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Protecting chronically ill children in Corona crisis.
Pediatricians, pediatric specialist societies, and patient associations, including the German Childhood Cancer Foundation, the German Cystic Fibrosis Association, the Children's Network, and the German Heart Foundation, criticize society's treatment of chronically ill...
IT-Labs introduces intuitive patient app as white label solution
In March 2021, IT-Labs GmbH will introduce its new Alberta® patient app, a customizable white-label solution for healthcare providers. Complementing the company's Alberta® software, which digitally manages the entire care of chronically ill patients, the patient app...
PHAGRO: „Dramatic decline in the wholesale margin“ worsens
The chairman of the pharmacy wholesalers' association PHAGRO, Andre Blümel, criticizes the remuneration of full-supply wholesalers with regard to prescription drugs, which is not (any longer) cost-covering, triggered by the legislator.According to him, the wholesale...
GEHE and AOK Northwest offer flu vaccinations in pharmacies
A joint press release from the AOK Nordwest and the nationwide GEHE Pharmahandel reveals that a model project is to be set up in the state of Schleswig-Holstein for people with statutory health insurance from the AOK Nordwest, with the aim of improving medical care....
Does the G-BA take its cue from AMNOG and put medical device manufacturers in a bind?
Developers and providers of innovative wound care products in modern wound management are on the barricades because of a decision by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA). The reason for this is the review of reimbursability with the help of clinical studies within a...
Barmer: Specialization of hospitals to increase patient safety
The Barmer Hospital Report 2020 has highlighted and analyzed patient safety and the quality of operations in hospitals and clinics in the state of Hesse. According to the health insurer, several deaths per year could be avoided if scheduled surgeries were performed by...
Diabetics benefit from cold plasma treatment for wound healing
Type 1 or type 2 diabetics often have secondary diseases such as wound healing disorders. Diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) in particular causes major problems for some of them, because it is a consequence of foot wounds that become chronic if they are not treated properly...
Olympus aims to advance cancer diagnostics with Quest
The Japanese manufacturer of Opto-digital products, Olympus Corporation, is acquiring Quest Photonic Devices B.V. for approximately 50 million euros, the company has just announced. As a manufacturer of optical and digital precision technology, Olympus is thus further...
Scandinavian countries introduce digital proof of vaccination
The Swedish health authority has recently been planning the rapid introduction of a vaccination passport, which is to be used quickly and easily as an entry certificate for Corona vaccinations when traveling. The digital vaccination certificate, for example for...
Analysis of the genome of SARS-CoV-2 variants highly complex
The Accredited Laboratories in Medicine (ALM) have plenty of work to do nationwide at the moment, because for a short time now there has been a targeted search for coronavirus mutations. Five to ten percent of all new infections are screened in this way for the...