Category: News
Gesundheitspolitik
Government commission makes important suggestions for reforming emergency care
Regarding the publication of the government commission's statement on the reform of emergency care, Prof. Jens Scholz, 1st Chairman of the Association of University Hospitals in Germany (VUD) explains:
13.02.2023
Supply management
Community health nurses and health navigators ensure future care
Joint declaration from the German Nursing Council (DPR), German Professional Association for Nursing Professions (DBfK) and Association of Sisterhoods of the German Red Cross (VdS)
09.02.2023
study
Zi presents projections for the utilization of contracted medical care until 2030
Especially in urban areas, increasing demand for services provided by contracted physicians // Internal medicine, urology and ophthalmology particularly in focus // Psychotherapy with a sharply increasing projection of demand
09.02.2023
digitalization
Mindable Health cooperates with arztkonsultation.de
Mindable Health and arztkonsultation.de are now working together. Their partnership aims to establish digital therapy as an integral part of standard healthcare.
08.02.2023
digitalization
Video consultation: Despite high quality, far too rare
The pandemic revealed the importance of telemedicine in ensuring the population's healthcare provision. Nevertheless, it has not yet been possible to establish video consultations nationwide in outpatient care. This is evidenced by official figures: According to the Central Institute...
08.02.2023
57 percent of citizens rank the German healthcare system among the three best in the world – a figure that fell by 15 percentage points compared to the first pandemic year, 2020 – Health insurance companies consistently achieve high approval ratings: 87 percent are satisfied with their work – Electronic data storage...
08.02.2023
Indikationen
Tonsillectomies: Significant differences between clinics regarding repeat procedures due to postoperative bleeding
Depending on the hospital, there are significant differences in the frequency of bleeding and other complications that can occur after tonsillectomies. The AOK Federal Association points this out at the peak of the sore throat season.
08.02.2023
Indikationen
Advanced breast cancer: Now considerable additional benefit for trastuzumab deruxtecan
The antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan has been approved since January 2021 for previously treated adults with HER2-positive breast cancer that has metastasized or is no longer amenable to surgery. Breast cancer is considered HER2-positive when the tumor cells express many receptors...
08.02.2023
Personalie
Wolfgang Wick new chairman of the Science Council
Wolfgang Wick, Medical Director of the Neurology Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital and head of a research department at the German Cancer Research Center, has been a member of Germany's most important science policy advisory body since 2021. The results of the ...
06.02.2023
ATMP – G-BA defines criteria for addressing quality rules in its rules of procedure.
The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has enshrined in its rules of procedure when and how it sets requirements for the quality of the use of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). These requirements came into effect on February 4, 2023.