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Parliamentary Health Committee on quality of services and patient safety

The first reading of the parliamentary bill on quality in health care and patient safety - continued - justifies MP Czeslaw Hoc.

June 13, 2023
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Parliamentary Group on Autism

Women's autism in Poland - JIM Foundation report. Student Needs Chart

June 13, 2023
Adam Niedzielski konferencja

Fines for not vaccinating. Health Minister: this is just an idea for now, there is no draft law

At the Senate Health Committee on the topic of vaccinations, an idea was presented to make the fight against mandatory vaccination evasion more effective. The idea is to replace administrative fines with fines. - This is just an idea at the moment," says Health Minister Adam Niedzielski.

June 13, 2023
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Health Summit 2023 - full video recording

Another Health Summit is behind us. At the center of the discussion were the staffing crisis and support for the health professions, psychiatry reform, the availability of innovations that define medical progress, precision diagnostics and novel approaches in oncology and hematooncology. We also...

June 13, 2023
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We know the winners of the 2nd edition of the DKMS Foundation Grant

For the second time, the DKMS Foundation has awarded grants for initiatives and projects involving psychological support for patients with blood and hematopoietic diseases and their families. This year's edition received as many as 35 applications, 10 of which will receive financial support for a...

June 13, 2023
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Waldemar Kraska: Psychiatry reform is accepted by the entire community. Thank you for the good cooperation

- I think it's important to reach young people as close to home as possible. We are working with the Ministry of Education and Science to connect our systems. It turns out that certain activities are departmentally oriented, and we want to create one common center to coordinate them," Deputy...

June 13, 2023
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Health Coach - a new course at the Silesian Medical University in Katowice

The Department of Public Health at the Bytom SUM is expanding its offer of second-level studies. The new major is set to launch in October 2023. Recruitment is underway.

June 13, 2023
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Will artificial intelligence be capable of empathy?

It is already clear that artificial intelligence in medicine and healthcare means development on an unprecedented scale. Models based on learning algorithms can provide a lot of personalized recommendations in a very short time, help in decision-making. Nevertheless, it is still the human being...

June 13, 2023
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Valuable properties of aloe vera juice

Aloe vera juice is sometimes referred to as the "liquid essence of health". It exhibits a number of health-promoting benefits, and is therefore used in the treatment of numerous diseases. Aloe vera juice has also found use in skin and hair care. Learn about selected valuable properties of aloe...

June 13, 2023
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New hospital building in Pomerania

A new building for the gynecology-obstetrics-neonatal clinics of the Pomorzany Hospital in Szczecin has been put into use. The relocation of units from Building A to the newly constructed Building A2 is underway.

June 13, 2023
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SMA: With pharmacotherapy, we restore patients to their potential

- Very many adults with SMA are active in the workforce and living full lives despite their disabilities. Regaining previously lost functionality realistically translates into their everyday life, e.g., they turn part-time jobs into full-time jobs, continue their education or pursue their...

June 13, 2023
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Apico-occipital decompression in a child with achondroplasia

A complicated neurosurgical procedure on the infant will be carried out on Tuesday by a team of specialists led by Prof. David Larysz, MD, head of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery for Children and Adolescents at the Children's Hospital in Olsztyn. 7.5-month-old Liliana Drzazga from Bartág,...

June 13, 2023
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Adam Niedzielski: I will set up a team to refine guidelines related to aborting pregnancies in life or health emergencies

- Every woman in Poland has the right to terminate her pregnancy in the event of a threat to her health or life, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said at a press conference on Monday. Following the tragic events that occurred at the hospital in Nowy Targ, a team is to be established to...

June 12, 2023
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Four-day session of the Diet. In plans for health care bills

The upcoming session of the Sejm will last from Tuesday to Friday (June 13-16). The agenda includes, among other things, the Law on Quality, the Law on Certain Medical Professions, the Medical Events Compensation Fund and the civic project on in vitro reimbursement.

June 12, 2023
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VIII International Forum on Personalized Medicine

The Forum is an annual conference that addresses important topics related to improving the functioning of the system, as well as increasing the effectiveness of treatment through innovative personalized therapies. It is a meeting of leading European and Polish experts working in the areas of...

June 11, 2023
Morawiecki konferencja

A major amendment to the reimbursement law approved by the government. We will still have to wait for the expansion of access to free drugs

"The Council of Ministers has adopted a major amendment to the Reimbursement Law," Deputy Health Minister Janusz Cieszynski announced on Twitter. However, a bill on free medicines for children and seniors over the age of 65 was removed from the agenda of the government meeting. - We will be...

June 9, 2023
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XI Szczyt Zdrowie – to już w najbliższy wtorek!

Congress Health Summit over the past decade has become a permanent fixture on the calendar of the most important events dedicated to health care in Poland. It is a platform for open dialogue between all key stakeholders in the system, enabling the exchange of ideas, experiences and solutions that...

June 9, 2023
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NHF has released an interactive report on births

In recent years, the annual number of births in Poland has ranged from 297,000 to 366,000, according to a report published by the National Health Fund. Nearly half of the births are by cesarean section.

June 9, 2023
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The Council of Ministers will address amendments to the reimbursement law

The government will address today a draft amendment to the Law on Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs for Special Dietary Purposes and Medical Devices. This is the so-called "big amendment to the Reimbursement Law."

June 9, 2023
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What's next for pharmacy vaccination centers?

- Legal solutions are needed to secure the patient's ability to access free vaccination at the pharmacy," said President of the Supreme Pharmaceutical Chamber Elżbieta Piotrowska-Rutkowska during the June meeting of the Senate Health Committee. The pharmacists' self-government is asking what's...

June 9, 2023
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When does a ketogenic diet become a drug?

Created for therapeutic purposes, the ketogenic diet is finding more and more applications in the treatment of many diseases, not just neurological ones. Whether it is just a supportive treatment or a real cure is explained by Katarzyna Drąg - clinical dietitian at the Children's Clinical...

June 9, 2023