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HBI 2020: Care homes may never return to pre-COVID occupancy

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving regulatory changes in the care home sector across western Europe, said speakers on the 'Elderly Care: How big is the opportunity?' panel at HBI 2020. One said: "Do not assume you will ever see a return to pre-COVID levels of occupancy."

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

What can you do with AI and big data today and what will be possible within three years? Why has adoption been slower than you might have expected? And what sort of role should health care providers look to play? HBI gets an expert view from digital, technology and business strategy expert Klaus Boehncke, partner at L.E.K. Consulting, who is chairing the Best Practice Workshop: Delivering Digital Excellence: A Framework for Success at HBI 2020 in two weeks.

CEE – a land of opportunity?

With 125 million people - 80 million of whom live in the big four (Poland, Romania, Czechia and Hungary) - CEE is a large and diverse market. But is it a tempting one? HBI-365 members heard an expert panel in our CEE State of the Regions broadcast suggest that while COVID is creating huge problems across the world, it is also creating opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe.

Nordics: Finding positives in a difficult year

HBI 365's State of the Regions: Nordics panel found a lot of positives had come out of a difficult year. But better relationships with payors and public providers, and a vastly increased understanding and recognition of the benefits of digital clinics were tempered with the knowledge that, as the pandemic recedes, the new normal is likely to see some of these advances pull back - albeit not to pre COVID levels.

COVID vaccine: Shot in the arm the markets needed?

Pfizer shares rocketed 15% on Monday with news of a vaccine that's more than 90% effective. But lab and telehealth shares plummeted upon the announcement while hospitals, care homes and outpatient groups recouped some of their YTD losses. HBI explores what a vaccine might mean across the five sub-sectors.

Capio and Ada show potential of digitalising patient pathway

Telehealth provider Doctrin and symptom-checker Ada Health provided fascinating insights as they revealed the results of their work with operators in the Nordics and the US, in the HBI-365 panel session 'Digital Health: Case Studies in Acceleration', while Siemens Healthineers' global head of digitalising healthcare gave an overview of the global landscape.

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