Usecase: build a future-proof healthcare strategy for AXA Partners in Belgium and Germany

Usecase: Build a future-proof healthcare strategy for Belgium and Germany

AXA Partners is the service provider within AXA group. They deliver services and support to worldwide business customers. Healthcare is a growing market for AXA Partners. Belgium and Germany belong to the same group region. Need for a comprehensive business strategy In 2018, the company contacted dashplus and asked us to develop a comprehensive strategy … Read more

Here’s how 10 European hospitals cooperate with new companies to accelerate change

How 10 European hospitals cooperate with new companies to accelerate change

his article is part of a dashplus-series on corporate innovation in healthcare. Next blog will focus on the requirements and impact of hospital venturing. Don’t miss it! For hospitals, there are several reasons to invest in innovation and they can choose many ways to do so. In my latest blog ‘what is hospital venturing and why could it be … Read more

What is hospital venturing and why could it be the next big thing in Europe?

It’s becoming more and more familiar in the United States and it could be the next big thing in Europe too: hospitals having their own venture fund to invest in digital health innovations. In this blog post, I explore the world of hospital venturing: This article is part of a dashplus-series on healthcare corporate venturing. … Read more

Can we finally use technology to promote the well-being of people living with dementia?

What is dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term that covers a range of medical conditions that cause cognitive deterioration beyond that of normal ageing. This deterioration is severe enough to cause those who suffer from it, to require assistance for basic daily functions. Dementia is all too often linked to memory loss and grief about … Read more

Digital health law in Germany opens up a market of 73m users for digital therapeutics companies

digital health law opens up market of 73m users in Germany

Digital health reimbursement starts as of 2020 Hurray, the largest European market is finally opening up for digital health entrepreneurs! Starting from 2020, over 73 million Germans in the public health system can now get digital health apps prescribed and refunded. The ‘digital health law’ making this huge step into modernity possible for German patients … Read more

The rise of FemTech in Europe: stronger and here to stay

Their customer base is more than half of the world population. They develop health solutions for the ones being most affected by ageing and health issues. And they are aware of the fact that working females spend 29 per cent more per capita on healthcare compared to males in the same age group. I’m talking about … Read more

The Belgian digital health ecosystem in 2017

the Belgian digital health ecosystem in 2017

Healthtech is a broad sector note: this article was first published in january 2018. This is an updated version of september 2019 (1).  Worldwide, HealthTech or digital health is one of the top sectors for startups and scaleups. In general, we speak of HealthTech referring to companies that use software or data to improve efficiency and … Read more

Corporate companies love to cooperate with healthcare startups

This is the first of a dashplus-series of blogs on healthcare corporate innovation and hospital venturing. Feel free to check them all out or join our newsletter community to stay connected (it’s free!). Corporate companies love to cooperate with startups, definitely in healthcare. It helps them to steer their business into new directions and mitigate slow development: it’s a way … Read more

CVC in healthcare: 10 leading corporate venturing funds

10 international corporate venturing funds

This blog is part of a blog series on corporate venturing in healthcare (or CVC in healthcare). Feel free to check them all out here. If you want to collaborate on corporate innovation in healthcare, you can mail me here: sofie@dashplus.be Corporate innovation in healthcare Corporate innovation in healthcare keeps on growing this year. Corporate … Read more