Study on telemedicine makes value creation regionally visible

05.11.2009 10:40

In focus: heart failure monitoring

Are heart failure patients better cared for in the greater Nuremberg area than in Buxtehude? As part of a geographical analysis to care for this patient group, data from medical studies are being linked with structural data from individual regions for the first time in Germany.

Against the background of the tense budgetary situation in the German healthcare system, the value creation through the use of telemonitoring is made regionally visible using the example of chronic heart failure. This approach is relevant in the discussion about the quality of care and efficiency of medical solutions. The analysis of the two Center for IT-supported Logistics Leipzig (CITLOG) and the Center for Healthcare Management (CHM), located at the Leipzig Commercial College (HHL), as well as Ecorium GmbH, provides valuable inspiration for future innovations in the healthcare system.

The initiator of the study and director of the Center for Healthcare Management (CHM), Dr. med. Christian Elsner, says: “With the innovative linking of structural data and analyzes of factors affecting the health and illness of citizens with various medical studies, the added value of the technology is made regionally visible. We have demonstrated this approach using the example of heart failure monitoring. In order to select the correct parameters and structural indicators, further analyzes are required.”