Start the healthcare revolution now – The BMC Congress 2024 presents solutions for the healthcare of the future.
30.01.2024 14:58
Over 700 participants from all areas of the healthcare sector have gathered today for the BMC Congress 2024 to set the course for a future-oriented healthcare system. Until Wednesday, they will be discussing in more than 50 expert forums, workshops, and networking sessions with 150 speakers how the healthcare transformation can be implemented ambitiously, collaboratively, and reliably.
Traditionally, the BMC Congress marks the start of the new health policy year. Accordingly, BMC Chairman Prof. Dr. Lutz Hager focused on the need for political action at the congress opening: „This year, we must succeed in switching from announcement mode to implementation mode. Legislation should focus not on minute regulations, but on creating new freedoms. Restructuring existing systems will only succeed through the initiative of those involved and within a culture of collaboration. At the BMC Congress, we are developing solutions and partnerships to achieve this.“
Hager clarified that this would not require any additional funding: „Although our per capita healthcare spending is far above average, Germany ranks last in Western Europe in terms of life expectancy. The healthcare system lacks efficiency, coordination, and teamwork, but certainly not money.“ A fundamental shift in thinking is therefore necessary for the healthcare transition. „It is up to us in the healthcare sector to solve the existing challenges. For this, we need a long-term perspective rather than a short-term one, with ambitious goals, business models that focus on health rather than just medical treatment, and an alignment of structures with the needs of patients, citizens, and employees. The legal framework must motivate us, foster mutual trust and cooperation, and enable innovation, instead of hindering us on a daily basis,“ Hager concluded.
The remainder of the BMC Congress, which is also expected to draw numerous members of the German Bundestag, international guests, and experts from the Federal Ministry of Health, will offer participants various keynote speeches and best practice examples demonstrating how the healthcare transition can succeed. Key topics include new forms of cooperation in primary care, the integration of AI and digital solutions into care processes, and the development of regional healthcare networks.