Tag: Doctors & Surgeons
Citizen insurance would cost medical practices 58,000 euros per year
dentist Doctors can earn significantly more money treating people with private health insurance. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Berlin A weakening or even an end of private health insurance (PKV) would possibly cost…
If there were no private patients, each medical practice would cost 58,000 euros per year
dentist Doctors can earn significantly more money treating people with private health insurance. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Berlin A weakening or even an end of private health insurance (PKV) would possibly cost…
How one of the largest clinics in Germany uses ChatGPT
Doctor at the computer Speech models can log the patient conversations and thus give the doctor more time for the treatment. (Photo: The Image Bank/Getty Images) Berlin What is still…
Why medicine often treats women wrong
Berlin When women suffer from shortness of breath, back pain and cold sweats, very few think of a heart attack. However, these symptoms are typical for them – and much…
How exoskeletons in operating theaters relieve doctors and protect patients
Stuttgart Brain tumor surgeries require extreme precision. Every little wrong move by the operator can mean additional damage to the patient’s brain. So far, surgeons have been left alone with…
How it works faster with the specialist appointment
doctor and patient Anyone who uses the appointment service of the cash registers can get an appointment with a specialist more quickly. (Photo: imago images/Addictive Stock) Berlin If you want…
Tips for those with statutory health insurance for a timely appointment
doctor and patient Anyone who uses the appointment service of the cash registers can get an appointment with a specialist more quickly. (Photo: imago images/Addictive Stock) Berlin If you want…
More and more junior doctors are studying abroad at their own expense
medical school A medical degree is the most expensive of all: according to data from the Federal Statistical Office, the federal states incur almost 270,000 euros per student just for…
How do you get out of the hospital healthy?
Operating room in a clinic In order to get the best possible treatment, you can find out more about the hospitals on various websites in advance. (Photo: Photothek/Getty Images) Berlin…
Investors have their sights set on medical practices: Lauterbach wants to present a law
doctor in her practice Financial investors are focusing more on the healthcare sector. (Photo: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Berlin There is increasing resistance to investors buying up practices. “We are observing a…
Lauterbach is apparently planning a law against buying up medical practices by investors
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach The Federal Minister of Health wants to prevent the mass purchase of medical practices by private financial investors. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach…
Thousands of heart attack and cancer patients in clinics without adequate equipment
Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) recently summarized the precarious situation of the clinics in dramatic words. The system tends towards “cheap medicine”. Cases would be honored no matter where…
How the neurosurgeon became the emotional boss
Neurosurgeon Prof. Dr. Peter Vajkoczy The 54-year-old performs around 5,000 operations a year with his team of doctors at the Berlin Charité. Dusseldorf Peter Vajkoczy is Director of the Clinic…
How the neurosurgeon became the emotional boss
Neurosurgeon Prof. Dr. Peter Vajkoczy The 54-year-old performs around 5,000 operations a year with his team of doctors at the Berlin Charité. Dusseldorf Peter Vajkoczy is Director of the Clinic…
Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Svante Pääbo
prizewinner Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. (Photo: dpa) This year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to the Swede Svante Pääbo, who researches in…
Health Minister Lauterbach is sticking to the abolition of the rule for new patients
Karl Lauterbach The Federal Minister of Health questions the benefits of the regulation. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to stick to his controversial decision to remove…
Karl Lauterbach is sticking to the abolition of the rule for new patients
Karl Lauterbach The Federal Minister of Health questions the benefits of the regulation. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) wants to stick to his controversial decision to remove…
How the brain surgeon went from being a “snob” to becoming an emotional boss
Prof. Dr. Peter Vajkoczy The 54-year-old is director of the clinic for neurosurgery at the Berlin Charité and a specialist in operations on the head and brain. Dusseldorf Peter Vajkoczy’s…
In Tel Aviv, the robot takes patients to the specialist doctor
hospital How dominant will machines be in the hospital of the future? (Photo: dpa) Tel Aviv The first surprise awaits right at the entrance to the emergency room: There is…
Corona virus endangers heart patients twice – more diseases, less therapy
Catheter laboratory with the latest medical technology While cardiovascular diseases were increasing, fewer people were being treated for them. (Photo: obs) Berlin Cardiologists warned early on that the corona pandemic…