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Interview: Audrey Tsang, Co-CEO, Clue

Women’s health offers a huge opportunity for investors, with conditions like endometriosis underserved. What business models can help support this? Audrey Tsang is co-CEO at women's health app company Clue. She talks to HBI about how she thinks the gender health gap might be closed.
November 30, 2023

Workforce woes beckon in a winter of discontent

Winter is coming, and for the health care sector the end of the year could see a weary workforce and soaring costs push some groups to breaking point. HBI speaks to a selection of operators, analysts and advisers to understand how groups are planning for the potentially difficult months ahead.
November 3, 2023

Bankruptcies, closures, and scandals: the bleak state of European nursing homes

Across Europe, nursing homes are in crisis. Between scandals in France, insolvencies in Germany, the threat of regulation in Spain, and fair fee woes in the UK, HBI hears that the nursing home sector is the least attractive healthcare services sector for investors. Are things really that bad - and is the threat of mass bankruptcies real?
October 27, 2023

Spain’s access problems bleed into private sector

Spain has a record low number of primary care centres, and is splashing €1bn+ over the next two years to try and stop the rot. HBI hears that more value health initiatives, video triage and AI chatbot usage could be part of the solution.
October 26, 2023

Kenyan healthcare continues to attract overseas investor interest

Global private equity firm Alta Semper is injecting millions into MYDAWA, a primary and digital healthcare platform based in Kenya. It aims to solidify the group’s position as a key player in developing Africa’s healthcare industry at a time when Kenya is attracting a lot of interest from overseas investors.
October 13, 2023

Key takeaways from the HETT 2023 London Conference

Last week, HBI joined thousands of delegates at the Health Excellence Through Technology (HETT) 2023 conference in London, where exhibiters congregated to explore how digital innovation can be leveraged to address record-level NHS waiting lists - something keynote speaker Vin Diwakar, medical director for transformation dubbed “the greatest crisis since the Second World War.”
October 6, 2023

Interview: Michal Tzuchman Katz, CEO and founder of Kahun

The possibilities of AI in medicine are seemingly boundless, with many talking about its labour saving potential. Yet concerns persist, particularly with Chat GPT, and its black box LLM (large language model) system which is designed to mimic conversation but is not always factually accurate nor able to spot signs of acuity. By their nature, black box systems also cannot explain the conclusions they reach.
September 22, 2023

Interview: Simon Bain, CEO of Omnilndex

How can patients, providers and researchers create records which are usable by patients, aid research, but also protect patient anonymity and protect from cyberattacks? HBI speaks to Simon Bain, CEO at data platform Omnilndex, to find out more.
September 14, 2023

Buy or bust for Babylon UK?

Digital health unicorn-turned-mouse Babylon could still have buyers for its UK business, despite its recent difficulties.
August 18, 2023
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