News and blog posts
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Apr 2018
In April 2018, Oleg Borisenko with support from the MTRC launched an international stipend and mentoring program. The objective of the program is to support medical students in developing countries with achieving maximum results in a medical profession. For the first round of the program (six months until Oct 2018), three students were selected. The program includes a stipend, bi-weekly meetings on different subjects (goal setting, evidence-based medicine, clinical epidemiology, medical experiment, marketing, publication standards and others) and a personal mentoring of Oleg Borisenko.
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Apr 2018
In the first half of April, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published one new medtech innovation briefing for device that usesroutinely available datasets to help identify people who are at high risk of developing colorectal cancer.
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The Norwegian Directorate of Health has published the annual report on drivers and trends in eHealth
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Apr 2018
The report “Development Trend 2018” will help to provide a basis for analyzing the environment for eHealth and creating a frame of reference for understanding the eHealth development.
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23
Apr 2018
In February of 2018, Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefit Agency (Tandvårds- och läkemedelsförmånsverket, TLV) has published a number of consumable medical devices, which were excluded from the list of pharmaceutical benefits per manufacturers’ request.
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20
Apr 2018
On 5th of April, 2018, the Board of Directors of SwissDRG SA has given the director the mandate to establish, where appropriate, codifications by analogy in agreement with the Federal Statistics Office (FSO). The regulation from April of 2018 covers CytoSorb for removal of cytokines.
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19
Apr 2018
The CEO of MTRC co-authored the article "Cost–utility analysis of bariatric surgery", published in the leading European surgical journal, British Journal of Surgery. Analysis indicated that currently used surgical methods in England were found to be cost saving over the lifetime of individuals treated in England.
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19
Apr 2018
Emilia Romagna Region published a preliminary information report on the Equistasi® device, a wearable proprioceptive stabilizer for rehabilitation of postural instability in Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and athletes.
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18
Apr 2018
At the beginning of March, 2018, the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialtyrelsen) has published the instruction with the amendments for coding of infected wounds. Several clarifications to the use of these diagnosis codes were implemented.
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17
Apr 2018
The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has selected four out of 31 themes for the future health technology assessments, which were proposed by the citizens at the web-site of ThemenCheck Medizin service and will presumably be published at the beginning of 2019. The next process of topics’ selection will start in August of 2018.
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16
Apr 2018
In February 2018, the DFI (the Federal Department of Home Affairs) has decided to make a change in the activity order (Ordinanza sulle prestazioni, OPre) concerning “out-patient before in-patient.” The modification is coming into force starting January 1st, 2019. Six procedures will be reimbursed only in out-patient settings.
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13
Apr 2018
NHS England has announced the selected technology for the central funding to accelerate access within NHS. These technologies include HeartFlow, Plus Sutures, Endocuff Vision and SecurAcath. This is the second year selection of the technology for the fast track innovation payment scheme in England.
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12
Apr 2018
In the second half of March, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published one new medical technologies guidance for a portable digital system for managing chest drains.
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