- Chronic lung diseases cause as much as 9 percent of disability in Poland. Lung diseases are second in order as causes of sickness absence. This is a huge public health problem," says Dr. Malgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska, president of PTChP, in an interview with Medexpress. What path has...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on the Organizational Standard of Perinatal Care has been submitted for consultation.
"Christmas flavors in a healthy way" - these are free recipes that will allow you to prepare light Christmas dishes. This will help you save time spent in the kitchen. The free e-book is available on the NFZ Diet portal.
- We currently have three fully free vaccinations reimbursed for seniors. These are flu vaccination, pneumococcal vaccination and, of course, COVID-19. One would like to see more free vaccinations on the list, because after the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a surge in this part of the pharmaceutical...
4,500 price negotiations and 54 meetings resulted - it was a busy year for the Economic Commission. 86% of reimbursement requests resulted in a price agreement at the Commission level.In addition, a dedicated website for EC activities was created in 2024, where minutes of divergence, meeting...
HEROES(HEartfailuReObsErvational Study) study on heart failure.
For the 19th time on February 10-11, 2025, Warsaw will become a meeting place for leaders of patient organizations, experts, representatives of the administration and politicians, who will jointly discuss the key challenges of the health care system in Poland. The Forum of Patients'...
The shortest queue will be shown by an interactive map of the ED.
Rzecznik Praw Pacjenta Bartłomiej Chmielowiec zwrócił się do Ministra Sprawiedliwości z prośbą o podjęcie działań zmierzających do systemowej zmiany regulacji prawnych dot. pacjentów psychiatrii sądowej. W szczególności problem dotyczy osób przebywających w oddziałach psychiatrii sądowej o...
On December 12, 2024, Andrzej Duda signed the Act of December 6, 2024, amending the Labor Code and certain other acts. The amendment introduces into the Polish legal system special regulations on leave for parents of premature babies and children hospitalized after birth.
31 new therapies are included in the draft list of reimbursed drugs that will take effect in the new year. As we reported in recent weeks, rivaroxaban will be reimbursed in new indications. This is good news for patients with atrial fibrillation. The price of the cheapest substitute will be...
The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. Sixteen professorial appointments were given to health-related individuals.
American Heart of Poland (backed by Gruppo San Donato Italy and GKSD Investment Holding), which operates in the public healthcare system, on December 12, 2024 finalized the acquisition of control of the Scanmed Group, which includes more than 30 medical facilities, including: 4 multi-specialty...
It was an important year for building foundations of Poland's drug security. In 2024. statutory incentives to increase the production of medicines in the country took effect, and after several years of discussions, the government prepared a list of medicines critical to the health and life of...
Fake news spreads in the public space just like viruses. What constitutes their strength and what is the power of influence? Dr. Jan Zając, CEO of Sotrender, explains this in an interview with Medexpress.
The Gynecologic Oncology Clinic at the National Cancer Institute in Warsaw has once again received the prestigious accreditation from the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ESGO). "This confirms not only the high level of interdisciplinary care of patients, the use of modern diagnostic and...
The "Conscious Safe Me" package, investments from the National Recovery Plan, easier access to services and medicines, digitization of health care and the hospital reform project - these are what the health ministry boasts about in its summary of the year.
- Oncology has long strived for treatment to be detached from the hospital bed. Medicine today offers such possibilities," oncologist Prof. Barbara Radeckatold the Sejm. Experts argued that due to the increase in the number of patients and the burden on hospitals, therapies that can be taken at...
Are we making good use of medical staff? What can be done to ensure that each medical professional can realize his or her competencies one hundred percent? How to effectively move away from the hierarchization of medical professions? The opening panel of the 11th Public Health Congress was...
The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, handed out nomination acts to academic teachers and employees of science and the arts. 2 professorial appointments were given to health-related individuals.
The entry criteria for drug program B.122, the prophylactic treatment of angioedema, will be changed in accordance with the responsible entity's request, a Health Ministry representative announced at the Public Health Congress.
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