Aug 3, 2021 | Digitalization, EN
Koblenz-based CompuGroup Medical (CGM), a leading global e-health company with software solutions for doctors, pharmacies, laboratories, and hospitals, recently started a strategic collaboration with Recare Solutions to optimize a solution portfolio expansion in...
Aug 3, 2021 | EN, telemedicine
The interest in and use of medical video consultations has increased dramatically in recent months. Telemedical consultations via the portal jameda.de are also in demand like never before. From March 2020 to June 2021, digital doctor visits increased forty-fold...
Aug 3, 2021 | EN, Statistik, statutory health insurance
The IGES Institute, based in Berlin, recently evaluated the sick leave data for the health insurance company DAK-Gesundheit. Data from 2.3 million employees were provided for the analysis, which showed a decrease in sickness notifications in the first two quarters of...
Aug 3, 2021 | EN, statutory health insurance
The pronova Betriebskrankenkasse, an association of company health insurance funds of BASF, Bayer, Continental, and Ford with meanwhile more than 650,000 insured persons, calls on politicians to systematically reform the health care system after the Bundestag...
Aug 3, 2021 | EN, hospitals
Hospitals were supposed to keep enough beds free for patients affected by the pandemic during peak times in the Corona crisis. This was a major problem because hospital financing is only profitable if the utilization of bed capacities is also optimal. Therefore,...
Aug 3, 2021 | COVID-19, EN
The comparison of the daily doses (DDD) prescribed nationwide by the statutory health insurance (SHI) from 2019 and 2020 shows that certain medical specialty groups are losers in the Corona crisis. In order to evaluate the annual trend, the GKV has correlated the DDD...
