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04.07.2012
The healthcare system presents all stakeholders with ever greater challenges: Patients must navigate a comprehensive range of medical information and treatment options, and physicians and health insurance providers are faced with increasing cost pressure. For years,...
04.07.2012
For patients undergoing elective knee replacement surgery, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) recognizes no evidence of an added benefit in its current decision for Eliquis (active ingredient apixaban) from Bristol-Myers Squibb. Regarding patients undergoing elective hip replacement surgery, the Federal Committee admits...
04.07.2012
At the end of June, the second volume of the book “Patient Coaching” by the German Society for Citizen-Oriented Care Management (DGbV) eV was published. Together with the first volume, it forms a coherent work that is "forward-looking" for patient coaching.
04.07.2012
Medication plan during blister packaging increases patient safety in polymedication
The Federal Association of Patient-Specific Pharmaceutical Blistering Companies (BPAV) is responding to a study by the Scientific Institute of the AOK (WIdO) according to which most respondents do not follow the therapeutic advice given by their doctor or pharmacist when prescribing or dispensing a medication...
03.07.2012
In many families, children experience their grandparents' Alzheimer's disease. Especially for the very young generation, the symptoms of the disease are often difficult to understand. Therefore, the Alzheimer Research Initiative (AFI) offers age-appropriate information on the website www.AFi-KiDS.de.
02.07.2012
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced the launch of the Ellipse™ implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in Germany. The first implantation was performed by Dr. Johannes Sperzel, head of the working group...
02.07.2012
Die NOWEDA eG Apothekergenossenschaft nimmt ihre soziale Verantwortung als Arbeitgeber ernst. Mit Wirkung zum 1. Juli 2012 hat sie die NOWEDA Familiengenossenschaft gegründet. In Kooperation mit dem pme Familienservice als Vertragspartner bietet sie den Beschäftigten der NOWEDA ab sofort ...
02.07.2012
Die Delegiertenversammlung der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft (DKG) hat einen neuen Vorstand gewählt: Die Präsidentschaft der größten onkologischen Fachgesellschaft in Deutschland übernimmt künftig Professor Dr. Wolff Schmiegel aus Bochum, er löst den bisherigen Amtsinhaber Professor Dr. Dr. ...