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Is German Digital Health Care Act an under-used failure?  

In 2019, Germay passed a new law designed to revolutionize the e-health market by reimbursing therapeutic apps. Why hasn't it had more of an impact? HBI speaks with Sven Jungmann, Chief Medical Officer in Berlin-based corporate venture builderFoundersLane, to find out.

India’s Unicorns and Soonicorns

India’s health startups have attracted crazy levels of investment, creating five unicorns in a year, with more to follow. HBI takes a closer look.

Finnish SOTE reform ‘could create more outsourcing opportunities’

In July 2021, Finland’s leftist parliament passed the long-awaited SOTE reform to its healthcare system, which amalgamated 309 municipal health authorities into 21 much larger ‘welfare regions’. HBI speaks to analysts and operators to find out what impact the reform is having on the for-profit sector.

Covid and Sweden boost Terveystalo

Terveystalo, one of Finland’s two for-profit healthcare giants, saw strong growth in 2021, helped by its recent move into Sweden and a Covid boost. We speak to Terveystalo’s head of investor relations and two analysts, to analyse growth drivers.

New homecare to hospital platform launches in France

A major French operator, the Doctegestio group, has launched a new platform called Avec which combines everything from dentistry and primary care to hospital and nursing homes. We talk to Bernard Bensaid, the entrepreneur behind Avec.

Interview: Klaus Boehncke, Partner, L.E.K. 

Precisely how is digital and telehealth changing the way health care is being delivered? We catch up with LEK's digital guru Klaus Boehncke who is full of examples!

Quin collaborates with symptom checker Ada

Dutch telehealth group Quin has collaborated with the company behind one of the world's most popular symptom checkers, Ada Health, in order to integrate its symptom-checking tool into the Quin platform. HBI catches up with Quin's CEO and Ada's chief clinical officer to find out more.

New Egyptian GP hotline service getting 500 callers a day

MENA’s largest telehealth group, Altibbi, has launched a new telephone service in Egypt, with the aim of increasing access to GPs amongst poorer and more rural populations. We speak to CEO Jalil Allabadi to find out more.

Altibbi launches healthcare hotline in Egypt

Middle East digital health platform Altibbi is launching a premium telephone hotline to put patients in touch with a doctor, with payment taken by the minute as phone credit.

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