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The 20-30% AI productivity boost available to health care providers right now

AI has the potential to boost productivity in health care in myriad ways. The most transformative applications will take time to be implemented, not just because of the nascent stage of the technology itself, but also because of lagging regulation and change-resistant clinicians. But there are applications which providers can implement right now that can provide huge productivity boosts. Oskari Eskola, CEO of BeeHealthy, a Mehilainen (Finland’s largest private health care group) spin-out that helps providers and insurers digitise, talks us through some of these.
March 22, 2024

RAD-x acquired by Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vesper Infrastructure Partners

Investment firms Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vesper Infrastructure Partners have acquired RAD-x, a diagnostic imaging platform operating in Germany and Switzerland. The deal is the latest in a series of major acquisitions by infrastructure funds within the diagnostics and medical imaging segment.
March 21, 2024

Aster DM GCC sale nearly complete

The sale of the GCC division of Dubai-based listed hospital and pharmacy chain Aster DM, for just over $1bn, is nearly complete.
March 21, 2024

Manipal looking to become largest Indian group with acquisition

Manipal Hospitals, India’s second largest hospital group by bed capacity, is in talks to acquire a smaller group in the east of the country. If the deal goes ahead it would make Manipal the largest hospital group in the country by bed capacity, knocking off rival Apollo Hospitals from the top spot.
March 15, 2024

Is the future of care at home?

The centre of gravity of the health and care sector is shifting away from hospitals and nursing homes. Capacity and resource constraints combined with policy pushes for greater access in the community and advances in medtech mean that over the coming decades an increasing amount of care will be delivered in an outpatient setting and at home. But Joseph Musgrave, CEO of Home & Community Care Ireland, Ireland’s trade association for domiciliary care providers, warns us there is a major stumbling block: almost every country lacks a structured career pathway for carers.
March 15, 2024

DaVita to become largest dialysis services provider in Latin America

Kidney dialysis services provider DaVita is going to become the largest dialysis services provider in Latin America following agreements with Fresenius Medical Care, a rival multinational group, to expand in Brazil and Colombia and enter Chile and Ecuador for the first time.
March 15, 2024

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.
March 15, 2024
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