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Changes in medical records regulations. It is about EDs

The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on types, scope and models of medical records and the manner of their processing has been submitted for consultation.

Sept. 29, 2023
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WHO apeluje: trzeba stworzyć młodzieży środowisko wolne od nikotyny

Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia opublikowała przewodnik dla szkół oraz zestaw narzędzi, które mają pomóc w uwolnieniu szkół od nikotyny i tytoniu. Jak wskazuje WHO, 90 proc. palaczy zaczyna przed 18. rokiem życia.

Sept. 29, 2023
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New PET-CT at the National Cancer Institute. It will take up to five times less time to find a disease focus

The official opening of a new PET-CT and bunker was held Thursday at the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology - National Research Institute in Warsaw. This is the result of a project worth more than PLN 21 million.

Sept. 29, 2023
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WHC Barometer: Queues for doctors have not lengthened since last year, but are longer than in 2012

The average waiting time for patients to receive health services resulting from the treatment process is 3.5 months (3.6 months a year ago), to a specialist 3.7 months (4.1 a year ago), and for diagnostic tests - 2.5 months ( the same as a year ago), according to data published in the Watch...

Sept. 28, 2023
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NIK on National Vaccination Program against COVID-19: Gross mismanagement and risky decisions.

Some of the decisions to purchase COVID-19 vaccines were grossly wasteful actions, according to the Supreme Audit Office. The inspections carried out by the Supreme Audit Office also showed a lack of reaction or reactions that were a year late to signals of quality defects in two batches of...

Sept. 28, 2023
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NIK on Covid-19 Countermeasure Fund: management of funds was ineffective

- Both the organizational form of this fund and its financing, as well as the criteria for distributing funds to local government units, were highly controversial - this is how the work of the COVID-19 Counteracting Fund was evaluated by auditors of the Supreme Audit Office. It turns out that...

Sept. 28, 2023
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Scientists will test the impact of marathon participation on runners' health

The 15th edition of Silesia Marathon 2023 will start this Sunday (October 1), with more than 7,000 people taking part in the event. However, before the marathoners line up at the start line, some of them will undergo cardiological tests. In this way, researchers at the Silesian Medical University...

Sept. 28, 2023
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Are refugees from Ukraine entitled to free medicine? RPO asks MZ

The RPO has received a complaint from the Healthcare Employers' Agreement regarding doubts in interpreting the regulations raised by healthcare providers regarding the coverage of Ukrainian citizens in the right to free medicines granted to recipients under the age of 18 and over the age of 65.

Sept. 28, 2023
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Effective and early genetic diagnosis requires statutory changes

Another meeting of the Health Council was devoted to prevention and early genetic diagnosis.

Sept. 28, 2023
Dr n. med. Marek Derkacz
Dr. Marek Derkacz, MBA

Father's smoking and the health of future generations

Smoking is one of the biggest health problems in the world. This addiction not only threatens smokers, but also those in their company, as well as ...future generations. I wrote this article with the thought and hope that it should go to all smokers trying to have offspring. If you know such,...

Sept. 28, 2023
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New authorities of the Polish Society of Cardiology

The General Meeting of Delegates of the Polish Society of Cardiology was held during the XXVII International Congress of the Polish Cardiac Society in Poznań, during which new authorities were elected.

Sept. 28, 2023
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Election debate on health care: Politicians see opportunity for agreement across divides

The quality of education at medical faculties, ideas for measures that would remodel the health care system to a more patient-centered one, or the question of space for agreement across divisions. These are the main themes around which the election debate on health care, organized by the Supreme...

Sept. 27, 2023
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is already being treated according to global standards. What is needed is better access to two-drug regimens based on the new BTK inhibitor

- Much has changed in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in recent years. International recommendations clearly indicate a move away from immunochemotherapy toward new therapies. Currently, two groups of therapeutics are widely used. These are BTK inhibitors and BCL2 inhibitor drugs....

Sept. 27, 2023
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Settlement of the Positively Open 2023 competition

Ten NGOs from across Poland will implement HIV/AIDS education campaigns next year.

Sept. 27, 2023
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Professional burnout a growing problem for midwives. Researchers will assess working conditions of midwives employed in Polish medical facilities

The profession of midwife is among the most deficient professions in Poland, according to the "Occupation Barometer 2022." According to the self-government of nurses and midwives, it is necessary to monitor and improve the working conditions of those active in this professional group. The...

Sept. 27, 2023
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GIS warns: salmonella has been detected in minced meat

The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate has issued a warning, regarding the detection of salmonella bacteria of a batch of beef minced meat. Consumption of the product carries a risk of food poisoning.

Sept. 27, 2023
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More than half a billion zlotys for Warsaw pediatric hospitals. The money will allow investment in same-day medicine and laboratories needed for newborn screening

A total of PLN 576 million will be received from the Medical Fund, from funds earmarked for pediatrics, by two Warsaw children's hospitals: the Children's Memorial Health Center Institute and the Mother and Child Institute. The money will be used to expand these clinics. Managers will focus on...

Sept. 26, 2023
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Press briefing by Health Minister Katarzyna Sójka and Deputy Minister Marcin Martyniak

Press briefing by Health Minister Katarzyna Sójka and Deputy Minister Marcin Martyniak on the transfer of funds from the Medical Fund for the expansion of Warsaw hospitals.

Sept. 26, 2023
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Gold diplomats

A unique event took place in Zabrze's Rokitnica on Friday, September 22. Doctors and dentists who left the walls of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice (the former Silesian Medical Academy) in 1973 met after 50 years to renew their diplomas and recant the words of the Hippocratic oath....

Sept. 26, 2023
Leszek Borkowski
Leszek Borkowski

Głosić dobre informacje przed i po wyborach

Jeżeli coś źle funkcjonuje w ochronie zdrowia to nie można kłamać.

Sept. 26, 2023
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PLN 195 million for robotic devices for rehabilitation

The Ministry of Health is inviting applications for retrofitting treatment facilities with robotic devices for rehabilitation. This is another step towards the development of innovative solutions in the area of healthcare delivery.

Sept. 26, 2023