Aug 20, 2021 | COVID-19, EN, Vaccination
The results of a so-called pre-print study from Singapore show that the rate of infection and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in vaccinated individuals is similar to that in unvaccinated individuals. Data from the U.S. and Asia fuel the suspicion that the viral...
Aug 13, 2021 | Digitalization, EN, statutory health insurance
DAK-Gesundheit recently started cooperating with the software developer d.velop to simplify document management and business processes. Customers/insured persons and employees are to benefit from the solutions and products provided by d.velop. Over five million...
Aug 13, 2021 | EN, event, outpatient care
The „MEDCARE“ congress at the Leipzig Trade Fair will not be held again until 2022, on October 5 and 6. The event with a trade fair for clinical and out-of-hospital patient care was originally to be held on September 22 and 23 of this year. However, the...
Aug 13, 2021 | EN, pharmaceuticals, pharmacy
Pharmacists in Switzerland are allowed to dispense prescription drugs under certain conditions, even if it is not an emergency. There is a specific list of indications with known active ingredients that has been drawn up by the Federal Department of Home Affairs, or...
Aug 13, 2021 | EN, private health insurance
Four private health insurers will soon be working together to speed up processes, further improve services, keep costs stable or reduce them, and exchange information in order to further develop the quality of care in the outpatient, inpatient and rehabilitation...
Aug 13, 2021 | EN, research
A team of scientists led by Professor Dr. Philip Wenzel and Prof. Dr. Thomas Münzel from the Center for Cardiology at the University Medical Center Mainz recently used data from the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS) to show that people may respond to improved drug therapy...
