This content is machine translated Telemedicine Significant potential for medical care While many primary care physicians were skeptical of “remote treatment,” more and more physicians are now working in partnership with telemedicine providers.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Exchange GP and hospital How can communication be optimized? It is clear that coordinated exchange between hospitals and primary care physicians is fundamental to the functionality of the health care system. But how can the interfaces between the two…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated 9th Lucerne Trend Days Health Swiss Healthcare – Quo vadis? Paul Camenzind, Deputy Director of the Swiss Health Observatory (Obsan), Neuchâtel, gave a presentation on “Shortage and Abundance in Swiss Health Care” at the “Trend Days Health” in Lucerne. In…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Questionable financial incentives Swiss surgeons want to prevent abuse with charter The Swiss Surgeons (Swiss Society of Surgery [SGC]), represented by its President Prof. Dr. med. Ralph Alexander Schmid and Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Hubert Steinke, called for a charter…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Multimorbidity The main task of the family doctor is to prioritize Whereas comorbidity focuses on one index disease, multimorbidity has several chronic diseases coexisting at the same time, and the difficulty is to figure out which one is the main problem…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Travel medicine Do you know which vaccinations are necessary and which are recommended? Not all vaccinations that are recommended are really necessary and useful for every patient. A detailed review of vaccinations for travel has recently been published [1]; this article characterizes the…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Quo vadis medicus… Apparently, the working conditions at the hospitals have massively deteriorated for the young residents. For many, the 50-hour week is at the limit of what is feasible. The work involved…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Targeting: Focus on continuing education for family physicians At the third JHaS conference on April 20, 2013, at the Thun Congress Center, prospective family physicians were shown the cornerstones of their professional future prospects through multifaceted lectures, in-depth…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Study meeting Sport and statins In the Lancet, American authors published the results of a study in which more than 10,000 male patients, former veterans, with a diagnosis of dyslipidemia were examined. These subjects, with…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated How to treat diabetes? This is how the music of the future sounds Some new drugs and new techniques are expected to improve glycemic control in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. In addition to proper medication selection, a patient-centered approach is essential.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diabetes “Better care for patients thanks to personalized therapy” Prof. Oliver Schnell, MD, is concerned that more and more people are developing diabetes, which is associated with high morbidity and a reduced quality of life. The diabetologist from Munich…
