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FREE BLOG The Americans are coming… and they have algorithms

Moves are afoot in the US to confirm the legal status of wellness programmes that ask employees to disclose medical information as voluntary. That means employers are entitled to ask employees that refuse to participate in programmes, which can involve disclosing disabilities, family medical history and perhaps even genetic information, to contribute up to 30% more than their discounted colleagues, towards their insurance cover.
March 17, 2017

Who will win and who will lose in the GCC?

Who will win and who will lose in the GCC? To see what near unbridled private healthcare looks like nothing beats a trip to the GCC. Revenue is ballooning as mandatory PMI comes in for ex-pats. Meanwhile Abu Dhabi, Dubai and even Saudi Arabia are extremely willing to turn to the private sector for provision, functional outsourcing and even privatisation.
March 2, 2017

Zambia is open for business

The southern African country of Zambia is looking to the private sector to boost its healthcare system and help it move towards universal health coverage. In an interview in London, Dr Kennedy Malama, director at the Ministry of Health, named five key areas it’s looking for help and what Zambia has to offer.
February 28, 2017

Brazil’s new post-acute business model attracting foreign interest

The post-acute market presents a real opportunity in Brazil, after the ban against foreign investment in hospitals was lifted in 2015. This is according to Martin Benitez, an independent consultant with extensive M&A experience in the Brazilian healthcare market who is involved in just such a transaction. He speaks to Healthcare Nova about his latest project, and the market in general.
February 27, 2017

Gilde-backed Rad-x enters Germany

Gilde-backed diagnostics imaging group Rad-x is buying Acura Rheinland-Pfalz from German operator AccuMeda as it moves to consolidate the German radiotherapy market. We speak to Martin Hardens, founder and CEO of Rad-x.
February 23, 2017

Interview: Ariel Beery, CEO of MobileODT – turning mobile phones into diagnostic equipment

Are mobile phones the latest in high-tech, low cost diagnostic equipment? The humble mobile is being transformed into a medical tool, and the team behind this transformation say their bolt-on device brings expert clinical diagnosis to previously inaccessible areas. We caught up with Ariel Beery, co-founder and CEO of Israel-based MobileODT - which is in the running for the HBI Best Use of Digital Award at our 2017 conference in April - about his business model.
February 15, 2017

Interview: Dr Nelson Gitonga, CEO of Insight Health Advisors

With experience of supporting the private sector, NGOs, development partners and the Kenyan Government, Dr Nelson Gitonga is well versed in the Kenyan health system. Right now, his services are likely to be in high demand. The country’s healthcare market is buzzing with foreign entrants and local players looking to cash in on a period of rapid growth. In this interview, Gitonga puts recent developments in their historical context and points to some areas of common oversight.
February 10, 2017

Cerner set to enter healthcare services in the Middle East

US healthcare IT player Cerner has electronic patient records across the Middle East. It is now set to provide services that will enable governments to better control the spread of diabetes. A large contract is in the offing.
February 10, 2017

TMC eyes up Saudi Arabia

We caught up with Filipino hospital operator The Medical City and its plans for the GCC to meet the needs of the millions strong filipino diaspora. It also plans to target low paid workers from other countries.
February 9, 2017
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