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.
Are there really more mental disorders in the population today than even - if only - two or three decades ago? Or are they simply being diagnosed more frequently or is the structure of diagnoses changing? During the panel on the place of psychiatry in public health, the experts agreed on one...
The Polish parliament has passed a law that expands doctors' authority to issue prescriptions for free drugs for patients 65 and older and for children under 18. The new legislation fulfills a long-standing demand of the Medical Council and allows all doctors, regardless of where they work and...
Theoretically, the financial schedule of the National Health Fund for 2025 should have been known months ago. Meanwhile, the discussion between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance on the matter is ongoing. The lack of a plan means that hospitals are unable to plan their 2025...
Diagnostic tools to select breast cancer patients who can avoid chemotherapy in the treatment process and drugs to reduce the risk of recurrence of this cancer were discussed at the Breast Cancer Forum on November 28.
- The automation of reimbursement should involve the complete abolition of the obligation of doctors and other prescribers to determine its amount! - point out in a letter to Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna the doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement.
Science is data, medicine is data, experts argued during a discussion on digital transformation and its impact on the efficiency of the healthcare system. The debate opened the second day of the 11th Public Health Congress.
Lukasz Balicki, M.D., has become the new national consultant in public health, replacing Prof. Jaroslaw Pinkas, who has held the position since 2018.Lukasz Balicki, MD, is head of the Department of Public Health and Social Medicine at the Medical University of Gdansk. He served as deputy director...
Fear, pains and muscle spasms kept her awake. She began a long trek to the doctors in search of a diagnosis. - I can't count how many visits there were, probably dozens. Finally, when I heard it was ALS, my hands were shaking so badly that I couldn't dial my husband's phone number. I thought I...
The key to stopping or slowing the epidemic of civilization diseases, (such as diabetes, obesity, alcohol abuse and infectious diseases), is health education and prevention and prevention in the broadest sense, agreed experts participating in a discussion devoted to this issue at the 11th Public...
An audit by the Supreme Audit Institution has revealed serious deficiencies in the supervision of the operation of the Molecular Imaging and Technology Development Laboratory Ltd. Medical University of Bialystok. Between 2015 and 2022, equipment worth more than PLN 16.5 million and intended for...
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