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Rhoen plans campus hospitals

Rhoen Klinikum is to get an extra €15m a year for 2017 and annually hereafter until at least 2021 from the state of Hesse for its research and teaching work at Giessen and Marburg, the only privatised University hospital in Germany. CEO Stefan Holzinger's new strategy is to persuade outpatient specialists to move their offices to Rhoen outpatient units to create more referrals in its specialist hospitals and a better patient experience. But 2017 saw an adjusted GAAP EBITDA margin of only 8.1%, low compared to the mid-teens achieved by bigger rivals such as Helios and Sana.

Interview: Dr Bruno Gridelli, Senior Vice President, UPMC International

How do you build an international business delivering high-quality specialist care working with governments, public payors, regions and for-profit operators? UPMC, the big US academic medical centre, has done just this in four very different countries: Italy, Ireland, Kazakhstan and China. We talk to Dr Gridelli about the business model and challenges.

VPS Healthcare – sixth emerging market hospital group to IPO in London

GCC and Indian health care group VPS Healthcare has appointed advisors to prepare an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, following in the footsteps of rival NMC Health. We talk to an analyst covering the sector and look at the five emerging market hospital groups already listed there, who together have a combined market capitalisation of over £9bn (€10.2bn).

Affidea launches new emergency/primary care concept

Affidea, the big Pan-European imaging services group, has launched the first of its ExpressCare clinics in Cork, Ireland's second city, followings its recent acquisition of FonixMed, a chain of occupational healthcare clinics in Hungary. The new drop-in centre offers minor emergency and primary care. So what lies behind the concept and how fast is it likely to spread. And what other primary care model are there in Europe? 

Ribera Salud appoints ex-UK healthcare minister Alan Milburn

Ribera Salud, the Spanish hospital management company which is majority owned by US giant Centene Corporation has appointed Alan Milburn, a former Labour Minister of Health to its board. What does this tell us about its plans for the UK? 

Are you ready for GDPR?

The clock is ticking for businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25. Healthcare Europa talks to Aetna International's CIO Alan Payne to find out what the data handling regulations mean for healthcare insurers and operators, and the challenges on the path to compliance.

Mehiläinen trials AI to spot early health problems

Finnish occupational healthcare, medicalised homecare and outpatient group Mehiläinen is using AI in its occupational health business to flag patients with early, but undiagnosed, symptoms of ill-health, the company tells Healthcare Europa.

Organic growth powers Medicover

Strong organic growth at 14.5% was at the core of a robust set of results for German, East-European and Indian outpatient, hospital and lab group Medicover which announced its maiden results post its summer 2017 IPO.

Interview: Abhishek Sharma, CEO, Foundation Holdings

The man who helped turn Al Noor into a US$1bn company is building what he claims is the first major value healthcare platform in the UAE focused on serving the working class. Healthcare Nova chats to Abhishek Sharma, CEO of Foundation Holdings which has just launched Right Health with a view to IPO by 2021.

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