The majority of diabetologists have a positive attitude towards digitalization
27.03.2019 11:12
Digitalization and technology are becoming increasingly important topics in diabetology. The results of a survey of 422 diabetologists in the Digitalization and Technology Report 2019 now show how diabetologists approach innovations in this area.
A scientifically led survey of 422 doctors working in diabetology as part of the Digitalization and Technology Report Diabetes (DUT) shows to what extent digital applications are already being used in clinical practice in Germany and how diabetologists view digitalization. The survey was carried out by the Research Institute of the Diabetes Academy Bad Mergentheim (FIDAM) with the support of the Federal Association of Resident Diabetologists (BVND) and the Association of Resident Diabetologists Lower Saxony eV (VNDN).
For the most part, diabetologists are open to digitalization. 64 percent see digitalization as a positive development. Around one in four (28 percent) do not yet have a final opinion on this and are neutral towards digitalization. Only 8 percent see the digitalization process negatively or very negatively.
With regard to digitalization in diabetology, almost 80 percent of those surveyed said they had a positive or even very positive attitude towards it, while only 3 percent saw it negatively or very negatively. Further results of the survey make it clear that the majority of those surveyed expect increasing digitalization to bring about a significant improvement for their own work and for their patients.
The survey is part of the Digitalization and Technology Report Diabetes (DUT), which was published at the beginning of 2019. In it, the authors describe the most important facts and development trends of ten different aspects of digitalization and technologization in diabetology. The contributions make it clear at what different levels digitalization now intervenes in diabetes therapy and technology. The articles are intended to help find practical solutions that can be part of modern and patient-oriented diabetology in the future.
The Digitalization and Technology Report (DUT) is published by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kulzer and Prof. Dr. Lutz Heinemann and was published by Kirchheim Verlag. The report, with its combination of survey results and specialist articles, will appear annually in the future in order to reflect trends. For 2020, additional patients will be included in the survey.
The survey and the DUT are two of the projects of the “Future Board Digitalization”, which is funded and supported by Berlin-Chemie AG. Together with the Future Board for Digitalization (zd), Berlin-Chemie AG wants to actively advance the digitalization process in diabetology.
The survey
The digitalization and technology report is available from the field service of BERLIN-CHEMIE AG, via www.kirchheim-shop.de and in digital form at www.dut-report.de https://www.dut-report.de/digitalisierungsreport/ .