As the first two health apps in Germany can now be prescribed with reimbursement, HBI speaks to their founders about how they will actually get the solutions to patients.
Following on from our exclusive story last month confirming Dutch mental health provider Mentaal Beter is for sale, HBI hears there has been considerable interest in the deal.
Shares in pan-European elderly care group Korian dived by 10% after it announced a €400m capital raise to fund the acquisition of France's third-largest psychiatry provider Inicea from infrastructure investor Antin. But did it pay over-the-odds and do all shareholders support the capital raise? We talk to an analyst from Bryan, Garnier & Co.
New tech promises to allow humans AI-driven health care conversations over text, voice, and email, leading to real dialogue and much more intelligent monitoring. Some of this stuff is here now. Here are the six main cornerstones health care operators should know when deploying it, and the 13 big mistakes that affect health care operators when they try and do tech stuff.
Grupo 5 has carved out an unusual but successful niche for itself in Spain, balancing a mix of healthcare services (predominantly mental health and treatment for patients with brain injuries) with social emergency care for the homeless, children, and people with disability. CEO Guillermo Bell tells HBI it has proved to be a robust combination during the COVID crisis.
HBI hears that PE-backed Dutch mental health provider Mentaal Beter is for sale, with both private equity and international sector operators interested. A local consultant tells us why this is an attractive buy.
Digital mental health group XenZone has listed on the small-cap AIM exchange, raising £16m. Its CEO tells HBI that the company is targeting entry to the US and Europe. It has also rebranded as Kooth, its main brand name.
Headspace started a decade ago as a meditation app founded by a Buddhist monk. It is now one of the world's most successful consumer B2C businesses with 65m downloads, 2m paying subscribers and north of $50m revenue. HBI speaks to Pablo Pantaleoni who is leading the early stages of clinical trials for digital therapeutics (DTx) through its medical subsidiary, Headspace Health.
Cigna now describes itself as “a global health service company” rather than an insurer and has reorganised its European operations. Toor has recently been promoted to CEO Europe. He says that the insurer, which has 15% (US$840m) of its revenue in Europe, doesn't want to verticalise through owning primary care providers but wants instead to provide an end-to-end user experience.
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