Mediation committee clears the way for transparency law for clinics. In the Federal Council, the states stopped the first part of Health Minister Karl Lauterbach's controversial hospital reform.
The aim is to create an online atlas that gives patients information about 1,700 clinic locations nationwide. Data on treatment experience, the staffing ratio of doctors and nurses as well as complication rates for selected procedures should also be available. The launch of the portal is still planned for May 1st, as Lautersbach said.