Bupa has opened its doors to a brand new health and dental clinic on Chancery Lane in Central London. Bupa has invested in a new centre to offer insurance and pay-as-you-go customers a range of services from everyday through to specialist care, all in one prestigious location. The centre is equipped with the latest clinical technology across ten consultation rooms and three dental surgeries, Bupa has also invested in a new panoramic dental x-ray facility. The clinic will provide customers with services and treatments including health assessments, physiotherapy, orthopaedic physician services, GP appointments and dental services including; general dentistry, emergency…

Iqarus has announced the opening of the American Medical Center (AMC) at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan. Andrew Hames, Chief Commercial Development Officer, Iqarus, said, “We are delighted to be opening this new facility. The clinic will provide state-of-the-art services for a diverse group of people operating within the airport. Previously, companies would incur significant expense by sending staff overseas to receive certain types of medical treatment. Now, with the introduction of our new facility, we hope to help minimise cost as well as save time for both individuals and companies based in the area.” The clinic, the only non-military…

iPMI Magazine International Hospital and Clinic Provider News: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced the working hours for all DHA hospitals, primary health centers, medical fitness centers and specialty centers during the Eid Al Fitr holidays on Wednesday. DHA Hospitals: The Accident & Emergency Section will function as usual, however all the outpatient clinics will remain closed during the Eid Holidays— except for Hatta hospital, as it’s family medicine clinic will be open from 7:30 am to 8:30 pm during the Eid Holiday. Hospitals and health centers, will work as per shift timings and medical practitioners will be on call…

His Highness Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority has approved a new AED 290 million expansion plan for Dubai Hospital. The first phase of the expansion that will cost around AED 100 million and will include a six-storey building for specialized outpatient clinics. The expansion will meet the growing demand for its medical services from within and outside the country. The six-storey building will be spread across 17,800 square meters and will include 142 specialty clinics—this is three times the current number of specialty clinics…

Sanitas Mayores, the division of Sanitas which specialises in elderly care, is expanding its care home network through the acquisition of Valdeluz, part of the Arpada Group, which manages five nursing homes in the autonomous region of Madrid. As a result Sanitas Mayores becomes the leading operator in the region in terms of number of beds, with over 2,400 units spread across 19 care homes. In addition, the company also runs two day-care centres in Madrid. The five care homes have a total of 840 beds and employ 450 people. Their employees will continue to care for the residents in…

A study from Exact Sciences Corp. and Mayo Clinic released today by the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) shows promise for the development of a blood-based lung cancer test. Researchers conducted a multi-round study of nearly 400 patients, which demonstrated high accuracy for detecting lung cancer at all stages. "These results reveal an opportunity to detect lung cancer from a simple blood draw," said Kevin Conroy, chairman and CEO of Exact Sciences. "Our collaboration with Mayo Clinic is efficiently identifying biomarkers for additional cancer applications on the same technology platform as Cologuard." AACR released an abstract of the study…

Bupa Arabia launches for the first time its one-of-a-kind “maternity booth” in GNP Hospital in Jeddah, through its unique program Tebtom. The motive behind creating the booth was to provide breast feeding mothers with the privacy and comfort they need to breast feed their child naturally during hospital visits. Judy Jisri, Tebtom Program Manager at Bupa Arabia, stated: “We are extremely proud to launch the maternity booth; we aim to engage with mothers directly in order to educate them about the numerous benefits of breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding/formula. The booth is manned by a dedicated female Bupa Delegate that provides…

More than 1.1 million patients visited the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Hospitals and medical centres in 2016, revealed Dr Ahmad Bin Kalban, CEO of Hospital Services Sector at DHA. Bin Kalban said that Dubai and Rashid hospitals had the highest number of visits in 2016 as Dubai Hospital received 382,106 patients while Rashid Hospital received 325,619. Meanwhile Latifa Hospital received 161,006 patients while Hatta Hospital received 124,074 patients in 2016. DHA’s specialized medical centre’s also received a notable number of patients seeking its specialized treatments. Bin Kalban said the Dubai Diabetes Centre received 44,074 patients, the Dubai Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation…

The Dubai Hospital announced that it has completed its expansion of the nephrology department to increase its patient capacity from 106 to 240 patients per day. According to the hospital’s statistics, there has been a 10 to 15 per cent yearly rise in the number of patients seeking care at the nephrology department. In 2016, the nephrology department, which provides care for dialysis patients with acute and chronic kidney injuries, received 106 patients per day and 33,300 annually. This is a notable increase from 2007—when the department was first established— where the number of patients did not exceed 25,000 patients…

Australia’s largest not-for-profit private health insurer, HCF, has released data detailing its highest hospital benefit payments made to members during 2015. According to the fund, most Australians would be unaware of the potential high costs associated with hospital admissions, noting there were 136 benefit payments made by HCF in the last year that exceeded $50,000 in value, and for which the member was only in hospital for one night or less. HCF Managing Director, Shaun Larkin, said, “Despite the common view that health insurance doesn’t deliver as much value when you’re younger, our data clearly shows the benefit of health…

Implementing the recommendations will help end variations in quality of care and finances that cost the NHS billions, Lord Carter has advised Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in his final report. The executive summary is available and the full report will be published shortly. His review found unwarranted variation in running costs, sickness absence, infection rates and prices paid for supplies and services. As part of the review, a ‘model hospital’ has been developed which will advise NHS trusts on the most efficient allocation of resources and allows hospitals to measure performance against other trusts. Following the model hospital examples could…

Indonesian private hospital group Rumah Sakit Pondok Indah (RSPI) has deployed the InterSystems TrakCare® unified healthcare information system and achieved measurable improvements in key performance indicators (KPIs), including laboratory, radiology, pharmacy and health check-up turnaround times. Users report satisfaction with how TrakCare has streamlined hospital operations. Administrators have benefited from faster access to information and better communications. Text message appointment reminders integrated with TrakCare, for example, have significantly reduced the number of no-shows to appointments. Within one year of TrakCare’s implementation, RSPI - Pondok Indah, one of RSPI’s two hospitals in Jakarta, reported double-digit growth in revenue. RSPI operates two…