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HBI 2017: What is changing in the healthcare landscape in Emerging Markets?

Emerging Markets will make up 68% of the global GDP and 59% of global consumer spending growth by 2030. But how is the investment landscape changing, and where is the money flowing to? At the HBI 2017 conference in London, Hedley Goldberg, global head of healthcare services at Rothschild, Chinta Bhagat, head of Global Healthcare at Malaysian investment fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad, a big investor in hospital chain IHH, and Khawar Mann, managing director for healthcare at Abraaj, shared their expert views.

HBI 2017: Do doctors help or hinder the push for quality measurements?

Measuring quality of care is difficult for private healthcare providers, who need to systematically collect, monitor and analyse data and engage with both patients and payers. But is the enemy within? Panellists at the HBI 2017 conference discussed the role of clinicians – and whether they help or hinder the process.

HBI 2017: Central European brain drain – and how to stop it

One of the major problems faced by operators in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is brain drain - but how do you stop staff leaving for better paid jobs in the West, and if they do leave, how do you tempt them back? Healthcare Europa asked three leading CEE CEOs that very question at HBI 2017. This is their advice.

HBI 2017: How do you recruit, train and retain qualified staff?

How do you recruit, train and retain qualified staff. This was one of the core topics of conversation at HBI 2017, as many operators admitted to struggling with HR-related issues. Salim Hasham, chairman of Kenyan hospital chain Mediheal and ex-SVP at John Hopkins, and Jill Watts, CEO of UK hospital chain BMI, offered some practical solutions.

Orpea president steps down after 28 years

After 28 years at the helm of pan-European nursing home group Orpea, president Dr Jean-Claude Marian is stepping down. The announcement comes as the group unveils its full, audited annual results for 2016.

Will labour reform ignite the Brazilian homecare market?

Next on the reform agenda for Brazil’s centrist-Temer administration is the 70-year old labour code, 900 articles that menace businesses and are often blamed for 12% unemployment. The homecare industry, which relies on informal labour, could be a major benefactor predicts the CEO of the country’s largest formal chain.

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