The valuation of services by NFZ does not correspond to the real costs of medical services, the implementation of which often deepens the debt of hospitals. The scale of the problems is shown by calculations of the amounts of some medical examinations and services, which were presented by doctors via the website of the Residents’…
The Galleri blood test is one of the most promising medical developments in recent years. It is a simple blood test that can detect up to 50 types of cancer before the disease has any symptoms. The British NHS has just begun recruiting 140,000 volunteers for a study to test the effectiveness of this diagnostic…
The pandemic has negatively affected the frequency of preventive examinations among patients who increasingly often contact doctors with advanced health problems. The issue also concerns patients struggling with cancer, in the case of which delayed diagnosis is associated with decreasing chances of recovery. One of the solutions that can improve the process of diagnosing skin…
The pilot programme KOS-BAR is aimed at patients struggling with morbid obesity and will be implemented in 15 medical centres in Poland. Thanks to the programme, patients will have the chance to receive comprehensive medical care under the guidance of specialists with experience in bariatric and metabolic surgery. The regulation of the Minister of Health…
InventionMed, operating in the medtech sector, received a permit and grants worth PLN 16m for the construction of the VR and AR Innovative Medical Simulation Center in Bydgoszcz. The facility will be tasked with developing exercise simulators for doctors in the form of a “virtual hospital” demonstrator. The center will be erected on a property…
Cardiomatics, a company developing an AI tool used to analyse ECGs, has raised PLN 12.5m in funding. Up to PLN 8.5m came from a seed round led by KAYA VC, a Czech fund, which has in its portfolio, among others, Rohlik, Booksy and DocPlanner. Additional PLN 4m funding came from the National Centre for Research and Development….
A Swedish startup, which offers an app thanks to which female users can receive contraceptives, is expanding its activity and entering Poland. Currently, only 35.2% of women in Poland have regular access to contraception, but thanks to Prev’s solution, these figures may soon change. Now, all it takes is an application on the phone to…
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…
Flu vaccines will not be commercially available and the Government Strategic Reserve Agency (RARS) will be responsible for distributing them this year. Last year, medical centres did not receive vaccine supplies from RARS until December, so there is concern that the situation could repeat. For the 2021/2022 flu vaccination season, both patients and other healthcare…
The Polish parliament has passed an amendment to the law which will allow for a gradual increase in healthcare spending, from 6% of GDP in 2023 to as much as 7% in 2027. The funds will be used to help increase the salaries of medical staff, modernise infrastructure and develop the technology. Due to the…
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