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DocMorris plans cooperation with local pharmacies via drug platform
The Dutch pharmaceutical mail-order company DocMorris would like to cooperate with local pharmacies in Germany in the future, even before the legal introduction of the e-prescription for 2021. Until now, the discounts that mail-order companies offer on prescription...
Risk of developing type 2 diabetes is growing – English health authority reacts
In England, the National Health Service UK (NHS) has recently launched a diabetes prevention programme to identify and treat all people with pre-diabetic health conditions and elevated blood sugar levels, following the publication of the latest statistics on type 2...
SHI losses due to cost increases in 2019
The statutory health insurance funds record a deficit of 1.6 billion euros for 2019. This compares to a plus of two billion euros for 2018. Since 2015, the statutory health insurance (GKV) has thus been reporting losses in the billions for the first time again, as the...
Cancer experts demand: Dividing care concepts according to age
Cancers in adolescents and young adults aged 15-39 years differ from those in children and older people. Only 3.5 percent of this age group develops cancer every year, mainly testicular cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma. There are about 17,000 new cases every year. In...
Is patient safety ensured in outpatient care?
Since there is little data on patient safety in outpatient care so far, a health care researcher from Marburg has obtained data on problems with the help of a survey of 10,000 people older than 39 years. Max Geraedts explains that surveys of this kind are rare, not...
RED Medical Systems GmbH has developed compatible TI connectors
All pharmacies throughout Germany are required by law to connect to the telematics infrastructure in order to be able to communicate via a common network in the healthcare system. For this purpose, pharmacies need secure access, a so-called connector, for example, to...
Surveys on cosmetic surgery in comparison
Two comparative Forsa surveys commissioned by the Kaufmännische Krankenkasse (KKH) on cosmetic surgery in 2010 and 2020 with about 1,000 people revealed a different picture after ten years. Afterwards, the willingness to undergo cosmetic surgery has increased. 20...
Reform of long-term care insurance due to excessive family burden
The health policy of Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn regarding the financing of the need for long-term care in inpatient nursing homes is being questioned by numerous politicians, as data from the Association of Substitute Health Insurance Funds (vdek) from 1...
Successes in basic research: therapeutic approach to FOP
There is an extremely rare disease worldwide due to a genetic defect, which has so far been diagnosed in only 800 people. The disease, called Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, or FOP, is characterized by the transformation of muscle and connective tissue into...
Helau and Alaaf: Selected S7 studies at a special price
Until 1 March, dear market experts, you can download the Summary Seven market studies "Outpatient intensive care", "Ambulatory wound care: wound and sip feed" and "Blockchain" at a special price of 490 Euro plus VAT - instead of 1190 Euro plus VAT. If you would like...