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Ping An leverages AI to vastly increase number of COVID-19 screening calls

Chinese insurer Ping An says its AI-powered audio screening system has helped detect over 1,600 cases of COVID-19 in China.

March 30, 2020

Malaysian hospital group offers on-demand COVID-19 testing

Pan-Asian hospital group IHH Healthcare Berhad is among the operators rolling out on-demand coronavirus testing in its Malaysian hospitals.

March 30, 2020

Thai government comes to gentleman’s agreement with for-profits over COVID-19

A ‘gentleman’s agreement’ has been reached with for-profit hospitals in Bangkok to take in COVID-19 patients.

March 30, 2020

Apollo partners with hotel chains to bolster isolation and quarantine facilities

Apollo Hospitals in India is in partnership with hotel chains in major Indian cities to set up quarantine facilities.

March 30, 2020

State takeover of Polish private hospitals ‘unlikely’

A Polish healthcare investor tells HBI that a state takeover of Polish private hospitals, a possibility touted in some national outlets, is unlikely.

March 30, 2020

Competition watchdog takes deeper look into Mehilainen-Pihlajalinna merger

The Finnish competition authority has entered a 'phase II' investigation into the merger of Mehilainen and Pihlajalinna, two of the country's three big occupational, health and social care providers.

March 30, 2020

GSD was treating 20% of Lombardy’s COVID-19 patients: the Private Hospital Association of Lombardy

We hear from Dario Beretta, who heads up the private hospital association of Lombardy. The region in north Italy has been battling a ferocious COVID-19 outbreak and is by far the worst-hit part of Europe. Beretta is also the general director the San Siro Clinical Institute in Milan, part of the country's largest private hospital operator Gruppo San Donato (GSD).

March 26, 2020

Spain passes law to requisition private sector

Spain has passed a law enabling regional governments to seize control of private facilities. Portugal has passed a similar law. Meanwhile, HM Hospitales, the second largest group faces a backlash after suggesting now would be a good time for its staff to go on holiday.

March 26, 2020

Interview: Cole Sirucek, co-founder, DocDoc

A Pan-Asian digital platform which uses over 500 data points to find the right specialist out of 23,000 doctors for individual patients is the basic idea behind the DocDoc platform. Why? Co-founder Sirucek reckons booking platforms and teleconsultation providers are “so irrelevant” to the patient’s problem when he/she is lost in the warring factions of providers and payors trying to maximise revenue. HBI explores.

March 26, 2020

COVID-19: Hospitals drop 2020 guidance as private pay-focused operators suffer

Listed hospital and outpatient service operators across the globe have adjusted 2020 guidance, issued profit warnings and cancelled dividends as elective and private activity plummets due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Operators more focused on publicly-funded work seem to be doing slightly better.

March 26, 2020

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