Rainer Hess new chairman of the Health Knowledge Foundation:

02.10.2015 11:57

On October 1, the Board of Trustees of the Health Knowledge Foundation, established by the Private Health Insurance Association, elected Rainer Hess as its new chairman. Among other roles, Hess served for many years as the impartial chairman of the Federal Joint Committee and most recently as a member of the board of the German Organ Transplantation Foundation.

In addition to him, the Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Assessment of Developments in the Health Care System, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Gerlach, and Dr. Günther Jonitz, President of the Berlin Medical Association, are also members of the Foundation Board.

Dr. Odette Wegwarth has served as chairwoman of the foundation's board since the beginning of September. She most recently worked at the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, where she worked intensively on the design of high-quality patient information and fact boxes on key medical issues.

The PKV Association established the non-profit Health Knowledge Foundation this year. Its goal is to improve the quality of care for everyone in Germany by strengthening patient empowerment. The foundation will offer understandable decision-making aids on diagnostic and treatment options, developed on a scientific basis.