Why lack of time and cost pressure in health care can become expensive
A general practitioner in Austria can take just 5 minutes for a patient on average. The reason for this is the lack of doctors and cost pressure. In this blog post you can read why the focus on efficiency in health care not only reduces the quality of medical care, but can ultimately become expensive for society as a whole. In order to treat a disease successfully, it is necessary to k...
Pharmacogenetics for faster drug development
50 Austrian citizens die every year from side effects of drugs. Markus Paulmichl explains in an interview how pharmacogenetics can help patients to obtain drugs more quickly without causing side effects. The Director of the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg also reveals how each of us can use pharmacogenetics today and why innovatio...
Best Practice: How Florida Hospital has implemented more than 500 innovation projects in just 4 years
In times of rapidly changing business models and new technologies, the traditional healthcare industry is coming under increasing pressure. Generating and managing innovative ideas effectively and sustainably is therefore also becoming increasingly important in the medical environment. In this article we will show you how the Florida Hospital has mastered this challenge. What makes F...
How start-ups circumvent obstacles to innovation in medicine
There is not the right medicine for every disease. Instead of waiting for a solution from the pharmaceutical industry, health insurance companies or doctors, many people are turning to self-help: they develop innovations and start start-ups that alleviate their own suffering, help other people affected and earn money with them. Sometimes the established health system throws beating bet...
