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Obesity: underestimated pre-disease risk factor of covid 19 disease
In the official announcement of the RKI (Bulletin), one can find listings in tabular form that reflect the greatest risk factors for a covid-19 infection with a severe or even fatal course. Accordingly, the patient's age is the greatest risk factor for becoming...
Electronic patient record launches on a voluntary basis
The statutory health insurers are confident that insured persons will take up the offer of electronic management of their health data in the form of electronic patient files (ePA). The electronic patient file has been available since January 1 on a voluntary basis,...
How important is corporate governance for the care industry?
In a recent white paper, Dr. Lutz Michel and Prof. Dr. Marc Steffen Rapp examine the status of corporate governance in the care industry. The two market experts argue that, especially in times of COVID-19, residents and employees of care facilities are particularly in...
Higher drug spending, declining prescription volume
The German Pharmacists Association (DAV) has published early information data, according to which the development of pharmaceutical expenditure of the statutory health insurance funds (SHI) and the number of prescriptions filled can be viewed. According to the data,...
CSU parliamentary group wants to avert nursing crisis and reward prospective nurses
The CSU members of the Bundestag have just decided in Berlin that they will push for some new achievements in the care of the elderly and sick. Accordingly, the CSU paper states that they will lobby for a so-called new entrant premium of 5,000 euros. New care workers...
Things You Need to know about Digital Health Applications
Digital health apps (German: DiGa for short) are currently used by twelve percent of the German population. The apps on health insurance benefits, which have been approved in this way since October 6, 2020, are unique in the world. No other country has such digital...
Nutrition rules are highly individual
More and more scientists in nutrition science (ecotrophology) have been coming to the conclusion for some time that there are no generally valid nutrition rules for all people. The scientific evidence for general validity is therefore missing. Research results of...
Roche and DoctorBox: fast and secure Covid-19 report transmission
The pharmaceutical and diagnostics company Roche has been offering a "SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test" since March 2020, primarily to relieve medical staff. The Berlin-based company, DoctorBox GmbH, provides the software for this. With the help of the software...
Are there fewer cases of flu this winter season?
Flu waves usually pass their peak in January and February of a year. However, at this point, experts at the Stuttgart State Health Office believe that Corona protection measures and flu vaccinations could be responsible for significantly reducing the 2020/21 flu...
Portal for supply-relevant factual data required
The Scientific Advisory Board for Digital Transformation of the “AOK Nordost” suggests that a so-called "open data" portal be conceived and implemented in a timely manner, according to a position paper by the eight experts on digitization. The independent committee is...