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Hospitals and clinics also suffer from the corona crisis
Some hospitals in Germany were already in financial difficulties before the corona pandemic. In the crisis, the situation has now become even worse for some, as hospitals are required to keep beds free for Covid-19 patients and are therefore unable to bill them. The...
„Amazon Pharmacy“ has just launched Rx drug shipment in the USA
Since last week, increased competition for customers in the prescription drug market has begun in the USA, as the US mail order giant Amazon has entered the long-awaited business with Rx drugs. From now on, patients can order prescription drugs under the Amazon...
gematik chooses eHealth-Tec as provider of the ePrescription service
gematik, the Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH, has - as can be heard from insider circles - awarded the ePrescription infrastructure to DocMorrris' parent company, Zur Rose from Switzerland. However, the contract has not yet been awarded...
Federal government plans distribution of protective masks via pharmacies for December
The German government plans to distribute FFP2 protective masks at a reduced price to risk groups in December by means of an emergency law. Extra federal funds will be made available to support the masks financially. Distributors of the protective masks are thus...
Criticism of the left-wing faction in the Bundestag on the rejection of applications for care services
From the parliamentary group "the left ones" in the Bundestag much criticism comes after inquiry, how many first applications for care achievements in Germany by the care insurance companies were rejected. According to the study, in 2019 benefits were not approved in...
Balanced diet and exercise helps prevent cancer
Various medical societies, including the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), point out that there is a connection between the development of type 2 diabetes and the development of various cancers. According to epidemiological studies and other publications, the risk...
Compugroup Medical: DiGa on prescription easier in future
Compugroup Medical (CGM) - producer of application software to support activities in medical practices and pharmacies, among others - brings apps on prescription to the practical medical prescription. For this purpose, a so-called app supply center was set up free of...
ZI-Trendreport: Corona effects in outpatient medical care
The second trend report of the Central Institute for Health Insurance Physician Care (ZI) shows that the number of outpatient treatment cases in the months of April, May and June has decreased significantly overall due to corona. For the analysis, medical accounting...
G-BA: Legal right to a second opinion before amputation of the lower extremities in diabetic foot syndrome
In Germany, 250,000 people fall ill with diabetic foot syndrome every year. Sooner or later, many of them have poorly healing and chronically progressing wounds due to poor blood circulation in the lower extremities. Chronic wounds can lead to the amputation of toes,...
Climate change as a global problem for the increase in cancer
Scientists of the University of California (UC) around research director and study author Professor Dr. Robert A. Hiatt tried to find out with older available studies, how the climatic change will affect cancer illnesses, also possibly decades later. According to...