Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach / Quelle: BMG / Thomas Ecke
Health and Care Expert Council reappointed
01.02.2023 12:20
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach appointed a new Health & Care Expert Council on February 1, 2023. Seven professors from the fields of medicine, economics, health services research and nursing science are represented on the independent committee.
Federal Minister of Health Prof. Karl Lauterbach: “The constant exchange between science and politics gives us important impetus for the renewal of our healthcare system and makes our politics better. The Advisory Council was able to provide us with significant support in digitalization, strengthening the health system and hospital reform. I look forward to further exchanges and would like to thank the current council members for their excellent work.”
Were appointed to the Advisory Council
Prof. Nils Gutacker, PhD, Professor of Health Economics at the University of York, UK
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Hallek, Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine at the University Hospital of Cologne and Deputy Director of the Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Düsseldorf
Prof. Dr. med. Stefanie Joos, chair of general medicine in Tübingen and medical director of the Institute for General Medicine and Interprofessional Care at the University Hospital of Tübingen
Prof. Dr. PH Melanie Messer, Professor of Nursing Science with a focus on clinical care across the lifespan at the University of Trier
Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Jonas Schreyögg, Scientific Director of the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) at the University of Hamburg
Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Schmitt, MPH, Director of the Health Economics Center at the Technical University of Dresden and Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Health Care (ZEGV) at the University Hospital Dresden
Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Leonie Sundmacher, head of the health economics department at the Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences at the Technical University of Munich.
The new council members begin their work upon appointment. On February 28, 2023, they will meet for a constituent meeting in Berlin. Among other things, the chairperson and a deputy are elected. In addition, the new council will have an initial exchange of ideas with Minister Lauterbach on challenges facing the health system.
background
The task of the Expert Council is to carry out analyzes of the development of health care with its medical and economic effects and to derive recommendations for the needs-based care of patients as well as to show possibilities and paths for the further development of the health system. The Expert Council for Health and Care was founded in 1987 established on a legal basis (§ 142 SGB V). Its task is to prepare reports on the development of health care and nursing with its medical and economic effects and to make recommendations, usually every 12 months.
The reports of the Expert Council are presented to the Federal Minister of Health and presented by him to the federal legislative bodies - the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
Federal Minister of Health Prof. Lauterbach was a member of the Advisory Council from 1999 until his election to the Bundestag in 2005.
The reports of the Expert Council are presented to the Federal Minister of Health and presented by him to the federal legislative bodies - the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
Federal Minister of Health Prof. Lauterbach was a member of the Advisory Council from 1999 until his election to the Bundestag in 2005.