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The umbrella organization for digital health care to have more influence through change of leadership
The Central Association for Digital Healthcare (SVDGV) will have a new managing director, Dr. Anne Sophie Geier, who will head the association's fortunes on October 1, 2020. Geier would like to establish the still young industry as a new pillar of healthcare in...
Apo-Discounter dispatches medicines in „savings subscription“ not always cheaper
The mail-order pharmacy Apo-Discounter is meanwhile the third in the alliance, which offers products and approximately 200 pharmacy-requiring, but not prescription drugs with automatic reordering in the selected delivery interval like Amazon and Shop-Apotheke. At...
The acceptance of expressive prostheses depends on cultural aspects
When people are missing limbs, medical device companies come into play, which has to produce specially made body parts for those affected. More and more of these companies are focusing on developing design objects that emphasize and strengthen the individuality and...
DocMorris initiates turnaround and does not grant bonuses on e-recipes
Due to fair competition conditions for prescriptions with prescription drugs, DocMorris, a subsidiary of the Swiss Zur Rose Group, does not want to give Rx bonuses on e-prescriptions in the future, as this bonus payment is actually also prohibited. The European Court...
Amazon expands business in India
The online US giant Amazon wants to start its mail-order business in India, more precisely in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, formerly Bangalore, as several media such as the Indian daily newspaper "India Today" are currently reporting in agreement. The...
SHI generates surplus, health fund posts a deficit
The German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) has just announced that the statutory health insurance (SHI) generated a plus of 1.3 billion euros in the first half of 2020. Revenues of a total of 129.9 billion euros are offset by expenditures of "only" 128.6 billion...
Herpes simplex infections may soon be curable?
There are various home remedies and medicines for treating herpes viruses of the herpes simplex (HSV) type, but none of these substances can have a curative, i.e. healing, effect, but only alleviate the symptoms. However, there are people who have to live with painful...
Senior citizens would use telemedical applications more often if it weren’t for fears
A telephone study by the digital association Bitkom on the use of telemedical health services by people who are 65 years old and older has shown that these people are usually already interested in digital services in this area, but lack of knowledge and fears mean...
Bavarian medical practices return to normal operation
In Germany, many people have been treated by doctors for a suspected corona infection. In the state of Bavaria alone, more than 500,000 people have been treated, even though only slightly less than 230,000 citizens throughout Germany have actually become infected with...
Smart Reporting expands its portfolio through the acquisition of Health Data Pioneers
Smart Reporting, founded in Munich in 2014, intends to take over the Health Data Pioneers start-up, which was co-founded as a spin-off of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), in order to be able to exchange and compare valuable clinical data by standardizing...