Category: News
New vaccination campaign in Bavaria
On August 15, Bavaria's Minister of Health and Care, Klaus Holetschek, launched a new vaccination campaign in inpatient care facilities for the second COVID-19 booster vaccination. The ministry is providing nursing facilities with information materials outlining the benefits of the...
30.08.2022
Avoid illnesses through early detection
A research group from Switzerland evaluated 15 years of data from the Lausanne Stroke Registry. The researchers focused particularly on the question of which risk factors those affected had before their stroke and whether they were aware of this risk. Astonishing...
30.08.2022
Using telemedicine to combat the shortage of doctors in nursing homes
AOK Nordost, together with nursing homes, physicians, and the telemedicine provider MedKitDoc, has launched a six-month pilot project in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The project will examine the most common primary care examinations for nursing home residents...
30.08.2022
DKG fears massive burden from senseless mass testing
The German Hospital Association (DKG) sharply criticizes the amendments to the Infection Protection Act proposed by the coalition parties. In particular, the stricter testing requirements in hospitals are not feasible in practice. All those working in hospitals...
29.08.2022
The Patient Safety Action Alliance is looking for new model projects for the implementation of patient safety in Germany
Healthcare institutions are invited to submit their outstanding ideas for improving patient safety to the German Patient Safety Award by November 11, 2022. These include aids for medication safety, new surgical techniques, apps, and more.
29.08.2022
Gassen: “Problems must finally be solved”
"Our colleagues in private practice are fundamentally open to digitalization – if it works and makes their work easier. This also applies to e-prescriptions. And this shows that we are still miles away from a smooth functioning system...
29.08.2022
Helios Studie zeigt: Mehrzahl der chronischen Nierenerkrankungen bleibt lange unentdeckt
Chronische Nierenerkrankungen sind eine fortschreitende Krankheit, die schließlich zu Nierenversagen und vorzeitigem Tod führen kann. Ein Forschungsteam von Helios hat nun in einer internationalen Studie festgestellt, dass zwei Drittel der Betroffenen nicht wissen, dass sie an der Erkrankung ...
29.08.2022
Health insurance companies: More than half of those insured want to switch providers as a result of the premium increase.
Wie die repräsentative Studie „Beitragserhöhung und Wechselbereitschaft in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung 2022“ der Managementberatung Horváth unter 1.000 Bundesbürgerinnen und -bürgern zeigt, denkt mehr als die Hälfte der Bevölkerung aktuell darüber nach, die Krankenkasse zu ...
29.08.2022
Testing thermal ablation for pulmonary emphysema – G-BA commissions study support
Die IHF GmbH – Institut für Herzinfarktforschung wird als unabhängige wissenschaftliche Institution die Erprobungsstudie zur Thermoablation bei schwerem Lungenemphysem begleiten. Der aktuellen Vergabeentscheidung des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses (G-BA) ging ein europaweites ...
26.08.2022
Current Zi study on the incidence of Parkinson's disease 2013-2019 published
Ungeachtet der dynamisch fortschreitenden Alterung der Bevölkerung ist die Häufigkeit neu aufgetretener Parkinson-Diagnosen in den ärztlichen Abrechnungsdaten in Deutschland in den Jahren 2013 bis 2019 um bis zu 30 Prozent zurückgegangen. Während die Inzidenz im Mittel über alle Altersgruppen ...