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Many corona infections more dangerous than initially thought
Scientists from various research institutions such as the Beth Deaconess Medical Center in Israel (BIDMC) around research director Aakriti Gupta, the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York and University College London around study director Dr Michael...
Nursing home search should be well considered
When relatives of elderly people in need of care are overburdened with the care in their home environment, a bad conscience often arises when the sick close relative is to be accommodated in a nursing home, because the health conditions on both sides make a search...
Coronavirus standard test available in Austria from dm online
For a very short time now, Austrian customers have been able to buy PCR tests from the biotechnology company Novogenia, based in Salzburg, online from DM, in order to take a saliva sample which is then examined for the presence of the coronavirus. So if someone is...
WIdO advocates discount agreements with exclusive partners
The scientific institute of the AOK, WIdO for short, is a research and consulting institute of all AOKs and provides expertise for all service areas in the SHI system. In a current report, the institute describes the advantages of drug discount contracts, which can...
Telemedicine industry likely to remain on course for success
The data analysis and consulting company GlobalData from Great Britain has found out in a study that telemedical applications are in high demand during the corona crisis and will also boom afterwards. If the boom in telemedicine continues in this way and continues to...
TK is working at full speed on expanding the e-prescription
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...
New study by Deloitte and Summary Seven on hospital discharge management
In the light of increasing outpatient care and the growing networking of the players in the health care system, discharge management as an interface between clinical and outpatient care is becoming more and more important. The aim is to make the follow-up care of the...
SBK Siemens-Betriebskrankenkasse determines health competence of insured persons in the field of digital services
According to the press release of SBK Siemens-Betriebskrankenkasse, one of the 20 largest statutory health insurance funds in Germany and the number one company health insurance fund, the fund is committed to educating its policyholders about digital and telemedical...
Virtual debate on better and safer access to medicines for people in Europe
MEP Peter Liese (CDU) and member of the European People's Party (EPP) was recently the initiator of a virtual debate in a webinar attended by various EU politicians on how to secure the supply of medicines in the EU. Questions about the cost and distribution of...
Walgreens focuses on treatment centres to attract patients
As the online portal Finanznachrichten.de reports, the big American pharmacy chains Walgreens and CVS Health are getting more and more competition from the online giant Amazon, which has also taken away former customers who now redeem prescriptions with prescription...