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Berliner Forum von INSIGHT Health geht in die dritte Runde
Bereits zum dritten Mal fand am 11. Dezember das Berliner Forum von INSIGHT Health statt. Über das Thema „Mehr Evidenz in der regionalen Arzneimittelsteuerung “ diskutierten 20 Teilnehmer aus verschiedenen Bereichen des Gesundheitswesens – von der pharmazeutischen Industrie, über ...
18.12.2014
Deutsche Apotheker zahlen – wieder mal – drauf!
Die Apotheker Deutschlands müssen – wieder einmal – die Kohlen aus einem Feuer holen, das die Krankenkassen gemeinsam mit der Bundesregierung gelegt haben. Die sogenannte Standesvertretung aller Apotheken, die ABDA, verschanzt sich unter dem Weihnachtsbaum. Auch so kann man eine heile ...
18.12.2014
IMS researcher receives Best Paper Award 2013 from the AWMF
IMS researcher receives Best Paper Award 2013 from the AWMF (Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany) – the prize is awarded to Prof. Dr. Karel Kostev and colleagues
16.12.2014
From now on, clinics and practices can access informed consent forms from the Diomed and proCompliance ranges even faster and more easily: The new online portal "E-Consent" from Thieme Compliance offers over 2000 different informed consent forms from more than 30 specialist areas...
16.12.2014
Exclusion of substitution: Criticism from the pharmacists' profession is incomprehensible.
In response to criticism from pharmacists regarding the lack of a transition period for the non-interchangeability of medicines, the impartial chairman of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA), Josef Hecken, stated today in Berlin: "The criticism from pharmacists is incomprehensible to me, ...".
16.12.2014
What patients with statutory health insurance need to know from January 2015 onwards
16.12.2014
spectrumK and the regional associations of the German Association of Family Physicians have concluded a nationwide standardized contract for family physician-centered care, effective January 1, 2015. Customers and shareholders of spectrumK have the option of joining this contract and thus...
16.12.2014
The supplementary contribution rate for DEUTSCHE BKK will remain unchanged in 2015 at the level of the average contribution to statutory health insurance, at 0.9 percent. This was decided today by the boards of directors of DEUTSCHE BKK and BKK ESSANELLE, which will merge to form Deutsche BKK on January 1, 2015.
16.12.2014
Janssen agrees to cooperate with USAID in the fight against multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
Janssen, the pharmaceutical division of healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, has signed an agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The agreement with the US development agency stipulates that Janssen will develop drugs against multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs)...
16.12.2014
„"Stop the global release of pharmaceutical substances into the environment"“
Residues of pharmaceutical substances are found in rivers, streams, and lakes worldwide. Wastewater treatment plants cannot retain these persistent and poorly biodegradable drugs excreted by humans. "It is urgently necessary to reduce the input of pharmaceutical substances into the...".