Pro Tip: Learn how to use HBI Alerts to follow your favorite topics

Primary Care

 

“We can meet the needs of the baby boom generation with today’s medical capacity”

That is a very bold statement indeed. But Prof Richard Boucherie at the Centre for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research (CHOIR) of the University of Twente in the Netherlands, reckons it is true. For the past 15 years CHOIR has been helping Dutch hospitals, labs and homecare groups to increase their efficiency through mathematical modelling using operations research methods including queueing theory, optimisation and computer simulation. We interview him on how such an approach can make massive efficiency gains.
September 26, 2017

Healthspring partners with India’s biggest company as it prepares to raise capital

Indian primary care chain Healthspring has begun a partnership with India's largest private workforce, at Tata Consultancy Services (TCA), to provide annual health checks and wellness across all of its 90-plus locations and 300,000 employees. We caught up with Healthspring CEO Kaushik Sen as his company begins talks to raise $45-50m in growth capital over the coming weeks while expanding its offering.
September 19, 2017

Free digital NHS platforms could give boost to private sector

Healthcare Europa speaks to the CEO's of potentially ground-breaking platforms unveiled at the NHS Innovation Expo in Manchester this week. Both say we could see more opportunities for private platforms to enter the market as a result of the digitisation of NHS records.
September 11, 2017

United Health creates largest emerging markets provider

US insurer United Health has agreed a friendly deal to buy Banmedica, the integrated payor provider that covers Chile and has moved into Colombia and Peru. The deal values Banmedica's equity at US$2.8bn.
September 11, 2017

Interview: Teo Sarda, Sphera Global Health Care

Operating in 25 countries and across four continents, Sphera Global Health Care is building a global network of local expertise. Working mainly with insurers, the group acts as a middle man to assist access to international-standard medical services through local infrastructure – if it is not available. We speak to CEO Teo Sarda.
August 31, 2017

Fullerton continues expansion into Aussie primary care

Singapore-based Fullerton Health, which provides a range of healthcare services to corporates, has bought 48 facilities from Australia’s second biggest hospital chain Healthscope for S$59.4m (US$43.6) – becoming the third largest primary care business in the country.
August 22, 2017

Building Homecare in India: Presentation, Krishnan Ganesh, Portea Medical

Portea has mushroomed from nothing to 5,000 employees in three years to become the biggest homecare group in India. Whilst 65% of patients are elderly, Portea now seeks to meet all the non-acute needs of a typical family including primary care, diagnostics and chronic disease. Ganesh looks at the Indian elderly and homecare markets and how they can be segmented. Portea has 200 staff working on digital health solutions and he goes on to lift the lid on the group's offerings from remote consultations to e-monitoring and even predictive healthcare.
August 18, 2017
Older posts
Newer posts

Our Services

Company

Resources

Log in
Register
Log in
Register

Our Services

Company

Resources

Find Us