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Lux Med targets tier two cities

Bupa-owned Polish provider Lux Med has bought Euro-Clinic, expanding its imaging diagnostic services to Cracow with its 23rd acquisition in eight years. However, the group has its eyes set on acute. It is currently building the largest private hospital in Poland. We talk to Anna Rulkiewicz, Lux Med's president.

MedicallHome expands to Philippines

Medicall Home targets the Mexican lower-middle class with a cheap, $5 monthly fee per family. Subscribers get access to 24/7 telephonic assistance and up to 70% discounts in the company's network of affiliates. We talk to Jorge Woolf, CEO of the Salud Interactiva group, about the business model, the Mexican market and expansion across Latin America, the Philippines and the US.

Exuberant international expansion

Operators in Emerging Markets are increasingly moving into other countries, often nations halfway around the world. There is a big IPO pipeline to fund all this growth. And investors like TVM Capital and Abraaj are planning massive greenfield site developments.

How the Cleveland Clinic has cut costs

The US non-profit clinic cut costs by $513m in the 2014-15 financial year according to its CEO, Dr Toby Cosgrove. Some of its reforms are interesting and unusual. Here is a quick run-down.

Tendcare set to expand

Pan-Asian private equity house Olympus Capital Asia recently announced that it has committed $40 million to Tendcare Medical Group, one of the largest private hospital management companies in China.

Largest Philippino group enters Middle East

The Medical City (TMC), the Philippines’ largest hospital group, plans to roll out clinics across Dubai and then up to 20 across the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries. It will do this in partnership with SAMA Medical Services (Kuwait), which is 20% owned by Kuwaiti trading conglomerate Al-Mulla Group.

Report: How do we drive innovation in healthcare delivery?

What could an organisation like the London Business School possibly add to the debate on innovation on healthcare? Enough health ministries, think tanks and hospital groups are dedicated to this question already. And yet leading figures from the NHS, Bupa, the Cleveland Clinic and Aravind Eye Hospitals gathered there last week to find out. A series of interesting debates pinpointed the forces that are cutting through the miasma of healthcare systems and unlocking disruptive innovation. Here we focus on three: patient empowerment, a focus on outcomes and transparency and remodeled, rationalised healthcare systems.

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