Aug 5, 2020 | e-health, EN, health policy
From March to May, the health insurance company Barmer launched a survey among the medical profession, in which the health care professions were generally asked about the electronic patient file (ePA). The representative sample of 1000 doctors showed that many of...
Jul 28, 2020 | Digitalization, e-health, EN, health policy
Digitalisation in the health care system is progressing, as the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) will soon be able to cooperate with 40,000 doctors and many pharmacies throughout Germany with regard to its e-prescription project, as four other health insurance companies...
Jan 30, 2020 | EN, health policy
From February Jens Spahn’s plans to restructure the Ministry of Health come into force. In the future, there will be a new department 6, which will be responsible for health security, health protection, climate, and sustainability. The Federal Minister of Health...
Dez 7, 2012 | Allgemein, DE, general conditions, health policy
At its federal conference, the German Association for Integrated Health Care (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Integrierte Versorgung – DGIV) presented the results from its current survey „Monitoring IV“. Main result is that – despite rudimentary...
Dez 6, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy
Federal Minister of Economics Philipp Rösler and Health Minister Daniel Bahr have emphasized the growing importance of electronic means for the actual medical care situation at the start of 3. Gesundheitswirtschaftskonferenz (conference of the healthcare industry) in...
Dez 4, 2012 | Allgemein, company news @en, DE, general conditions, health policy
With the consultation fee falling short as of 2013, health insurers are now afraid that compensatory financing from the national health fund will not compensate for the lack of funds. Siemens Betriebskrankenkasse (Siemens‘ company health insurace fund) advises...
