NEWS FROM TELEMEDICINE

Here we keep you informed about news from the world of telemedicine.

16.08.18: Telemedicine balance sheet. E-Health – The Digital Backbone of the South
Baden-Württemberg has made medicine and care a central focus of its digitization strategy. The Ländle wants to remain a driver of innovation, as it says in the first digitization report. Continue reading

 

15.08.18: Consultant network focuses on digitization
At the 30th meeting of the Healthcare Shapers in Ludwigsburg, the network of consultants discussed the increasing role of social media, wearables and health apps. Continue reading

15.08.18: KBV wants to develop
its own technical standards for electronic medical records The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) has confirmed its claim to define the formats for the medical content and the technical specifications for the exchange of data with electronic patient records (ePA). Continue reading

14.08.18: Children have diabetes more and more – telemedicine is supposed to improve treatment
The cause is a mystery to physicians: More and more children and adolescents develop diabetes mellitus (type 1). Continue reading

13.08.18: Digitization – The Data Docs
Digitization does not stop at medicine. At the Hospital Essen one hopes for a better medicine. “We do not want to rationalize any doctor or nurse.” Read on

13.08.18: Telemedicine – Broadband – the big unknown
In the E-Health Congress, providers are calling for the rapid expansion of the fiber-optic supply. Continue reading

13.08.18: Patient and Health Records: Diversity Revives Business
Against the background of the large number of electronic health records (eGs) that health insurances and insurance companies are currently developing and testing, many observers are concerned that many proprietary file structures are lacking nationwide standards arise. Continue reading

10.08.18: Digitization in ophthalmology to move forward
The President of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG) and Director of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Münster, Professor Nicole Eter, advocates the rapid development of a digital patient registry for all sectors of ophthalmology. Continue reading

09.08.18: E-Health: Legislators must make specific demands
The Hesse Health Minister Stefan Grüttner (CDU) has made significant progress in the efforts to promote e-health applications and digitization in the healthcare sector. Continue reading

08.08.18: E-Health: Countries want to get rid of shackles
In the design of networked care, health policy must keep the scepter in hand, warns TK boss Dr. med. Jens Baas with a look at trends from the USA. Continue reading

08.08.18: Minister of Justice satisfied with telemedicine project
Minister of Justice Guido Wolf (CDU) was satisfied with the start of the telemedicine project in prisons in the southwest. Continue reading

07.08.18: Telemedicine in Tanzania. Where doctors save lives over the Internet
There are almost no specialists in Tanzania. Many people stay without medical care. But recently, doctors can digitize tissue samples on site – and thousands of miles away, in Germany, for example, let examine. Continue reading