General overhaul of the DRG system| Bibliomed Manager

The DRG system has many friends Financing and structural reform are interrelated. But what can be done if the countries do not follow them? The focus is on per-case flat rates. Even though the Institute for the Remuneration System in Hospitals (InEK) adjusts the DRG system annually, the deficiencies remain clearly visible. Hospitals are sometimes penalized for good medicine, for example by charging more minutes of ventilation. The false incentives have attracted harsh criticism from the medical profession, the health insurance funds and politicians. "Same price for same performance - this is the biggest nonsense that has…

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PWC German Clinic Benchmark 2020/ in German

The gap between public and private clinics in Germany is becoming ever wider in terms of their financial situation. One reason for this is the different levels of investment. Especially in terms of cost coverage and liquidity, public hospitals perform significantly worse than private and non-profit hospitals. However, subsequent invoice corrections by the Medical Service of the Health Insurance Funds (MDK) are also causing increasing concern for hospital management.   Read on- www.pwc.de/de/gesundheitswesen-und-pharma/pwc-studie-krankenhaus-vergleich-2020.pdf

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Funding of German Clinics in the Corona Pandemic

In the current article of the German magazine for physicians “Ärztezeitung” describes issues in the  governmental funding  of the German clinics during corona pandemic. In German: Warum das Krankenhausentlastungsgesetz Unikliniken nicht reicht. — Read on — https://aerztetag.aerztezeitung.de/96-warum-das-krankenhausentlastungsgesetz-unikliniken-nicht-reicht More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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Innovation Research: Share Health App Data with Health Insurance

Every Second Individual Would Like to Share Health App Data with Health Insurance  (in German).  Für die Studie befragte das TAB im April 1059 Personen aus der deutschen Wohnbevölkerung im Alter von 16 bis 74 Jahren über den Adressenpool eines Online-Panels. Die Forscher resümieren, dass trotz der vergleichsweise hohen Verbreitung der Anwendungen zur gesundheitlichen Selbstvermessung "verlässliche Nachweise einer präventiven oder gesundheitsfördernden Wirkung" nicht existierten. Dabei sei zu bedenken, "dass die Apps neben fehlendem Nutzen grundsätzlich auch ein Schadenspotenzial aufweisen können". Die "Entwicklung von qualitätsbezogenen Standards einschließlich geeigneter Prozesse für die Qualitätssicherung" durch politische Institutionen und Akteure scheine…

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Call for proposals: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Call for proposals under the Federal Government’s Strategy for the Internationalization of Education, Science and Research Funding programme for the “Integration of the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European Region in the European Research Area” (Bridge2ERA) Next deadline June 30. Read on: https://www.bmbf.de/files_anncmnt/EN_B2E_Call_for_proposals_BMBF.pdf

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IMB’s International PhD Programme

  Last chance to apply for a fully funded position in IMB’s International PhD Programme (IPP): DEADLINE is 15 MAY! For more info, please visit imb.de/PhD or contact PhD@imb.de #GeneRegulation #Epigenetics #GenomeStability #PhDprogramme #LifeSciences #career  

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