Search Tag: Germany
Mea-culpa-yours-angela-m
2021 25 Mar
In a sudden turnabout, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, announced on Wednesday that the country will not go into a strict lockdown over Easter in order to try and break a third Covid-19 wave. After a backlash from the weary public, the Chancellor withdrew the measure. A new lockdown would have meant that all stores, including food and essentials,...Read more
Germany-joins-1-million-genomes-initiative
2020 22 Jan
Germany has become the latest signatory to the EU Declaration ‘Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022.’ Launched in 2018, the declaration is aimed at having at least 1 million sequenced genomes available in the EU by 2022. You may also like: Measuring the Nation’s Health Since its launch, 21...Read more
German-doctors-to-prescribe-health-apps-in-world-first
2020 22 Jan
The German healthcare system is undergoing several digital upgrades this year in order to improve the service. One of the key features of the plan is that, for the first time, doctors will be able to prescribe healthcare apps to patients. You might also like: Improving Patient Compliance With Future mHealth Expected to pass...Read more
Xpomet-medicinale-2020
2020 15 Oct
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find XPOMET on Social Media Read more
4th-conference-on-3d-printing-in-medicine-2020
2020 25 Apr
DUE TO COVID-19: SELECTED PRESENTATIONS VIA STREAMING APRIL 25, 2020 Read more
Ecr-2018-ct-patient-information-videos-save-time-increase-satisfaction
2018 10 Mar
Did you know that the first airline safety video was produced by Virgin America in 2007 ? Now these videos are widely accepted, and in time patient information videos may be just as routine, according to Meinrad Beer of the University Hospital Ulm, who presented a study about patient information on CT at the recent European Congress of Radiology in...Read more
Caring-for-organ-donors-in-the-icu
2016 20 Sep
The key points in caring for organ donors in the intensive care unit (ICU) are to use standardised donor management protocols, to administer methylprodnisolone, desmopressin and vasopressin as a useful supplement to treatment of brain dead patients, and to use the same target parameters as for other critically ill patients, according to a review article...Read more
Breast-screening-in-germany-few-well-informed
2015 13 Nov
Only one in three women participating in Germany’s mammography screening programme (MSP) for the first time is well-informed about it, according to new research from Bielefeld University in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany. In addition, women with a higher level of education are more likely to make an informed decision than women with little education....Read more