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Interview: Amon van den Borg, CEO, Arts en Zorg

Arts en Zorg is the only major pureplay primary care group in the Netherlands. CEO Amon van den Borg talks to HBI about its business model and plans for the future, and reflects on the need for modernisation and digitization within the Dutch healthcare sector.

Spain to spend €450m on health digitalisation

Spain will spend over €450m on the digitalisation of its primary care sector, building a new data network and AI as part of a new €1.5bn healthcare budget. The sector, however, says it is not enough.

Medicover consolidates in Poland

Polish healthcare provider Medicover has acquired smaller rival CDT Medicus, at a low double-digit EBITDA multiple.

Interview: Bart Malenstein, CEO, Quin

Dutch telehealth company Quin recently sold seven of its 11 physical GP practices with plans to sell the remaining four. CEO Bart Malenstein tells HBI that the company will instead focus on a licensing model to make its digital platform available to operators. This includes plans to expand into more specialist care and into other countries. 

More questions for Babylon

The more you look at the Babylon SPAC deal, the more black box it looks. The sheer complexity of the US insurance system makes it impossible for investors to assess its prospects with any accuracy. And then there is the question of the $230m sale of shares made by "certain accredited investors". How much of this went to Babylon founder Ali Parsa?

Will Babylon succeed?

Ali Parsa, the founder of Babylon Health, is now a paper billionaire with control of a business with an enterprise value of $3.6bn with an additional $575m in gross proceeds, following its merger with special acquisition vehicle Alkuri. The nearly 90% of the SPAC shareholders who chose to sell before the shares started trading may be kicking themselves - the shares peaked at $16 on October 26, though as of the time of writing are sitting at $10.82, up from the initial opening price of 10$ on October 22.

HBI 2021: Whether to buy or build digital health

There are three levels to digitalisation for healthcare providers: the foundation is clinical information systems, the middle is customer patient journey and the top is using data to understand it all. Elsan, Humanitas and Schoen Klinik talked at HBI 2021 about whether to buy or build these capabilities.

Spain’s Alzira costs double after Ribera ejected

Spain may regret dismantling its pioneering Alzira model. HBI hears that costs have nearly tripled since it booted Ribera Salud out of the Valencian project. A similar fate might await Torrevieja, which expires next month.

Digital Transformation 4: Reinventing primary care and diagnostics

   What does fully digitised primary care look like? And what new diagnostics can be carried out digitally? What impact will this have on health care models and tariffs? We have already seen digital health players buying up physical clinics. Will this trend continue? Confirmed speakers include: Giuseppe Recchi, Affidea Petri Bono, Terveystalo Daniel Nathrath, Ada […]

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