Reduce the investment backlog in hospitals – but how?
13.08.2012 16:43
On July 2, 2012, the managing director of the German Hospital Association (DKG), Georg Baum, commented on the investment funds for hospitals in 2011: “At 2.67 billion euros, the investment funds made available to hospitals by the federal states have reached a new all-time low . This is a highly inglorious result. 200 million euros less than in the previous year, 20 percent less within the last 10 years.” The DKG estimates the investment backlog at 50 billion euros. What to do? How can the investment backlog be reduced?
Decision-makers and consultants in the healthcare sector will discuss this at the 5th “Investments in Hospitals” specialist congress on November 8th in the Beethovenhalle in Bonn. The following are invited to the event: managing directors and board members of hospitals and their employees who reject privatization and want to retain municipal or non-profit ownership. There are also commercial directors of university hospitals and their employees. Targeted are decision-makers and public sector employees from ministries, districts, independent cities and their auditing offices, employees of banks and consulting firms in the areas of construction, planning, medical technology, facility management and human resources services, as well as lawyers, auditors and tax consultants.
Hesse wants to be the second federal state after North Rhine-Westphalia to introduce an investment allowance for hospital financing. At the beginning of the congress, State Secretary Petra Müller-Klepper from the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs will speak about this – and also on the topic of how negative effects can be avoided.
Director Burkhard Landré from ÖPP-Deutschland AG then reports on projects and basic work in the healthcare system. Director Stefan H. Wedel from Commerzbank then presents procurement options for financing hospital investments.
In the afternoon there will be three workshops on projects:
1. The focus of “University Hospital – quo vadis?” is the University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein with an investment volume of 380 million euros for health care and 160 million euros for research and teaching. It also covers patient service as a competitive factor and revenue generator, as well as lessons from France for projects at German university hospitals.
2. In workshop 2, PPP models are presented at planned hospitals, the Hochtaunus and Main-Taunus clinics in Hesse, but also the specialist center at the Konstanz Clinic and a “Green Hospital” in Speyer.
3. The cooperation between public hospitals and private partners is the focus of workshop 3. The main speaker is Dr. med. Gerhard M. Sontheimer, CEO of Health North Hesse in Kassel. The other speakers are J. Heiko Borwieck from Dräger Medical, Dr. Fabian Theis from HSG Zander and Johannes Huismann from SKE.
The selection of speakers illuminates the various facets of cooperation between hospitals and private partners. Exciting discussions, for which there is always time at this congress, can be expected.
Further information at: http://www.healthreminder.de/veranstaltungen/5.-fachkongress-investitionen-im-krankenhaus