European Institutions: Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment

MedcoDRG is proud to accompany the development of the agreement on reforming research assessment of such European Institutions as the ERA Forum and the European Research Area Committee (ERAC) The Agreement sets a shared direction for changes in assessment practices for research, researchers and research-performing organisations, with the overarching goal to maximise the quality and impact of research. The Agreement includes the principles, commitments and timeframe for reforms and lays out the principles for a Coalition of organisations willing to work together in implementing the changes. Organisations involved include public and private research funders, universities, research centres,…

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Medical Tourism Trends in 2022 for Germany and the world

What are medical tourism trends in 2022 for Germany and the world? Every year about 250,000 patients seek treatment in Germany. They come from 177 countries mostly from Poland, the Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine and South Arabia. Of these, 100,000 are treated as inpatients in clinics. According to estimates, planned treatments of foreign patients in hospitals account for about 40 - 45 %. Deutsche Welle reports that the number of visitors has dropped significantly in the last few years, with fewer Russian nationals visiting Germany for such services. In 2020, the number of such patients from Russia decreased…

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Four-day work week pilot

The world's biggest four-day work week pilot begins. More than 3000 workers at 70 UK companies are about to begin a 6 month trial of a 4 day work week. Its based on the 100:80:100 model – 100% pay for 80% time, in exchange for a commitment to maintain 100% productivity. Read more at: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/06/06/business/four-day-week-trial-uk/index.html

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Lockdown of tumour cells

Research team at the University of Konstanz led by biologist Christof Hauck discovers novel inhibitor that enables lockdown of tumour cells. Research team at the University of Konstanz led by biologist Christof Hauck discovers novel inhibitor that makes tumor cells immobile Protein phosphatases are the antagonists of protein kinases, together these two enzyme groups control virtually every aspect of cell behavior.  Lockdown for tumor cells — Read on nachrichten.idw-online.de/2022/04/20/lockdown-fuer-tumorzellen/

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Approved medical expenses in 2020 and 2021 in Germany

The Central Association of Statutory Health Insurance has published the GKV statistics for approved medical expenses. A significant proportion of the clinics have therefore improved their "coding quality". But this positive trend is likely to end in the next quarter. 642 hospitals (38 percent) report in the 4. Quarter 2021 more than 59 percent of unobjectionable invoices. This results in the 2. Quarter 2022 Audit rates of 5 percent and a mark-up of zero percent. 819 clinics (48 percent) achieve a test rate of 10 percent and a surcharge of 25 percent. Overall, this is an improvement…

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Polytrauma DRG Tool

Polytrauma DRG Tool from MedcoDRG presents global functions of Diagnosis Related Groups (German Version) in an easy way and makes coding more efficient. Source information was published in: https://www.g-drg.de/inek_site_de/layout/set/standard/aG-DRG-System_2022/Definitionshandbuch Polytrauma DRG Tool download:     

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What are Out-of-pocket Health Expenditures in the Best Clinics?

Out-of-pocket expenses are any payments that individuals make for their healthcare, including any payments at the point of use, deductibles, coinsurance, and co-payments. To show what are out-of-pocket Health Expenditures we combined clinic ranking list with out-of-pocket health expenditures in the following table.

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Top 20 World’s Best Hospitals in 2022

Newsweek has performed a study on the world's best hospitals in 2022 Many medical institutions struggled with different challenges over the course of the pandemic but what has set the world's best hospitals apart is their continued ability to deliver the highest-quality patient care and conduct critical medical research even as they focused on battling COVID.   Rank Hospital Country City State (US only) 1 Mayo Clinic - Rochester United States Rochester MN 2 Cleveland Clinic United States Cleveland OH 3 Massachusetts General Hospital United States Boston MA 4 Toronto General - University Health Network Canada Toronto…

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Healthcare expenditure statistics of the EU

This article presents key healthcare expenditure statistics and financing aspects of healthcare in the European Union (EU). Healthcare systems are organised and financed in different ways across the EU Member States, but universal access to quality healthcare, at an affordable cost to both individuals and society at large, is widely regarded as a basic need; moreover, this is one of the common values and principles of EU health systems. Statistics on healthcare expenditure and financing may be used to evaluate how a healthcare system responds to the challenge of universal access to quality healthcare, through measuring financial…

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113 great leaders in healthcare | 2022

Healthcare needs strong leaders now more than ever to navigate their organizations through the pandemic and digital transformation. The following 113 great leaders champion innovation and have built a solid cultural foundation for success in the future. For questions and comments on this list, contact Laura Dyrda at ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com. Naomi Diaz, Cailey Gleeson, Georgina Gonzalez, Riz Hatton, Marissa Plescia and Ariana Portalatin contributed to the development of this list. Greg Adams. Chair and CEO of Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.). Mr. Adams leads a network of 39 hospitals, 730 medical offices and more than 216,000 employees. His work…

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