One of the patient's rights concerns respect for intimacy and dignity. It is essentially the right to respect the word "no." We talk about whether we know how to say and hear it, what intimacy is in interpersonal communication and how procedures can enhance the sense of safety in the doctor's...
The Health Ministry has published a draft announcement on the list of reimbursed drugs, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices, which will come into effect on May 1, 2023. According to the Health Ministry, the draft Health Ministry announcement does not include planned...
On Monday, April 24, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
TRANSPARENCY COUNCIL MEETING NO. 18/2023 MAY 8, 20231. Pediatric Emergency Care Decision-making problem: preparing a position on the qualification of a health care service as a guaranteed benefit2. Wakix (pitolisantum) - CONDITIONAL Indication: in adults suffering from narcolepsy with or without...
Ministerstwo Zdrowia opublikowało Projekt obwieszczenia Ministra Zdrowia w sprawie wykazu refundowanych leków, środków spożywczych specjalnego przeznaczenia żywieniowego oraz wyrobów medycznych, który wejdzie w życie 1 maja 2023 r.Jak informuje resort zdrowia, projekt obwieszczenia Ministra...
In an interview with Tatiana Makarevich, refugee health project coordinator of the WHO Country Office in Poland, Urszula Jaworska, special publisher of Medexpress, addresses the topic of health security and whether tuberculosis is a real threat to us today.
Médecins Sans Frontières is reporting more wounded and killed in the ongoing fighting in Sudan since April 15, and limited access to medical aid. Due to the fighting, medical personnel and patients are unable to reach hospitals in many places. Ambulances trying to rescue the wounded are being...
The XXIX Scientific Symposium of the National Institute of Cardiology has come to an end. More than 300 people listened to expert presentations on new directions in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, presentations of difficult clinical cases and panel discussions.
In Patient Week, Urszula Jaworska speaks with Anna Koziel - Senior Health Specialist in the Global Health, Nutrition and Population Practice at the World Bank.
A nationwide educational and informational campaign "Closer to You" has been launched, the originator and organizer of which is the Artemis Group. The campaign focuses on the topic of mental health in the work environment, and its theme is communication and empathy in this regard. Its goal is to...
– Roboty to przyszłość medycyny. Cieszę się, że idziemy w kierunku, w którym dbamy o bezpieczeństwo naszych pacjentów i o to, by byli leczeni nowymi technologiami, dzięki którym będą mogli szybko wracać do zdrowia – powiedziała Anna Rulkiewicz, prezes grupy LUX MED podczas otwarcia Centrum...
We begin the preceding VII Patient Empowerment Congress - Patient Empowerment Week in Medexpress, i.e. meetings with leaders of patient organizations who take on the role of special editors of the service. In this morning's editorial board, we host Urszula Jaworska, president of the Urszula...
Early diagnosis and timely implementation of enzyme replacement therapy are the most important determinants of Pompe disease, doctors remind. Unfortunately, the late form of the disease, which is predominant, is often detected at a late stage. Several factors contribute to this, but what could...
We want constructive dialogue, we want talks about quality and patient safety," Lukasz Jankowski, president of the Supreme Medical Council, said on Monday. The Agreement of Medical Organizations held a press conference at the NIL headquarters, during which leaders assured that no one cares more...
Krakow's John Paul II Specialized Hospital has signed an agreement with the National Health Fund to finance lung transplantation procedures.
The needs for vocational and social rehabilitation of people with disabilities far exceed the financial capabilities of provincial governments, according to an audit by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK).
- Common sense and responsibility for the safety of Poles, both patients and medics, have prevailed! - This is how Bożena Janicka, president of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement, comments on the rejection of the harmful Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Act.
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a disease that most often manifests in young, apparently healthy adults. It is the most common cause of sudden death in athletes in Europe. Researchers at the National Institute of Cardiology are looking for a way to prevent the...
A few years ago, a friend invited me to visit the famous Karolinska Institutet Hospital in Stockholm (that's the one where the Nobel Prize is awarded). The Swedish hospital was by then much more computerized than the Polish hospital where I work, but the experience was instructive. Well, just at...
According to the Social Insurance Institution, 5.1 million medical certificates of temporary inability to work were registered in the first two months of 2023. What was the most common cause of sickness absences?
225 deputies should have voted to override the Senate's veto of the quality law, voted - 224. One vote was missing, and the Health Minister says that corporate interests prevailed over patient welfare and announces that he will do everything to ensure that the quality law returns. Is this...
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