Innovation Committee decides on funding for 59 additional healthcare research projects

16.08.2019 13:07

On August 15, 2019, the Innovation Committee at the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) decided to support further healthcare research projects. A total of 197 project applications were received in response to the five funding announcements from autumn 2018. The applicants will now be informed of the assessment and evaluation results of the expert advisory board and the innovation committee. The funding notices will be created and sent after the binding re-registration period has expired.

A total of 19 new projects can be funded for topic-specific health services research:

• Strengthening health care in nursing and transparency about the quality of nursing care: 2 projects

• Accessibility and improving the situation of people in need of assistance and their relatives in healthcare: 3 projects

• Linking health data at the patient level: 2 projects

• Linking population-level health data: 6 projects

• Impact of evidence-based health information for patients on care: 6 projects

In the future, 34 additional projects will be funded in the open-topic area. For the further development and evaluation of the guideline for outpatient specialist medical care in accordance with Section 116b SGB V and for the evaluation of selective contracts, a positive decision was received for each project. Four projects are being funded for the further development and evaluation of the psychotherapy guidelines.

An overview list is expected to be published on the Innovation Committee website in September 2019.