DGIV on the nomination of the new Minister of Health

06.12.2021 15:08

The chairman of the board of the German Society for Integrated Care in Healthcare eV (DGIV), Prof. Dr. mult. Eckhard Nagel, reports with a statement on the nomination of Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach as the new Minister of Health: “Many forget that the beginnings of integrated care concepts are inextricably linked to the name Karl Lauterbach. It was only with the report on under-, over- and incorrect care by the Council of Experts at the turn of the millennium that the first steps towards a real care reform in the German health care system were heralded."

Karl Lauterbach, as a member of the Council of Experts at the time, played a key role in these developments. Ultimately, the founding of the DGIV in 2003 can be traced back to this departure. Nagel continues: “What will now be crucial, however, is to further develop the patchwork of paragraphs and care models that have become the result of this departure into a manageable and low-bureaucracy care system. Above all, the orientation towards patient needs must be the benchmark.” The prerequisite for this is an attentive and serious dialogue with all colleagues in medical, medical and nursing care. “The DGIV has developed concepts here that we would be happy to discuss and implement in a constructive exchange with the new minister.”