Books

Monitor Healthcare Research Series: "Disease Interception." Detecting and stopping diseases before they break out is a fascinating idea. Disease Interception aims to do precisely this. The concept envisions diagnosing and treating those affected much earlier...

Monitor Health Care Research series of publications: 60 cover interviews from 10 years of “Monitor Health Care Research” with leading personalities in the German healthcare system

In this compendium, "Monitor Gesundheitsforschung" presents the leading institutions and personalities in German health services research. It not only introduces the respective institute director and two or three of the most important employees, but also their goals, wishes, and...

Ten years of disease management programs in Germany—ten years to collect data, gather experience, and take stock. This is what Monitor Versorgungsforschung—in cooperation with the BVA—did with the two specialist conferences "10 Years of DMP" in fall 2011 and "Versorgung 2.0" in spring 2012...

This volume forms a coherent work with "Patient Coaching Volume I." While the first volume deals with the fundamentals of patient coaching, the second volume focuses on medical context, navigating our healthcare system, and legal and ethical issues.

Given demographic change, the increase in chronic diseases, and steadily rising healthcare costs, new, cross-sectoral, and efficient approaches to care management are needed. Patient coaches can make an important contribution to this. However, there are...