German diagnostics industry welcomes preventive medicine initiative
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Increasing use of preventive medicine within the German health system is "a step in the right direction", says the industry association for diagnostics, VDGH. Speaking in response to a decision by the recent round-table meeting of healthcare stakeholders to intensify prevention, VDGH director Dirk Meyer-Luerbetaen warned that members of the statutory health insurance funds should be given access to and information about the new initiative as soon as possible.