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The costs of in-patient treatment in hospitals in Germany increased by 5.7% to approximately 98.8 billion euros in 2019 compared with a year earlier (2018: 93.5 billion euros). When related to roughly 19.4 million people who were treated as in-patients in hospital, the costs per case averaged 5,088 euros, which was 5.5% more than in 2018 (4,823 euros). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that hospital costs rose by 18.8 billion euros or just under one fourth (+23.5%) from 2014 to 2019. Treatment costs per case rose by 912 euros or more than a fifth (+21.9%; 2014: 4,176…

Software for clinics i.s.h.med Cerner will be discontinued In 2031, the software manufacturer Oracle Cerner will discontinue support for ishmed (IS-H short for "Industry Solutions Healthcare") the hospital management software for German university clinics With the SAP application, clinic employees can organie their merchandise management and write bills. Thus, customers will no longer receive regular updates that, for example, close security gaps or map legal changes in the processes. Consiquently, clinics will need soon a new program. How high the effort of the conversion is, can not be estimated yet. — Read more here Weitere News und…