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Interview: Jan Leister, executive director of digital health, Fresenius Helios

Fresenius Helios has a new incoming digital health executive, who after heading up the Fresenius Group's German rehab business for the past four years wants to disrupt the way it manages chronic disease by transforming it from a pure hospital operator into a digi-physical healthcare group. Leister tells HBI that he wants to sell its digital therapeutics solution Curalie right into emerging markets.
September 10, 2020

BIMA raises $30m as it hits 2m teleconsultations in emerging markets

BIMA, an insurance and telehealth platform working in nine emerging markets, has raised $30m to increase penetration in those markets. It already has 35m insurance policies and has run 2m teleconsultations. HBI speaks to CEO and founder Gustaf Agartson. 
September 10, 2020

Ada Health building diagnostic results into its app

In the peak of Germany's pandemic, symptom-checker app Ada Health rapidly built a solution to digitally return COVID-19 test results to a lab's customers. Founder Claire Novorol tells HBI that the new capability is part of a long term strategy that will allow the company to better incorporate diagnostic data into its app.
September 3, 2020

XenZone lists on AIM and rebrands as Kooth

Digital mental health group XenZone has listed on the small-cap AIM exchange, raising £16m. Its CEO tells HBI that the company is targeting entry to the US and Europe. It has also rebranded as Kooth, its main brand name.
September 3, 2020

Interview: Nasser Al Hagbani, CEO, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group

Saudi/UAE hospital operator Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group (HmG) is by far the largest player by revenue in the GCC at $1.3bn. Shares have all but doubled since its IPO in March, making it the sixth-largest hospital stock globally by market capitalisation at $8.5bn. Its lucrative tele-ICU centre is the largest in the world by beds monitored. In this exclusive interview, Hagbani discusses HmG's listing, business model, Saudisation efforts, declining expat market and of course COVID-19.
September 2, 2020

KRY gets reimbursement in Germany as Docly all but leaves UK

Sweden's largest telehealth player KRY will be reimbursed in Germany after it received the necessary security accreditation. Meanwhile, Docly, the spin-off from Sweden's once largest player Min Doktor, has just withdrawn its healthcare services from its only international market following slow growth.
August 20, 2020

Benelux countries make moves on digital therapy reimbursement

The Netherlands and Belgium are closely following behind Germany in reimbursing digital therapeutics (DTx). Payors in the former are negotiating a strategy while the latter has just seen a rehabilitation app become the first to receive public payment. 
July 30, 2020
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