Apr 15, 2021 | Digitalization, EN, general conditions, health policy
In a recently published position paper, the medtech industry association SPECTARIS appeals to healthcare policymakers to exert pressure on the GKV-Spitzenverband to push through an aid adjustment for online-based or cloud-enabled aids. The potential of creating...
Apr 15, 2021 | EN, general conditions, health policy
The SPD election program was presented at the end of March and is still being worked on until the decision is made in May of this year. For the SPD’s „Future Program,“ which consists of four future missions, in addition to climate neutrality, work is...
Mrz 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...
Mrz 22, 2021 | EN, general conditions, health policy
In a strategy paper in the field of industrial health management that has just been presented, the Federation of German Industries (BDI) calls for a review and the necessary improvements of the location factors in Germany in order to prevent the outsourcing of...
Mrz 8, 2021 | Digitalization, EN, general conditions, health policy
On Wednesday, February 24, interested parties from academia and practice were able to participate in the 16th Livestream State Conference „Digitalization in Healthcare 2021“, where experts in Potsdam shed light on the digital push in the industry triggered...
Feb 25, 2021 | EN, health policy
In a regular blog (kma Decisive Blog), Philipp Köbe, a lecturer and management consultant in the German healthcare system, questions whether there is anything wrong with private providers in the German healthcare system. He tries to refute the thesis that...