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Homecare and daycare business models in Mexico: Presentation, Marco Alvarez, Salus Holding, Mexico

Marco Alvarez set up Grupo Dabvsa with Angel Ventures (now Salus Holdings) in 2005 to provide medicalised homecare, day centres and a nursing school in Mexico City. Now the largest provider in the capital, Marco discusses the social stigma of elderly care in Mexico, demographics, and how focusing on technical and medical assistance has helped the group work alongside traditional domiciliary caregivers.

The hospital group of the future: Presentation, Luiz de Luca, Americas Servicos Medicos, Brazil

Who better to take a look at the wide range of innovations being applied to hospital networks – from the political to the strategic and digital – than Luiz de Luca who heads up one of the largest hospital groups in Brazil (owned by United Health Group)? What will the sector in Brazil and Latin America look like in 10 years time? Luiz discusses the fundamental shifts occurring in the hospital sphere today and predicts future likely changes and models.

FREE BLOG The four things we learnt at this year’s Global Health Insurance Conference

There's a crisis in healthcare insurance in which traditional players face being squeezed out by large tech-savvy players entering the market and cozying up to providers. But there are also opportunities for insurers willing to embrace change quickly. Healthcare Nova was at the 9th Global Health Insurance Conference in Amsterdam at the end of last month talking to delegates to find out more. These are the four key things we took away.

Medica shares fall despite solid results

The UK teleradiology group Medica failed to meet expectations in debut interim results last week, setting a 6% slide in its share price in motion.

Free digital NHS platforms could give boost to private sector

Healthcare Europa speaks to the CEO's of potentially ground-breaking platforms unveiled at the NHS Innovation Expo in Manchester this week. Both say we could see more opportunities for private platforms to enter the market as a result of the digitisation of NHS records.

Challenges to Payors in the 21st century: Presentation, Damien Marmion , AXA Global Health

Dr Damien Marmion gives his personal views on the advent of connected healthcare, big data, analytics are a challenge and an opportunity for private medical insurers. In addition we all have an increasing need for better outcomes in terms of customer quality and affordability. Damien looks at the issues payors in general face before outlining solutions.

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