Study: Third industrial pillar in the healthcare system
01.12.2009 15:00
CompuGROUP publishes results on Decision Support
At this year's MEDICA, CompuGROUP Holding AG, one of the leading eHealth providers worldwide, is presenting concrete results for one of its most important medical decision support systems (MDSS for short) for the first time.
An accompanying study of almost 5,000 derim IV project AOKactive + vitalparticipating patients in collaboration with the AOK Hessen showed that workflow-integrated software solutions improve the health of patients and at the same time help to save resources and costs. Currently, more than 6,000 insured people are looked after by AOK aktiv + vital in Hesse.
One of the remarkable results of the innovative, software-supported diabetes and high-risk patients program: after the first quarter, around one in three insured people who were outside the recommended corridors at the start of the program had their blood pressure and triglyceride levels in the target range.
This positive trend was maintained in the following year - and was further expanded for blood sugar memory, the HbA1c value, among other things.
“One of the medical quality indicators for us was the so-called triglycerides. If they fall, the patient is either eating better, exercising more, or the doctor has prescribed medication that improves the overall risk profile. That was exactly our goal – to adapt the lives of those affected to the risk constellation,” says Professor Dr. med. Stefan F.Winter, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of CompuGROUP Holding AG.
Members of his team have developed the medical concept of AOKactive + vital In 2007, it was largely designed and translated into a fully integrated software solution. In addition, an independent medical expert board, including MEDICA President Prof. Dr. med. Werner Scherbaum hears about the current, guideline-based content and its results.
“Together with the AOK, we had independent, university-associated companies carry out these analyzes and evaluations of the program and we would not have expected the results that have been available for 14 days - I am completely honest,” continued the CMO, who is referring to results from seven quarters now looks at the initial documentation of over 1,000 patients.
“Among other things, we once again see these promising results as a challenge to anchor our medical decision support systems as a new, third industrial pillar in the healthcare system,” said CompuGROUP CEO Frank Gotthardt at the company’s MEDICA press conference on Wednesday. “So far, the industry has been primarily committed to the pillars of drug therapy and medical devices: an additional, proven efficient and effective option is increasingly being developed to use intelligent software to further optimize the use of all resources in the healthcare sector in order to increase efficiency and quality,” says the company founder.
Gotthardt also pointed out that in some cases several thousand euros in savings per patient per year could be proven. “Even if these are just trend analyzes that now need to be further sharpened, the path we are taking is definitely the right one and we will continue to monitor the results closely - together with doctors and economists. It was worth going through the numerous teething problems that you encounter with every new, visionary project.”