Digital ecosystem for medicine and care of tomorrow
01.12.2023 13:54
Digitalization in patient care is not an additional burden, but rather a concrete instrument for improving the quality of treatment. How can you successfully implement digitalization? How can an ecosystem be created in Bavaria in which patient-oriented innovations emerge? Experts from politics, medicine and nursing as well as digitalization answered these questions at the “Health Care BY Your Side” event on November 30, 2023 in the Innovation Center of the Digital Health Innovation Platform (d.hip) in Erlangen.
As part of the TI model region Franconia, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Medical Valley (EMN) eV and Monks – Ärzte im Netz GmbH are working on piloting applications of the telematics infrastructure in everyday care and establishing them in practice. In addition, the digital ecosystem “Health Care BY Your Side”, financed by the Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Care and Prevention, focuses on empowering service providers for digital transformation, informing citizens about the associated benefits in a practical and understandable way To transfer innovations into everyday care.
Ensuring the best possible healthcare with digitalization in Bavaria
In her keynote speech, Judith Gerlach, the Bavarian State Minister for Health, Care and Prevention, together with Dr. Jörg Traub, head of the health department at Bayern Innovativ, presents a concept of how digital applications can be incorporated into everyday care in Bavaria - in a patient-friendly manner and not as an additional burden for service providers. The minister emphasized: “With digitalization there is more time for diagnostics and treatment and therefore for the patients! My aim is to ensure the best possible health care and care for all citizens in Bavaria. Digitalization not only has the potential to improve care, but also people's health as a whole
to promote."
Together, the ministry and Bayern Innovativ, as the Free State's innovation agency, will implement the Highmed Agenda with the "digital ecosystem of tomorrow" and the telematics infrastructure model region of Franconia. The declared goal is to establish digital applications and services in practice and to network them optimally. In the subsequent discussion, the experts agreed on the significance of this project and emphasized its importance. Participants were: Dr. med. Wolfgang Ritter, State Chairman of the Bavarian General Practitioners Association, Dietmar Pawlik, Managing Director of Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH & Chairman of Klinik IT eG, Dr. med. Christian Pfeiffer, Chairman of the Board of the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KVB), Dr. Rüdiger Schott, Chairman of the Board of the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Dentists (KZVB), Dr. Michael Schneider, Head of Department 31 at the Bavarian State Office for Nursing, Birgit Bauer, project manager and founder of Data Saves Lives Germany, European Digital Health Academy edha gGmbH and Dr. Irmgard Stippler, CEO of AOK Bayern. Dr. Stippler explained that better care can be achieved through the use of telemedicine and online consultations. “One contribution as a health insurance fund lies in better promoting health literacy by providing and connecting local and digital offers in combination. These include, for example, a wide range of digital prevention courses such as 'Cyber Prevention - CyberFitness' or our care app, which digitally supports caring relatives both preventatively and in actual care.
Exploit potential
Dr. Rainer Seßner, CEO of Bayern Innovativ, advocates strong networking in the industry and interdisciplinary exchange: “We are pleased about the close and constructive cooperation with the Bavarian Ministry of Health. Digitalization will optimize processes in medicine and care and improve the quality of care. As Bavaria’s innovation agency, we create the necessary knowledge and technology transfer between research, medicine and business with our health innovation network.”