Pan-European imaging and outpatient group Affidea has acquired a chain of outpatient clinics in Lithuania from a local private equity fund, doubling its presence in the small Baltic country.
Shares in UK-based Medica Group have dropped 19% since broker Peel Hunt issued a note to reaffirm its reduced investment rating, six weeks after it announced Synlab's Stuart Quin would be joining as CEO.
Value health is the revolutionary idea pioneered by Harvard guru Michael Porter. He had the temerity to suggest providers should be rewarded for quality, rather than activity and that the patient should be viewed and consulted as customers. Invented in the early noughties, it hit a high water mark 7-8 years ago when Obamacare was rolled out incorporating the concept. Then it felt like an inexorable river.
Here are 10 more things that piqued our interest at HBI 2019, where sector stakeholders from payors to investors come together to grapple with the biggest and most interesting issues of the year.
This week delegates from around the world descended on London for HBI 2019 to discuss the healthcare market and its various sub-sectors. Here are the things we learnt:
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