Healthcare markets are changing, and everyone feels the pinch. The heated debate in Germany following intended hospital mergers is symptomatic of a trend that’s affecting many fields, for example clinical labs suffering from financial cuts. In radiology, CT screening might, for the first time, put early detection of lung cancer within reach. Keep reading to find out more.
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Article • Structural adjustmentsMore competition among health insurers or among hospitals?Temperatures rose significantly when a press release arrived at the Bundeskartellamt, Germany’s competition authority. ‘Does the Bundeskartellamt obstruct useful structural adjustments in the hospital sector?’ the release asked. Issued by ... |
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Sponsored • Lab medicineFour perspectives on preanalytics and patient safetyBD participated in the 5th European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) conference on preanalytical phase in Zagreb, Croatia 22–23 March 2019. At the conference, we met Mr Steve McManus, Prof Ana-Maria Simundic, EFLM ... |
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Article • Lung cancer early diagnosisCan we afford not to offer lung screening?For lung cancer patients, life expectancy has hardly improved since 1970. A ten-year survival is 5%, making this the leading cause of death among all cancers. One reason is that, in most cases, the disease is diagnosed far too late. Professor ... |
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Article • Laboratory economicsLab services: Don’t cut the cost!In recent years, whenever the German media reported on laboratory medicine, questions consistently arose: ‘How can excessive costs for lab services be cut?’ and ‘How could money saved be distributed among other medical specialists and general ... |
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News • Cognitive chemical manufacturing‘Lab-bot’ could revolutionise hunt for cancer drugsA robot-controlled laboratory where decisions are made by artificial intelligence will change the way new drugs are discovered, says a leading researcher. The engineer leading a project to develop a prototype "lab-bot" says it will reduce ... |
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