Doctors in Germany will soon be able to treat patients via phone, text message, email or online chat after a large majority voted in favour of the change at the AGM of the German Medical Association (Deutscher Ärztetag), following a controversial debate.
The sale or IPO of Finnish healthcare group Mehiläinen might come after the country's parliament votes on SOTE in June. We talk to an advisor about why waiting makes sense and which of the two exit options its private equity owners will opt for.
An e-health revolution is taking place in China. The communist party has thrown its weight behind online healthcare services - and is legislating accordingly. Telehealth operators are queuing up to both to capitalise and throw capital at this new opportunity to enter the vast Chinese markets.
Implementing price caps on private healthcare services in India will put extra pressure on operators in an already low-price environment and could put new players off entering the market, attendees at HBI 2018 heard.
A Finnish operator tells us that Finland's "distant" far-off SOTE reforms are unjustifiably and prematurely inflating the valuations of healthcare assets in the country - and they may not even happen.
The introduction of social health insurance in India should provide universal healthcare access for the population, and drive growth in the private market, creating opportunities, attendees at HBI 2018 heard.
France’s second-largest hospital group Elsan is seeking a digital partnership ahead of a telemedicine boom in France, and the group also has “ambitious plans” in Africa, group CFO David Sylberg tells attendees at HBI 2018.
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