Prof. Frank Giordano appointed to the expert panel of the Innovation Committee
31.05.2022 23:33
Prof. Frank Giordano, Director of the UKB Radiotherapy Clinic, was appointed to the expert panel of an important health policy decision-making body in medicine. As an external expert, he evaluates project applications to the Innovation Committee of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA). This manages the “Innovation Fund”, which was set up to improve the medical care situation, including through digitalization.
Patient care in the Clinic for Radiation Therapy and Radiation Oncology at the University Hospital of Bonn (UKB) under Director Prof. Frank Giordano is already purely digital. From the initial consultation to high-precision radiation right through to aftercare, computers and programs support the care of cancer patients. Radiation therapy is one of the pioneers in the field of digitalization. Due to his outstanding technological and medical expertise in this area, Prof. Giordano has now been appointed to the expert panel of the G-BA's Innovation Committee for two years.
The Innovation Committee not only determines the priorities of future funding programs, but also decides which projects will receive money from the “Innovation Fund”. The innovation fund was set up in 2016 and provided with 300 million euros annually to promote new forms of care and health care research projects that are intended to further develop the quality of care. In 2016, the G-BA was entrusted by the legislature as the highest body with making decisions on the entitlement to benefits of those with statutory health insurance in Germany. In the Innovation Fund, the G-BA relies on external expertise to evaluate eligible project applications that, among other things, aim to strengthen medical care in rural regions through digitalization.