Interview of the week

Interview: Mohit Kumar, Ultrahuman

Ultrahuman is a medtech company that provides cutting-edge health-monitoring tools. It currently has four products: a smart ring, a continuous glucose monitoring wearable, a device that monitors air quality in the home and a blood-testing product. 

Interview: Dr Anish Kotecha, Director of Education, Learna

Since online medical education platform Learna was founded in 2010 it has been helping healthcare businesses empower their healthcare professionals with continuous learning in partnership the University of South Wales. Putting his passion for educating into practice for Learna since 2023 is GP and medical education expert Dr Anish Kotecha, Director of Education.

Interview: Michelle Westfort, Chief University Officer, InStride

InStride helps employers in the healthcare sector (as well as other sectors) to upskill their employees with workforce education programmes, which it provides to them in partnership with high-quality global academic institutions.

Interview: Loick Menvielle, Director of Management in Innovative Health Research Chair, EDHEC

Digital and artificial intelligence is poised to disrupt the healthcare sector, but is Europe prioritising regulation over innovation? HBI speaks to Loick Menvielle, director of management in innovative health research chair at French business school EDHEC, about the future of healthcare in France.

Interviews: CCO and Wellbeing Director at Riverstone

Resting somewhere at the intersection between hospitality and care sits the burgeoning niche of luxury retirement villages. HBI sits down with the wellbeing director and chief commercial officer at London-based independent living facility Riverstone to learn more about this budding market.

Interview: Alberto de Rosa, President of Ribera Salud

Have public-private partnerships had their day? Who better to answer this than Alberto de Rosa, president of Spanish hospital group Ribera Salud which was forced to pivot away from PPPs to fight off political opposition, and meet the demands of a shifting Spanish healthcare environment. HBI asks him how the model, in any form, might survive.

Interview: Rebekah Cresswell, CEO, Priory

With a workforce on its knees, it is little surprise that the prospect of ‘care as a career' is becoming an increasingly difficult reality. HBI speaks to UK mental health and social care provider Priory’s CEO Rebekah Cresswell about the government’s latest reforms, and how staff retention can be improved even when times are tough.

Interview: Misbah Uddin, how to take advantage of Saudi’s PPP push

A 200-strong pipeline of public-private partnership projects is a mouth-watering prospect, especially in a Saudi market undergoing an unprecedented healthcare revolution. How can investors make the most of this? Misbah Uddin, managing director at Ankura Consulting Group, tells all.

Interview: Audrey Tsang, Co-CEO, Clue

Women’s health offers a huge opportunity for investors, with conditions like endometriosis underserved. What business models can help support this? Audrey Tsang is co-CEO at women's health app company Clue. She talks to HBI about how she thinks the gender health gap might be closed.

Interview: Jim Easton, CEO Practice Plus Group

Jim Easton is the CEO of Practice Plus Group, one of the UK’s major hospital operators. In June, HBI reported the group planned to offer a middle-market self-pay option – delivering elective surgeries like knee and hip replacements at around 75% of the usual price. Has the market's changing attitude to PMI shifted its focus?

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