The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate, in cooperation with the UNICEF Office for Refugee Response in Poland, has established the country's first "BOND" Behavioral Science in Public Health Team. The initiative brings together specialists from multiple institutions with a single goal: to more effectively...
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that Poland, by banning the advertising of pharmacies and pharmacy outlets, has violated EU law on the freedom to provide services. However, the Supreme Pharmaceutical Council argues that the current regulations still effectively protect the...
President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. Twenty-three nominations were given to health-related individuals.
Somewhere between the rather absurd discussion around the Law and Justice draft resolution opposing the privatization of health care (rejected) and the even more absurd resolution expressing opposition to "scaring citizens with privatization," an extremely interesting and informative meeting of...
Such are the results of the epidemiological study PolDrugs , which takes place every two years. The head of the research team is Dr. Gniewko Więckiewicz, M.D., from the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze at the Silesian Medical University. The aim of the study...
The Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector has issued a decision to withdraw four series of the popular drug Magne B6 in the form of film-coated tablets from the market. The reason is that these series did not meet the quality requirements for one of the key ingredients - vitamin B6.
On Monday, June 30, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
The marked increase in life expectancy observed for decades slowed down considerably in the middle of the second decade of the 21st century - this is one of the main conclusions of the NIZP PZH-PIB report "Health Situation of the Polish Population and its Determinants," with the presentation of...
During Wednesday's meeting of the Presidium of the Trilateral Team for Health Care Issues, Deputy Health Minister Jerzy Szafranowicz presented proposals for the direction of changes in the law on the manner of determining the lowest basic remuneration of some employees working in medical...
- Thanks to innovative drugs, we can treat effectively with fewer visits, which means not only convenience for patients, but also real savings for the system," says Professor Robert Rejdak, head of the Department of General Ophthalmology and the Department of Ophthalmology at the Medical...
Adequate nutrition for patients in hospitals is not a luxury, but a key part of treatment - it affects the effectiveness of therapy, reduces the length of hospitalization and reduces the risk of complications. The new regulation is expected to introduce uniform standards for hospital nutrition,...
W związku z publikacją Najwyższej Izby Kontroli dotyczącą działalności Agencji Oceny Technologii Medycznych i Taryfikacji w latach 2021–2024, Prezes AOTMiT wydał oświadczenie podkreślające, że większość zidentyfikowanych uchybień dotyczy poprzedniego kierownictwa, a działania naprawcze zostały...
The Health Ministry has published a list of technologies with a high level of innovation.
It is not the law on minimum salaries that is plunging hospital budgets, according to the OZZL Residents' Agreement, which, on the basis of responses given by several hundred hospitals of various levels, calculated that salaries account for an average of 55 percent of the facilities' expenses. -...
Dr. Michal Seweryn, president of EconMed Europe, talks about what a burden hemophilia is from the perspective of patients and society and the system as a whole.
Several thousand clinics in Poland have introduced the function of a patient care coordinator. This specialist is responsible for organizing visits, monitoring test results and explaining medical recommendations. Thanks to his involvement, the treatment process becomes more transparent, faster...
Aleksandra Wilk, director of the Lung Cancer Section of the "It Cures Itself" Foundation, talks about how the subcutaneous form of drug administration affects patients' lives.
Rosnące napięcia prawne w ochronie zdrowia stawiają lekarzy w trudnej sytuacji – obok dylematów klinicznych muszą mierzyć się z obawą przed odpowiedzialnością karną. Potrzebę reformy systemu i dialogu między środowiskami potwierdziło spotkanie Prezesa Naczelnej Rady Lekarskiej z przedstawicielką...
Państwowa Straż Pożarna zyskała pozytywną ocenę Najwyższej Izby Kontroli za przygotowanie Specjalistycznych Grup Ratowniczych (SGR) do działań. Jednak pod tą oceną kryją się poważne zastrzeżenia: braki kadrowe, sprzętowe i szkoleniowe, które obniżają gotowość operacyjną wielu jednostek. NIK...
Prof. Henryk Skarżyński, MD, PhD - world-renowned otolaryngologist, pioneer of deafness treatment in Poland and founder of the World Hearing Center - has been awarded the prestigious Erazm and Anna Jerzmanowski Prize of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, known as the "Polish Nobel". The...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe and rapidly progressive disease with which patients live an average of 3 to 5 years. Diagnosis is a veritable odyssey, taking up to several years. Now, as never before, genetic testing is becoming crucial, as the world's first therapy has been...
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