25 facts about MRI
Causes of color blindness
Color blindness is a very common disease that is estimated to affect over 300 million people worldwide! Color blindness in men occurs in 1 in 12 people, while color blindness in women occurs in only 1 in 200. The question immediately arises, why are color blind people not distinguishing colors? Continue reading
The life of a doctor – remote consultations with patients
According to the National Strategy for Reforming the Health Care System in Ukraine, primary care physicians (family doctor, pediatrician, therapist) at their own discretion decide in what format to provide individual services to patients – at the place of residence, by phone or via the Internet.
Now there is no need for patients to make an appointment every time they have certain questions. Continue reading
How much does it cost to open a medical center?
Ukrainian health care is now in the stage of active reform. The need for changes is due to the fact that the state is not able to maintain free medicine at the proper level. Due to the lack of budget funding, state and municipal medical institutions cannot upgrade their material and technical base, attract qualified specialists with a decent salary. For a long time they have been charging extra from their clients, thereby turning free medical care into a fiction. Continue reading
Competition between doctors: who wins?
As part of the reform of the healthcare system in Ukraine, the issue of a possible increase in competition between clinics and doctors is being actively discussed. Is this correct? Let’s get a look.
The country has long had competition between public clinics and private ones. Patients choose between the first and second, depending on whether they have free time, money, quality of service, etc.
Should we be afraid that only private medicine will develop in our country? Unlikely. Many will continue to be serviced by government agencies. And it is not necessary that the doctors who will work in these clinics will be worse than private ones. Continue reading
Medical reform
What exactly will change and where can I get fresh and up-to-date information?
First of all, we are talking about new clinical protocols. The Ministry of Health of Ukraine by decree No. 1422 allowed doctors to work according to international protocols for treatment and diagnosis. Continue reading
