As the world faces a mental health crisis, a panel at HBI 2023 discussed the impact telehealth and digital therapeutics have on the sector. But with growing demand and a lack of capacity, to what extent can a crisis of global proportions be tackled?
When election seasons roll around, reforming social care is often allegedly at the top of party agendas, yet care systems across Europe remain chronically underfunded and under stress. In an HBI 2023 panel entitled ‘The homecare technology revolution’, three business founders shared how technology and their business models are disrupting the home care sector.
AI and big data are primed to improve clinical outcomes and standards for radiologists as well as the health care sector as a whole, but how far along the journey to automated care delivery are we? In an HBI 2023 panel discussion ‘AI and Big Data: Outcomes and Automation,’ panellists explored how automation could speed up diagnosis to treatment from 2 weeks to 15 minutes.
Oncology has come a long way in just a few decades to the point where cancer care is increasingly understood as a chronic condition, but more capacity is still needed. At HBI 2023, oncology panelists debated where the best opportunities for growth in the sector lie. Here were some of the takeaways:
Between resource shortages and growing waiting lists, efficient operations are hard to maintain. In HBI 2023’s panel discussion, “Seeking efficiency: how tech is impacting operations”, a panel explored how tech is an invaluable investment in the future of care.
Regulatory changes are one of the major concerns among players in healthcare services. A busy panel of lawyers, operators and investors considered this thorny issue at HBI 2023, with a general feeling that even the strictest of regulations can provide some kind of opportunity, and that private funding is so essential a component in health care today, it cannot be legislated away.
Despite the uncertainty around regulatory reform, there are still significant opportunities in the German outpatient market, according to speakers on the ‘Investing in DACH’ panel at HBI 2023. Dentistry, which isn’t subject to the same regulatory restrictions as other outpatient specialities, presents a particularly big opportunity.
The scepticism which used to exist about whether the Saudi government would follow through on its ambitious moonshot projects appears to be dissipating. Investors are now increasingly confident - and enthusiastic - about the opportunities presented by one of the most rapidly developing economies in the world. This was the overwhelming message from speakers on the ‘Investing in MENA’ panel at HBI 2023.
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