A recent IHS study shows that patients who pay privately for their treatment receive an operation date significantly faster, while a possible solution to combat this injustice would be a ban on side jobs for hospital doctors, which seems unrealistic. #Gesundheitssystem #Wartezeiten #PrivateZuzahlung (translated)
Self-service checkouts are supposed to provide customers with shorter waiting times, but they force them to take on the tasks of the cashier themselves, while the required human assistance is often lacking. #Selbstbedienungskassen #Einkaufen #Kundenservice (translated)
Union parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei demands more fairness in the allocation of specialist appointments, as privately and legally insured patients have to wait different lengths of time for appointments, and calls on Health Minister Carsten Linnemann to present corresponding proposals. #Gesundheitsversorgung #Wartezeiten #Gerechtigkeit (translated)
Medical Chamber President Johannes Steinhart rejected the general accusation of corruption in ZiB 2 and refused to answer the question of whether private patients have shorter wait times for surgeries. #Ärztekammer #Korruption #Wartezeiten (translated)
The health plan in Lower Austria is being criticized because the waiting times for the emergency doctor are too long. (translated)
President of the Medical Association, Johannes Steinhart, rejects corruption allegations against the medical profession and sees the causes of long waiting times in the Austrian healthcare system as political failures and a lack of resources. #Gesundheitssystem #Ärztekammer #Wartezeiten (translated)
In Klosterneuburg, the project "HNÖ helps!" has reduced waiting times for ENT surgeries in children by half, after over 280 procedures were successfully performed in the past year. #HNOErkrankungen #Wartezeit #Niederösterreich (translated)
There is a serious injustice in the German healthcare system, as patients with public health insurance have to endure long waiting times in doctors' offices, while private patients are treated preferentially, which jeopardizes citizens' trust in a fair state. #Gerechtigkeit #Gesundheitssystem #Sozialreformen (translated)
The Upper Austria Chamber of Labor criticizes in a current study the inequality in surgical prioritizations, which works in favor of private patients and against the general public, and describes this as a misdevelopment. #Wartezeiten #Gesundheitspolitik #Privatpatienten (translated)
According to a survey before the Austrian Health Forum, only 51 percent of Austrians are satisfied with their healthcare system, which represents the lowest value since 2019, while long waiting times and financial barriers are forcing many to forgo medical services. #Gesundheitssystem #Österreich #Prävention (translated)
The works council of AKH Vienna warns in an open letter of serious implications for patients due to planned budget cuts, which could lead to closures of departments and longer waiting times. #AKHWien #Budgetkürzungen #Patientenversorgung (translated)
The NEOS accuse the states of having a share of the blame for the long waiting times for operations. (translated)
Satisfaction with the Austrian healthcare system has fallen to a historic low of only 51 percent, as many respondents find long waiting times for specialist appointments to be unacceptable, and a third have foregone medical services for financial reasons. #Gesundheitssystem #Wartezeiten #Umfrage (translated)
The psychotherapy reform of the Bundestag includes cuts to the remuneration for therapists, which could lead to longer waiting times for many patients, while children and seriously ill individuals are exempt from these cuts. #PsychotherapieReform #Wartezeiten #Gesundheitswesen (translated)
The article discusses whether financial resources have an impact on waiting times for surgical appointments and whether the introduction of waiting lists is necessary to ensure faster treatment. (translated)
The Chamber of Labour Upper Austria criticizes the unequal treatment of private patients in surgeries and demands legally anchored patient rights to ensure timely surgery appointments within twelve weeks. #Gesundheitspolitik #Wartezeiten #Patientenrechte (translated)
Styria ranks worryingly low in childcare, as illustrated by the inadequate care options and long waiting times. (translated)
Book savers complained about a decline in the quality of nursing assistants in Germany over the past 20 years. According to his observation, only young women sit at the reception in a practice. In his assessment, they speak like people from Offenbach, talk disparagingly about their boss, and treat patients unfriendly. He also criticized the long waiting times. For this service, he claims to pay more than 1,000 euros per month to the statutory health insurance. #Gesundheit #Arzthelferinnen #Patientenservice (translated)
In the current discussion about long waiting times for patients despite the introduction of more MRI machines, it becomes clear that organizational and structural factors are crucial. (translated)
"Top medicine and research will suffer, the waiting times and care will worsen," said Medical Chamber President Johannes Steinhart and the head of MedUni Markus Müller. #UniProteste #Bildungskürzungen #Gesundheitswesen (translated)
