Emergency rooms may get right to send patients home after initial consultations
Around six in ten patients who go to hospital emergency rooms do not have serious enough health problems to warrant doing so. As neither information campaigns nor an increase in consultation fees have eased the problem, the Ministry of Social Affairs has now prepared a draft bill that would mean patients can be sent home from the emergency department after a preliminary assessment.
They will receive a recommendation about where to go. The main idea is that people who are seriously ill or have more serious health problems will receive professional help more quickly.
Estonia mulls a ‘value-based’ funded healthcare system
A new development plan for the Health Insurance Fund for the period 2026–2029 is currently being prepared in Estonia. The smart use of healthcare funding will play an important role there, including value-based healthcare models.
Currently, various payment models are used in the Estonian healthcare system. One example is a service-based model, where the Health Insurance Fund pays a hospital or family doctor based on how many analyses, appointments, or operations were performed for a patient.
However, in the future, the healthcare system could increasingly adopt value-based funding models. This would see a healthcare provider receive payment from the fund for the whole course of treatment, also taking into account how the patient recovers.
More on: https://news.err.ee/1609974978/estonia-mulls-a-value-based-funded-healthcare-system
Healthtech startup ELDYcare introduces software to harmonise care for the elderly
Estonian healthtech startup ELDYcare based in Tallinn has since launched an operating system for care service providers, with software solutions available for general and home care providers. With its platform, providers can manage care recipients, including their care plans, activities, agendas, and treatment plans, and coordinate and document a digital daily schedule.
ELDYcare, built on the industry-leading Siemens Mendix platform, can be accessed globally via the Mendix Marketplace.
More on: https://e-estonia.com/eldycares-software-to-streamline-elderly-care/
