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2019 was a record year for late-stage start-ups
A recent study by Stripe and Tech.eu showed that early stage and later stage investments quadrupled between 2016 and 2019. The sums invested in start-ups in the growth phase have doubled compared to 2016. Start-ups from Germany, France and the United Kingdom recorded...
Special requirements for hospital discharge prescriptions when supplied by pharmacies
Pharmacists and PTAs have several things to consider when supplying discharge prescriptions from hospitals as follow-up medication. The most important in brief: To guarantee a seamless transitional supply, there are prescriptions within the discharge management of...
Medical device manufacturer industry: „Digital Twin“ has advantages but also disadvantages
"A digital twin is defined as a computer-protected model of a martyred or immaterial object that can be used for a specific purpose. This can be processes, products or services that connect the real and virtual worlds. There are always three elements, the real object...
4th Bitkom Digital Health Conference discusses „Health differently and rethinking“
On November 26, 2019, the fourth edition of the Bitkom Digital Health Conference took place, to which representatives from politics, research, science, economy and society were invited to discuss the digitization of the health care system in lectures with 500...
Stiftung Warentest: Increases in SHI contributions for 2020
Stiftung Warentest informs insurers of statutory health insurance companies about the contribution rates, which are kept stable by most insurance companies. However, there are 18 health insurance companies, mostly regional company health insurance companies, which...
Eugen Brysch: Meeting staff shortages in hospitals with new concepts
The staff shortage at German clinics and hospitals, about 2,000 in number, is, in the opinion of various experts in the health care system, becoming more and more widespread, so that remedial action is needed. However, the staff shortage does not only affect nursing...
Pharmacists look to the future with scepticism and pessimism
A survey by aposcope, an online market research tool in the pharmacy and pharmaceutical market, shows that many pharmacists are afraid of the introduction of the e-prescription because it could significantly strengthen mail-order sales. A survey on 16 December 2019...
Cancer experts recommend exercise for prevention
Nine prospective studies by various American research institutes, such as the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, have shown that there is a link between physical activity and the risk of getting...
Targeted delivery of active ingredients via the skin
A cooperation between scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam and researchers from the Medical University of Innsbruck has shown that the so-called Langerhans cells of the skin, which are located in the upper skin layer, the...
Key facts about the Hospital Rating Report 2019
The "Hospital Rating Report 2019" refers to data from a total of 877 hospitals nationwide with a market share of 70 percent based on sales. It draws on 466 annual financial statements from 2016 and 84 from 2017. An analysis by the Leibniz Institute for Economic...