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Heidelberg University Hospital tests app after heart transplantation
Currently, an app for the follow-up care of mainly younger heart transplant patients is being tested in a one-year pilot project phase at the University Hospital in Heidelberg. The app enables heart patients to access the health and patient files of the University...
Modern smart insulins are still in the global technological research
There are very effective insulins for diabetics available today, which are tailored to the needs of each individual. However, it still happens today that diabetes patients may have hypoglycemia after insulin administration or have high blood sugar levels. Both can be...
Smartphones can be useful helpers for heart patients
A Smartwatch, an electronic wristwatch, also known as a wearable, now has many functions relating to health monitoring for people with heart disease. However, experts such as the German Heart Foundation warn against the unlimited use of these small diagnostic...
Merck cooperates with 3D printing specialists and plans to digitize tablet production
The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck, headquartered in Darmstadt, will probably soon enter into a cooperation with the German-based specialist for 3D printing, Additive Manufacturing Customized Machines, or AMCM for short, and it's subsidiary EOS,...
Cyto-pharmacists criticise pricing of oncological preparations after auxiliary tax agreement
Already in the recent past, disputes between the German Pharmacists' Association (DAV) and the GKV-Spitzenverband regarding the auxiliary tax system for parenteral preparations by cyto-pharmacies have frequently occurred. On 1 March 2020, an arbitration award agreed...
Apple sets new priority with healthcare
Recently Apple has begun to give healthcare a central role. In an interview with E-Health-Com, Healthcare Director Dr. Sumbul Desai explained that this was by no means planned. For example, the photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, which can measure heart rate and detect...
In vitro diagnostics manufacturers must think and act innovatively
According to the latest evaluation of surveys among manufacturers of in-vitro diagnostics (IVD), the German Diagnostics Industry Association (VDGH) believes that 2020 will be worse than the years before. According to the forecast, sales and profits are expected to...
German Medical Association comments on PDSG
The German Medical Association (BÄK) criticises the draft bill on the Patient Data Protection Act (PDSG) in some points, according to a statement by the umbrella organisation of medical self-government. "The law for the protection of electronic patient data in the...
International comparative study on the development status and implementation of the e-prescription
Germany is lagging behind internationally in terms of the development status of e-prescriptions, as well as in their implementation, and in a comparative study #SmartHealthSystems, Germany came last in a ranking of 17 countries examined, including Austria, Switzerland...
Will Alzheimer’s disease be detected and treated much earlier in the future?
Study results in animal experiments and in humans nourish the suspicion that dementia changes could one day be treatable after all because in scientific studies a gene has been discovered by chance which could offer a new diagnostic method for early detection of...