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Telehealth and eHealth

 

Acute Care in Emerging Markets: Presentation, Nate McLemore, Columbia Pacific Management

With 2,500+ beds, 28 hospitals and 4 clinics across India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Kenya, Colombia Pacific is one of the top chains in Asia operating under the brands Columbia Asia, Columbia China and Columbia Africa. Nate looks at how patient profile and demand is changing; at the mistakes operators commonly make in Emerging Markets and asks what private health care delivery will look like in 5-10 years time.

The Impact of Digital Health on Healthcare Services: Presentation, Nicolaus Henke, McKinsey

Digital health is going to transform the delivery of healthcare services over the next decade. But the industry has a lamentable implementation track record! Here Nicolaus Henke will look at how CEOs can best deploy winning strategies. He also examines where, and how far, operators, insurers and start ups can build patient platforms which recruit new patients and build relations with existing patients. And he looks at how data is best used to monitor quality and measure outcomes.

Digital health and brokerage in Switzerland

We talk to a start-up launching a new way of broking health care services in hugely over capacity Switzerland, and ask about its plans to build a primary care digital health platform.

Swedish app KRY raises €20m for international expansion

Sweden-based telehealth app KRY has raised €20m to expand into new markets. The app, which lets patients access a doctor online, is already in Spain and Norway. Its CEO and co-founder Johannes Schildt talks to Healthcare Europa.

Interview: Sam Myers, Principal, Balderton Capital

Early-stage investor Balderton can namedrop the likes of Betfair, Lovefilm and Citymapper among its past and present portfolio. Based in London, and with a $2.3bn fund, it has a track record of building successful consumer businesses across Europe, but has also taken a liking to healthcare with investments in MyTomorrows, PatientsKnowBest and Circle Health. Myers, who heads-up the firm’s Nordic portfolio, thinks it’s only a matter of time before the European consumer has the health system at its finger tips. Here he gives his thoughts on when.

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