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HBI 2021: Building a digital health ecosystem

Europe has started to see the emergence of digital health ecosystems where remote consultation providers also add in e-prescription, B2C testing, monitoring, and more. L.E.K. Consulting explored the trend over a networking breakfast at HBI 2021.

HBI 2021: Next decade will be spent structuring data

It will take another decade for many healthcare providers to adequately structure their data in order to use AI to make a wide-ranging impact on patient outcomes. Most of the solutions in use today are still single-case, ranging from measuring body composition, detecting lung nodules and predicting the risk of a specific disease.

HBI 2021: Will digital change everything or is it just a ‘marketing tool’?

Operators differ in their visions and ambitions for how digital tools can be used to transform the primary care and diagnostic sectors, from being purely a ‘marketing tool’ that can improve convenience and ease of access for patients, all the way to round-the-clock patient-tracking and data-gathering to be used in combination with genome sequencing and AI to predict and prevent illness and death. 

Interview: Jalil Allabadi, CEO, Altibbi

Saudi Arabia’s largest telemedicine consultations platform Altibbi has managed to double its revenue for fifth consecutive year. CEO and founder Jalil Labadi shares the secrets behind this success with HBI, and talks strategy as the company develops.

Investment needed to fix Africa and South Asian infrastructure

Infrastructure barriers are hampering the growth of telemedicine in developing countries. While European health tech is on the rise, less developed areas of Africa and South Asia are at a crossroads, but investment is being made to fix the problem, HBI hears.

HBI Interview: Carlos Nueno, President, International, Teladoc 

How fast is the world outside America adopting telehealth and digital care in all its forms? Who better to ask than Carlos Nueno, president International for Teladoc Health, which ties with Ping An from China for the title of the world’s largest telehealth operator. So, what new business models are being rolled out and when? And how are countries adopting the new technology?

Dutch telehealth company retreats from physical primary care

Quin, a Dutch telehealth company founded by Bergman's former CEO, is selling the GP practices that started as an experiment in digi-physical care. Reports put the retreat down to staffing shortages and capacity management issues. 

Terveystalo finds growth in preventive services

Terveystalo, the largest healthcare group in Finland by revenue, has acquired Siverpersoona Oy which offers speech therapy and speech impairment services. In 2020 Sivupersoona’s revenue was approximately €3.5m.

Digital health’s big players’ valuations rocket

The heaviest hitters in Europe’s digital health market have valuations at an all-time high: Babylon is valued at $4.2bn, Kry at $2bn and Alan at €1.4bn. There remains, however, a huge disparity between the M&A and the fundraising markets, with most buyers of these start-ups opting for early-stage acquisitions. HBI gives an overview of the market. 

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