März 26, 2021 | Digitalization, EN, statutory health insurance
The health insurer Barmer has just recently introduced a new authentication procedure with which insured persons can be activated for the electronic patient file (ePA), which is called eCare at Barmer. The new digital identity verification is one of two options...
März 26, 2021 | COVID-19, EN, general conditions
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recommend that painkillers and antipyretics not be taken immediately before or after the COVID-19 vaccination.The...
März 26, 2021 | EN, medical technology, medicine
The German Medical Technology Association, BVMed for short, warns against the implementation of the EU Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR) and the financial impact of the Corona pandemic on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The double burden for the medical...
März 22, 2021 | Digitalization, EN, health policy
Insureds of statutory health insurers (SHI) are accepting the electronic patient record (ePA) introduced on January 1, 2021, with restrained interest, according to an inquiry with the AOK Federal Association.Even two months after its launch, relatively few insureds at...
März 22, 2021 | EN, medicine
Almost exactly one year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic because the SARS Cov-2 virus was causing many fatal illnesses around the world at breakneck speed. Since then, much has happened in the medical technology industry to tinker with...
