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Zbigniew J. Krol returns to the Health Ministry
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Zbigniew J. Krol returns to the Health Ministry

Zbigniew J. Krol, former Deputy Minister of Health, returns to the Health Ministry (MZ). In accordance with the ordinance of the Minister of Health of 13 September, he will act as a plenipotentiary of the Ministry of Health for the implementation of the National Plan for Rare Diseases. Zbigniew J. Król will implement the National…

Health Ministry will support more than 370 hospitals in Poland
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Health Ministry will support more than 370 hospitals in Poland

Health Ministry announced that I and II degree hospitals operating within the so-called network of hospitals will receive an additional PLN 344m. The funds will go to 373 entities, which means that an average hospital will receive nearly PLN 1m. Hospitals will receive an average of PLN 1m each Additional financial resources have been established…

Ministry of Health: Staff reform underway
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Ministry of Health: Staff reform underway

The last few days have brought two important staff changes in the Ministry of Health. Zbigniew J. Krol has been dismissed from the post of Deputy Minister of Health. He was responsible for the reform of psychiatry and the National Plan of Rare Diseases. Waldemar Kraska, who will coordinate medical rescue and international cooperation, will…

Marcin Czech leaves the Ministry of Health
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Marcin Czech leaves the Ministry of Health

Marcin Czech has resigned as Deputy Minister of Health. The reason for his resignation are health reasons. The Czech Republic has recently been in hospital and on sick leave. The request for resignation has already been accepted by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Prof. Marcin Czech worked in the Ministry of Health since July 2017. He…

Telemedicine: another approach by the Ministry of Health
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Telemedicine: another approach by the Ministry of Health

After a failed contracting undertaking, telemedicine is back on the agenda of the Ministry of Health.  Next year, the Accessibility Plus project will be launched. PLN 300 million will be allocated for activities under the programme. Its aim is to adapt medical facilities to the needs of the disabled. There will also be space for…

Ministry of Health: e-prescription pilot goes well
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Ministry of Health: e-prescription pilot goes well

More than 24,000 ePrescriptions were issued to more than 5,200 patients during the first pilot phase, which started in May and ended on 12 September, according to the Ministry of Health (MZ). The pilotage, which began in Siedlce (mazowieckie province) and Skierniewice (łódzkie province), was later extended by another two locations: Krynica Zdrój (Małopolskie Voivodeship)…

Will the Polish healthcare system be healed? MoH is preparing some changes

Will the Polish healthcare system be healed? MoH is preparing some changes

Persons undertaking paid studies in the Polish language in the field of medicine will soon be able to take out a loan to cover the costs of their studies under a draft bill proposed by the Health Ministry. And this is not the only change prepared by the Ministry of Health (MoH). Loan for medical…

Anna Golawska Deputy Minister of Health
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Anna Golawska Deputy Minister of Health

The former General Director of the Ministry of Health, Anna Golawska, was appointed Undersecretary of State yesterday, Ministry of Health informed in an official statement. The appointment was handed over by the Minister for Health, Adam Niedzielski. Golawska Deputy Minister for informatisation Anna Golawska, appointed Deputy Minister of Health, will be responsible for the informatisation…

EU will support development of e-Health

EU will support development of e-Health

According to the official information of the Centre of Health Information Systems (CSIOZ), the e-health Centre will build new e-services available on the Patient’s Internet Account, including: ordering e-prescriptions, central e-registration and e-visits. For this purpose, PLN 120m in funding from the European Union (EU) was obtained. Second stage of the e-health Centre project The…