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Changes to teleconsultations – will there be fewer of them?
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Changes to teleconsultations – will there be fewer of them?

The new NFZ regulation, published yesterday, sets out the funding changes that await providers who offer teleconsultations as part of primary care. Everything indicates that there will be fewer telemedicine services provided by family doctors. Clinics with 90% share of teleconsultations Adam Niedzielski at a press conference recently reported that there are clinics in our…

Artur Bialkowski for PMR: teleconsultations accounts for about half of all contacts with Medicover’ doctors
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Artur Bialkowski for PMR: teleconsultations accounts for about half of all contacts with Medicover’ doctors

Artur Bialkowski, Managing Director for Business Services, Member of the Management Board of Medicover Sp. z o.o., talks to PMR about the development of telemedicine services in Medicover facilities. However, the company has not dotted the i’s and t’s yet, so the development of telemedicine will remain an important point in Medicover’s strategy. What other…

Teleconsultations on the rise: are they meeting patients’ needs?
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Teleconsultations on the rise: are they meeting patients’ needs?

Six out of ten Poles have used a teleconsultation service in the last three months, according to a PMR study presented at the PMR In-Sector Insight meeting: “Telemedicine – patient expectations and market development in 2020 and 2021” which took place on 25 February. Rapid expansion of teleconsultations in 2020 For the purpose of the…

Teleconsultations on a marketplace platform
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Teleconsultations on a marketplace platform

Polish start-up HomeDoctor intends to develop services offered through its portal. This is mainly about teleconsultations and home visits. Cogito Capital Partners fund has recently invested in the company. EUR 3.7m for HomeDoctor HomeDoctor has announced a round of financing for Series A worth EUR 3.7m, to be conducted by Cogito Capital Partners and the…

Teleconsultations: there is an agreement between GPs
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Teleconsultations: there is an agreement between GPs

After more than four hours of deliberation with the Minister of Health on Monday, the family doctors (GPs) worked out a compromise on the treatment of patients with the COVID-19 suspicion. Therefore, it will be possible to issue a referral for a test to diagnose the presence of Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus without a physical examination. Fear…

Teleconsultations available in a mobile subscription?

Teleconsultations available in a mobile subscription?

Plus in cooperation with Telemedi.co has introduced medical teleconsultations for its clients. E-consultation with an internist or paediatrician is available in the mobile subscription of the network as part of the monthly fixed fee.   Teleconsultations in the fight against the conronavirus pandemic During an ongoing epidemic, e-consultation facilitates access to the GP. Thus, they…

Medicover invests in fertility clinics in Norway
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Medicover invests in fertility clinics in Norway

Medicover is entering the Norwegian market by acquiring a private network of infertility treatment clinics. By investing in Klinikk Hausken, which has four clinics in Norway’s largest cities, the company has decided to expand its infertility treatment business. The expansion into a new market is related to the recent liberalisation of the Norwegian law on…

Poles will spend PLN 2bn more on private healthcare this year in comparison with the period prior to the pandemic
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Poles will spend PLN 2bn more on private healthcare this year in comparison with the period prior to the pandemic

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has significantly affected the functioning of almost all areas of the economy. Restrictions on the activities of many industries have, along with those which have halted social and economic activity and boosted uncertainty, resulted in a recession which represents the equivalent of 2.7% of GDP in real terms in…

LUX MED Group CEO Anna Rulkiewicz for PMR: the three faces of a pandemic and their impact on the private healthcare market

LUX MED Group CEO Anna Rulkiewicz for PMR: the three faces of a pandemic and their impact on the private healthcare market

The epidemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus reached Poland in early March 2020. Taking into account its development, the measures taken to limit the spread of the virus and the effects of COVID-19, as well as the very awareness of the threat among the public, Anna Rulkiewicz, CEO of the LUX MED Group, in an…