Tag: Patient protection
Kassenverband considers over 400 clinics in Germany to be dispensable
hospital bed The GKV has calculated how many clinics are needed in Germany for adequate care. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It is a central question of the clinic reform by Federal…
Kassenverband considers more than 400 clinics to be dispensable
hospital bed The GKV has calculated how many clinics are needed in Germany for adequate care. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It is a central question of the clinic reform by Federal…
Lauterbach’s meetings with countries remain without agreement
Berlin Actually, the press conference by Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach and his country colleagues should send a signal of unity. The SPD politician spoke of a “breakthrough” in his…
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…
Exceptions when replacing the heating system? Clinics reject Lauterbach’s initiative
Karl Lauterbach The Federal Minister of Health wants clinics to be able to apply for the installation of a new gas heating system under certain circumstances in the future, for…
Commission sees no improvement in supply in rural areas
Karl Lauterbach The Minister of Health is planning a large-scale hospital reform. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Monopolies Commission assumes that the precarious situation of clinics in rural areas will not…
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…
Survey – Clinics expect an unprecedented wave of bankruptcies in 2023
hospitals The German Hospital Society warns of numerous bankruptcies in the coming year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to estimates by the German Hospital Society (DKG), Germany’s clinics will be hit…
Lauterbach announces measures against bottlenecks in pediatric medicine
children’s clinic Federal Health Minister Lauterbach wants to eliminate bottlenecks in pediatric medicine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of acute bottlenecks in pediatric medicine, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants…
Lauterbach announces measures against bottlenecks in pediatric medicine
children’s clinic Federal Health Minister Lauterbach wants to eliminate bottlenecks in pediatric medicine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In view of acute bottlenecks in pediatric medicine, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants…
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…
Children’s clinics: Bundestag wants to relieve hospitals
Health Minister Lauterbach More efficient time management and better financing should relieve nursing staff in clinics. (Photo: dpa) Berlin On Friday, the Bundestag passed a comprehensive package of laws on…
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…
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…
Doctors against triage regulation by Karl Lauterbach
Berlin Germany’s doctors are taking to the barricades: they categorically reject the legal regulation on triage in the pandemic intended by Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) in its…
Germany’s clinics are so digital
hospital In many clinics, data is hardly ever processed. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf Germany’s clinics are to become more digital. That is why the federal and state governments are making 4.3…
How the risk of corona infection is causing problems for clinics
Clinics in the pandemic During the pandemic, the hygiene standards in the hospitals were tightened again to prevent infections within the clinics. (Photo: dpa) Berlin So few people and so…
Triage – How clinics manage Covid-19
Frankfurt More and more Covid 19 patients are on the wards of German clinics. Even if the number of infections stagnated immediately, this development would continue for more than a…