Future health summit founded
07.05.2010 15:10
Interdisciplinary initiative develops strategies for the sustainable stabilization of the German health system
May 7, 2010
With the claim “We shape health”, well-known representatives from business, science, society and politics founded the Future Health Summit (ZGG) in Berlin yesterday as part of the capital city congress. The aim of the initiative launched by sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH is to develop far-reaching and future-oriented solutions for the German healthcare system. The ZGG sees itself as a dialogue platform that brings together decision-makers with different interests across disciplines.
“Making our healthcare system fit for the future is a complex task to which the Future Health Summit will make an important contribution,” assures Peter Guenter, Managing Director of Commercial Operations at sanofi-aventis. The participants at the summit see themselves as thought leaders and initiators for the German healthcare system and want to consistently use the independent initiative to expand the prevailing debate and to help shape the healthcare system responsibly.
Words need to be followed by actions
The participants in the Future Health Summit agreed in advance to work towards implementing the adopted solutions in their respective areas of influence. “As important and relevant as the interdisciplinary discussion is in order to work together to develop sustainable solutions that are suitable for as many people as possible, it is even more important to follow words with actions,” says Peter Guenter, justifying this step.
The human is the center of attention
“The focus of our considerations is people. It is often ignored in the context of cost pressure and personnel savings, medical progress, performance efficiency and demographic change. “We have therefore made it our mission to base all of our considerations on our duty of care towards society and its individuals,” Guenter continues. The results of the Future Health Summit are published at regular intervals.
Further information on the Future Health Summit can be found at www.zukunftsgipfel-gesundheit.de