Financial restructuring key to German medtech supplies problem
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Falling levels of investment in large-scale medical equipment by the German sickness funds means that doctors are being forced to use out-dated machinery and this is endangering patients' health, says the forum for German medical technology. A cross-section of healthcare speakers at the forum, which took place last week under the aegis of the association of the German precision mechanics and optical industries (F+O) and the German electrical and electronic manufacturers' association, called for financial restraints on hospitals and for doctors to be re-assessed.