Current
Die Nationale Diabetesstrategie (NDS) wurde am 3. Juli vier Jahre alt. Trotz dieses Jubiläums verstaubt sie unbeachtet in einer Schublade des Bundesgesundheitsministeriums (BMG) und wartet seit ihrer Verabschiedung 2020 auf eine Umsetzung. Die Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft (DDG) und diabetesDE ...
04.07.2024
CureVac launches strategic restructuring to focus resources on high-quality mRNA pipeline opportunities
CureVac, a global biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), announced on July 3 a significant strategic restructuring to focus its resources on high-value mRNA projects in oncology and...
04.07.2024
Care
Reimann: Better consider the needs of family caregivers
Dr. Carola Reimann, Chairwoman of the AOK Federal Association, commented on the motion submitted by the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag on July 3rd for greater recognition and appreciation of family caregivers as follows:
04.07.2024
Personalie
Nadine Scholten is the new professor for psychosomatic and psycho-oncological health services research in Bonn
Prof. Dr. Nadine Scholten now heads the Research Center for Health Communication and Health Services Research at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn. Her practice-oriented research has so far focused on, among other things, satisfaction surrounding childbirth and...
04.07.2024
Gesundheitspolitik
Statement on the draft law to strengthen heart health
The Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) has presented a draft bill for a law to strengthen heart health – abbreviated to the "Healthy Heart Act (GHG)." From the perspective of the EbM network, many of the planned new regulations undermine the principles of evidence-based...
04.07.2024
Indikationen
Regional contracts for a DMP obesity now possible
Effective immediately, statutory health insurance funds can conclude regional agreements with contracted physicians and/or hospitals to improve the care of people with morbid obesity. The goal is to expand existing health and support services for such...
03.07.2024
Care
Reserved tasks of nursing DIP supports implementation in practice
In spring 2024, the German Institute for Applied Nursing Research (DIP Institute) published the results of the VAPiK study on the implementation of the reserved nursing tasks in hospitals. The core findings revealed that in many facilities, the legally required...
03.07.2024
Supply management
Geriatricians publish first S3 guideline for comprehensive geriatric assessment in hospitalized patients
A major first for the German Society for Geriatrics (DGG): Under its leadership, the first S3 guideline for comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) for hospitalized patients in Germany has now been published. An important guideline for...
03.07.2024
digitalization
From emergency calls to care: ESO acquires Logis Solutions
ESO, a data and software company supporting emergency medical services, fire departments, hospitals, and state and federal agencies, has acquired Logis Solutions, a company that provides complementary dispatch, logistics, and billing software for emergency medical services,...