Wie kann eine intersektorale und vernetzte Patientenversorgung der Zukunft aussehen? Diese Frage steht im Mittelpunkt des zweitägigen Homecare-Management-Kongresses am 13. und 14. Oktober 2014 in Berlin. Schwerpunktthema ist die Sicherstellung der Versorgungsqualität im Rahmen der ambulanten Hilfsmittelversorgung. Dabei werden die unterschiedlichen Qualitätsrichtlinien und Lösungsansätze im Schnittstellenmanagement näher beleuchtet.
03.06.2014
Mehr lesenIn the future, Europe-wide requirements shall apply to reprocessing medical devices. This is a positive result of the decisions passed by the European Parliament on the planned European Medical Device Regulation on 22 October 2013. However, there are still many unresolved questions, especially on the reprocessing of single-use devices, as can be seen from the over 900 applications for amendment of the regulation. This was one of the clear results that emerged at the ”Reprocessing of Medical Devices” conference held in October 2013. According to Peter Schröer of Ethicon, treating companies that reprocess single-use medical devices the same as original manufacturers is considered progress.
24.10.2013
Mehr lesenThe Medtech industry demonstrated against the austerity policy of the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) at the beginning of the Capital Congress “Medicine and Health“ held in Berlin in June 2013. BVMed erected a 9-meter long, 4-meter high see-saw in front of the Berlin International Congress Center (ICC). Sacks of money on one side of the see-saw symbolized the high surpluses of the SHI, about 30 billion euros according to BVMed. On the other side of the see-saw, BVMed represented “urgently required medical-technological innovations for patients“ that are now “getting more and more difficult to reach“.
28.06.2013
Mehr lesenIn order to introduce medical-technological innovations sooner into patient care, new approaches must be taken. These include the introduction of an "innovation pool", intelligent care contracts with the health insurance funds as well as quality as a feature determining the reimbursement of services, said the experts at the conference "Umdenken: Neue Techniken − neue Erlöse im Krankenhaus" ("Rethinking Innovations: New Technologies − New Hospital Revenues") in Wiesbaden.
03.06.2013
Mehr lesenAccording to attorney at law Dr. Volker Lücker, a well-functioning market surveillance system by state authorities was essential for people’s confidence in the safety of medical devices. In this field, improvements were about to be introduced in Germany through a uniform market surveillance based on quality assurance, to identify and sort out the sheep from the goats at an earlier stage, said the legal expert on the occasion of the BVMed conference “Clinical Evaluation and Market Surveillance of Medical Devices“ in Bonn.
30.04.2013
Mehr lesenA close cooperation between physicians, medical institutions and medtech companies is extremely important for medical progress and politically intended as well. The cooperation must be safe and transparent, and based on the compliance with a clear set of rules referred to as “healthcare compliance“. However, healthcare compliance may not result in preventing cooperation. This opinion was expressed in unison by experts at the fourth Medtech Healthcare Compliance Conference in Berlin. The medtech industry’s compliance efforts are not only supported by the 1997 Medical Devices Code, but also by sample contract elements or the information and provision of practical examples by the “MedTech Compass” campaign to promote transparent and good cooperation (www.medtech-kompass.deExterner Link. Öffnet im neuen Fenster/Tab.).
28.02.2013
Mehr lesenPatienten, die wegen eines Dekubitus versorgt werden, müssen teilweise einen Eigenanteil zahlen, um mit dem individuell geeigneten Hilfsmittel ausgestattet zu werden. Dies ergab eine Umfrage des Dekubitus Forums des Bundesverbandes Medizintechnologie (BVMed). 58 Prozent der befragten Hilfsmittelnutzer beteiligten sich an den Kosten ihres Dekubitus Hilfsmittels. 20 Prozent von ihnen investierten einen Betrag von über 100 Euro in ihre Versorgung.
20.12.2011
Mehr lesenOpening adress of the 3rd International Healthcare Compliance Conference,
Berlin, 3 to 5 May 2010,
by BVMed Director General Joachim M. Schmitt
03.05.2010
Mehr lesenDer Bundesfachverband Medizinprodukteindustrie (BVMed) hat heute in Mainz im Rahmen seiner jährlichen Mitgliederversammlung die Marktstudie "Trends im deutschen Krankenhausmarkt - Branchenstudie über die Medizinprodukteindustrie" der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Die Studie wurde im Auftrag des BVMed von Roland Berger & Partner GmbH erstellt.
20.04.1999
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