a new patient survey. But a major global private medical insurer told HBI that global demand might take over a year to fully return. 
May 21, 2020

The New Investor and Debt Reality for Healthcare Services

HBI explores the impact of Covid on investors and finances. Panellists include: Rothschild Managing Directors Hedley Goldberg and Helier Drage-Smith, Steven Dyson, Partner, Apax Partners and Angelkia Schöchlin, Senior Partner, Antin
May 20, 2020

What does COVID-19 mean for US health groups’ global activity?

As the COVID-19 pandemic reduces international travel to a trickle, what are the short and long-term implications for the international collaborative activities of large US Academic Medical Centres (AMCs) like Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, UPMC and Johns Hopkins? We talk to Dr Heitham Hassoun, now at Cedars-Sinai but previously at Johns Hopkins where he helped create its JV in Saudi Arabia, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare. He shares his thoughts on the latter.
May 14, 2020
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