GKV reports declining revenues, rising expenditures and higher sickness rates

Mai 28, 2020 | EN

This year, the statutory health insurance funds expect falling revenues as a result of the consequences of the Corona crisis, for example, unemployment and short-time work. The statutory health insurance system (GKV) estimates the reduced revenues for 2020 at 4.8...

Mumbai holds India’s sad record in corona crisis

Mai 28, 2020 | EN

Hospital care for Covid 19 patients in the densely populated metropolis on the west coast of India, Mumbai, formerly Bombay, is not at its best in times of crisis, as beds and respirators are supposedly in short supply in the capital of the Indian state of...

Advice on fall prevention from care experts

Mai 28, 2020 | EN

Experts from the Centre for Quality in Care, or ZQP for short, point out to relatives of elderly people at risk of falling that the risk of falling can be minimised with the help of tips and advice from the ZQP, because according to statistics, one in ten people in...

After high mortality rate, intensive care physicians better understand possible therapies against sars-CoV-2

Mai 28, 2020 | EN

In two renowned hospitals in Manhattan, in New York, more than a third of the people who received intensive medical treatment have died since the outbreak of the corona virus because there, as elsewhere, doctors have reached the limits of their capacities and also...

Current situation of infections in healthcare facilities in Germany

Mai 28, 2020 | EN

According to estimates by the RKI, 20,425 employees of health care facilities in Germany are currently infected with the sars-CoV-2 virus (rate: 11.7 percent) as of May 18, 2020; 0:00 hours. However, the number of infected persons is differentiated by institution....

PDSG: Is there a ban on blemishes for e-prescriptions?

Mai 28, 2020 | Digitalization, e-health, EN, pharmacy

The Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) considers sensitive health data to be at risk in the law for the protection of electronic patient data in the telematics infrastructure (PDSG) if digital solutions such as the e-prescription are to be introduced on a binding basis....