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How to mitigate the Filipino nurse lockdown

Over the past month, the Phillippines has made moves to prevent its nurses from leaving to join foreign workforces. Healthcare workforce expert Kate Tulenko says this sets a precedent for future and perhaps permanent blockades. HBI reveals her advice on how to mitigate the risk.
May 7, 2020

Statutory insurers protect their hospitals, private pay markets look bleak

The post-COVID-19 financial outlook for private hospitals in Western Europe is becoming clearer. Those in statutory insurance-funded markets are likely to be protected by the public payor while private insurers look unlikely to shoulder the burden. And reimbursement for any COVID-19 care will barely make up the difference. 
April 30, 2020

Medsi’s parent company develops new test for COVID-19

Sistema, the conglomerate which owns Russia's largest private healthcare group Medsi, has developed a test through its biotech arm which can be rolled out across Medsi's clinics. It may be one of the only major private healthcare providers anywhere which is under the same ownership umbrella as a biotech company developing new tests.
April 30, 2020

UAE mass tests while private hospital revenues drop 50%

The UAE's decision to mass-test its population for COVID-19 and develop responses at the federal rather than emirate-level look to be paying dividends, notwithstanding its very young population. But how far is the private sector involved in the response, both in the UAE and neighbouring Saudi Arabia? HBI talks to local hospital, lab and advisory sources. 
April 23, 2020

Tussle at Rhoen as shares soar above Asklepios’ offer

The management and supervisory boards of German hospital operator Rhoen Klinikum have recommended shareholders accept competitor Asklepios' takeover offer of €18.00 per share. But 25% shareholder B. Braun is proving troublesome and with Rhoen's share price now at €18.64, the saga seems far from over. 
April 23, 2020

Interview: Dr Hugo Stephenson, CEO, Induction Healthcare

The Induction Switch app is used by the majority of hospital doctors in the UK but its owner has only very recently started generating revenue a year after launching on the AIM. That's despite a userbase stretching South Africa, Australia and the USA. Its CEO, an entrepreneur who has founded no less than three health tech companies, talks to HBI about how it plans to turn free-using customers into revenue-generating customers.
April 23, 2020

Mexico’s private hospitals enlisted in fight after occupancy plummets

Occupancy in Mexico's private hospital sector has plummeted due to COVID-19, a local operator tells HBI. Much of that spare capacity will go towards treating public non-COVID patients after a deal was struck with the government in an effort to prepare for an incoming wave of infected patients.
April 22, 2020
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