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INTERVIEW: Kaushik Sen, CEO, Healthspring, India

Can you make money out of a primary care network in India? There is no question that, generally, primary healthcare in India is "broken". Kaushik Sen, CEO of Mumbai-based Healthspring thinks he has the answer - a new primary care network. But can it ever turn a profit and if so how? We talk to Sen about his success to date, and plans for the future.
October 24, 2016

The rise and rise of digital primary care

A battle is being fought over England’s 340 million annual GP consultations. As waiting lists rise in the NHS, patients are flowing to a host of digital upstarts. Competition is fierce, prices are low and no one seems to like each other very much! We uncover the story of their race to get ahead.
October 21, 2016

Wound care clinics – the potential in emerging markets

The potential for wound care clinics – especially in emerging markets – is huge. Often costing little to set up, the opportunity to cut costs, cut average length of stay, and operate a quick turnaround (ideally from private payors) should be appealing. So why aren’t we seeing more of them? Healthcare Nova speaks to Rafael Mazuz, MD of OliveSeraph which advises providers how to make such clinics work.
September 22, 2016

Author defends controversial OECD South African hospital report

In March, we examined a report by the OECD on the affordability of private hospitals in South Africa, and gave space to experts on either side of the debate to discuss the findings. We’re now giving the final author of the report, Tomas Roubal, an economist at the World Health Organisation (WHO), an opportunity to enter the debate after he presented his findings at the Board of Healthcare Funders conference this summer.
September 22, 2016

Finland to open €11-12bn primary/social care market to private operators

The centre right Finnish government is embarking on a reform which radically expands patient choice and which effectively “privatises” public sector providers, leaving them to compete on a level playing field with private operators. We talk to operators about the changes and hear from advisors who express a more sceptical view.
September 7, 2016

What impact will clarity on quality outcomes have on healthcare services?

We are about to find out the answer to that question. From April 2017, the UK’s Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) will go live with a mammoth website representing nearly 2 million datapoints covering the output of 14,000 consultant doctors with private practice at over 500 hospitals. Over 200 procedures will be measured in 11 ways. What does all this mean?
August 19, 2016

FREE BLOG Risk segmentation: What can it do?

We spoke to Mike Wagner from the Advisory Board, who proposes three-tier health insurance systems that prescribe different clinical pathways for chronic patients and the general population. Indeed, there's a flagrant lack of integrated chronic care, which requires multidisciplinary specialization. Especially if we consider that these diseases are pushing healthcare systems off the cliff, not only in the West, but also increasingly in countries with less developed healthcare infrastructure. Focusing on chronic disease is also key to tackling the social determinants of ill health.
July 28, 2016
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