Innovation partnership aims to drive digital transformation
12.09.2022 15:30
The University Hospital of Augsburg (UKA) and the Dedalus Group, a European healthcare IT provider based in Milan, will work together on issues of digitalization and innovation in the future. Both partners signed a declaration of a strategic innovation partnership in mid-August 2022. This was preceded by an intensive two-year dialogue between the software specialist and the university hospital. The UKA is one of the leading university hospitals in Germany with more than 1,700 beds, 23 clinics and three scientific institutes.
The focus of the partnership is the new, rapidly growing Institute for Digital Medicine under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ludwig Christian Hinske. With the scientific institute, the UKA has a competence center that is intended to advance digital transformation, particularly in clinical medicine. The scope of the partnership ranges from artificial intelligence for imaging procedures to software solutions for scientific data analysis to the future of clinical information systems and special software for clinical applications. Within this thematic framework, the partners plan a close exchange of information, insights and ideas to enable the development of new and innovative solutions in the area of healthcare IT.
“The digitalization of medicine must impact the way doctors want to make decisions together with their patients. We are convinced that the collaboration with the UKA will accelerate the development of clinical decision-making based on digital tools and data-based evidence,” says Michael Dahlweid, Chief Product Officer of the Dedalus Group.
“We are pleased to have an experienced partner like Dedalus HealthCare with its great expertise in digital transformation at our side and are convinced that the collaboration will be a win-win for both sides,” comments PD Dr. Markus Wehler, Chairman of the Board of the Augsburg University Hospital. CFO Michael Bungarten adds: “The use of artificial intelligence and automated processes in everyday clinical practice is becoming increasingly important for the economic stability of our healthcare system. That’s why the cooperation with Dedalus HealthCare is an important step in the right direction.”