Original article
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common relevant cardiac arrhythmia and can lead to serious complications. For example, unrecognized and untreated AF leads to a significant increase in the risk of stroke. Such risks can be counteracted by treatment with blood-thinning medications – so-called oral anticoagulation (OAC). However, AF is often not recognized in time. Smartphone-based screenings offer a low-threshold and scalable approach to addressing this problem.
05.06.2023
At the beginning of 2020, the "Interdisciplinary discussion forum on ethical, economic and medical challenges before the onset of dementia" was established in order to establish the public discussion on fundamental topics regarding diagnostics, therapy and care of dementia patients, which show a concrete need for action. found together. Current developments in the therapeutic field are discussed as well as ethical problems, gaps in care and special topics such as the use of biomarkers for risk stratification of patients in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
05.06.2023
With the introduction of the Digital Care Act (DVG) in 2019, the statutory health insurance companies (GKVn) received the legal mandate under Section 20k SGB V to provide their insured persons with “services to promote the self-determined, health-oriented use of digital or telemedical applications and procedures.” to offer.
05.06.2023
Results of a selective literature search
05.06.2023
The statements of the thesis paper author group between April 2020 and June 2022 covered three levels: the infection epidemiological situation as a basis, the modern, multimodal prevention concepts as an option for action and the societal level as a context that must be taken into account. Numerous other groups and individuals have set comparable priorities, but overall the reversal of central professional standards in health care with regard to infection management could not be prevented, nor could the use of inadequate prevention concepts and the narrowing of social discourse, the incitement of critical opinions and the revival of “governance” .
05.06.2023
Symptom checkers are interactive, AI-based applications designed to support patients' self-management in the event of symptoms of illness. By assessing diagnoses and urgency, symptom checkers have the potential to contribute to care management and improve health literacy. The diagnostic accuracy of the currently available symptom checkers is currently still in a rather low range. When it comes to triage accuracy, however, some of the applications do very well. The latter point in particular offers opportunities to relieve emergency rooms, for example.
03.04.2023
Geriatric limitations are a frequent and major burden for affected patients and their relatives. In this study, the health-economic effects of the telemedical primary prevention program "proGERO" for people with geriatric limitations are to be examined.
03.04.2023
"Healthcare research is the beginning"
In the second part of the MVF conference "Prioritization Catalog for Health Services Research," Prof. Dr. med. Hon.-Prof. (DPU) Günther Jonitz (Medical School Berlin) spoke, followed by Dr. Ursula Marschall (Barmer), Prof. Dr. Christoph von Kalle (SVR Gesundheit), Dr. h. c. Helmut Hildebrandt (OptiMedis AG), and Prof. Dr. Franz Porzsolt (ICE e. V.). "How is the topic of patient needs anchored in the system?" This question […]
03.04.2023
"Vision Zero: The future of a better healthcare system"
“In the health system, there are neither clear responsibilities nor broad-based preventive measures that even come close to those that we have recognized as good and efficient for road traffic.” With a comparison to road and flight safety, Prof. Dr. med. Christof von Kalle, Director of the Clinical Study Center at Charité and BIH and former member of the Health Advisory Council (SVR), the all-hazard approach recently brought into play by the SVR and a “Health in all Policies” strategy. Von Kalle explains this in the cover interview of “Monitor Healthcare Research”.
02.04.2023
“We must not privatize the structural problems of modern medicine, but we must solve them both structurally and individually.” With these words, the medical ethicist and doctor advocates for a new understanding of what makes a good doctor and what makes good medicine. In his opinion, what constitutes medical skills is, above all, “the reliable assessment of the individual case,” which requires bringing together different forms of knowledge, but which also requires “more time autonomy” and at the same time “more sensitization to the importance of communication-oriented and thus problem-solving conversations.” be. For him, the central path to good medicine is through “investing in a trusting relationship with the patient.” In the interview: Prof. Dr. med. Giovanni Maio, M.A. phil., Chair of Medical Ethics at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg