The health service in Poland has been struggling with underfunding for years, and one of the most affected areas is psychiatric care. Although mental disorders can be treated effectively, patients often do not receive help in a timely or appropriate manner. In order to avoid a worsening mental health crisis, it would be necessary to…
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…
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…
Jutro Medical is a primary care clinic offering telemedical advice and services under the National Health Fund. The company’s aim is to utilize technology and medical assistants to relieve doctors from operational issues. The project has just acquired PLN 27m from investors and plans to create a whole network of such clinics. Jutro Medical began accepting…
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…
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…
Since January 2021, sugar tax comes into force. Its introduction has been postponed several times, most recently because of the coronavirus pandemic. The main aim of introducing this tax, as those in government are emphasising, is to combat the problem of obesity. However, there is speculation that it is about more revenue for the State…
Yesterday, the Government announced a draft National Vaccination Program against COVID-19. Under the prepared assumptions, vaccinations are to be voluntary, but the vaccinated are to have certain privileges. Recruitment of the facilities that will carry out the vaccinations continues Last Friday, the NFZ announced the recruitment of institutions to the National Sars-CoV-2 Vaccination Program. Until…
The year 2020 is a difficult time for many industries. As we have written earlier, imaging diagnostics has also been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is good news! According to our assumptions, the situation is beginning to improve, which is confirmed by the results presented by the Voxel Group for the third…
Estimates based on the results of a survey conducted specifically for the report of PMR and Upper Finance Group show that there should be about 40-50 robots in a country the size of Poland. Taking into account the degree of market development, the way healthcare is financed and macroeconomic conditions, we can expect a total…
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