Baden-Württemberg: Hospitals start digital revolution for patients

Baden-Württemberg: Hospitals start digital revolution for patients

The future of hospitals in Baden-Württemberg is being designed as a departure for digital transformation. Today, a declaration of intent between the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration of Baden-Württemberg, the municipal state associations and the Baden-Württemberg hospital company (BWKG) was signed. With this significant step towards digitization and the associated opportunities that arise for all citizens: Interior, the focus was on social minister Manne Lucha, which emphasizes the importance of digitization for modern medical care. "It is important to us that all people, regardless of their place of residence, can benefit from these progress," said Lucha in a first statement.

The initiative aims to use digital technologies, telemedicine and artificial intelligence for the benefit of the patients. A new mission statement entitled "Digitization in the Hospital" provides the necessary orientation and is highlighted as a central component of the digital transformation. The partners of the agreement see digitization not only as technical progress, but also as an opportunity to improve working conditions for medical staff and increase the quality of treatment.

Important steps to digitization

As the declaration of intent shows, various essential points are the focus of the efforts:

• Unterstützung der Umsetzung des Leitbildes.
• Verstärkter Einsatz von Pauschalfördermitteln des Landes für digitale Investitionen in den Krankenhäusern.
• Gemeinsame Anstrengungen zur Anpassung der gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen auf Bundes- und Landesebene.
• Förderung der Qualifizierung von Fachpersonal zur Bewältigung digitaler Herausforderungen.

The district of Alb-Donau and its President Joachim Walter also underline digitization as a key factor for high-quality hospital care. "We have to act in order to be up to future challenges," adds Heiner Scheffold, district administrator of the district. These clear statements show that the digital transformation is not only a necessity, but also a future vision for health care.

Opportunities for digitization in healthcare

Digitization is also fundamentally changing the healthcare system. As on the side of the Federal Ministry of Health The digital infrastructure offers numerous advantages, including faster communication, more efficient administrative processes and the abolition of outdated methods such as fax messages and paper forms. These developments enable high -quality and individual treatment of patients.

The systematic evaluation of health data can be recognized faster and new treatment options can be developed. Smartphones and digital applications also promote the self -determination of the patient: inside by strengthening their health literacy. These aspects are particularly important in order to meet the growing number of older and chronically ill people and to finance medical innovations, as also on the website of the Federal Center for Political Education can be read.

"Digitization in healthcare is not an end in itself, but the key to efficient, human and needs -based care offers," explains Manne Lucha. With the planned investments in the future viability of the clinics, sustainable improvement in the entire health sector is to be made possible. These far -reaching changes are to be checked for their success and challenges in five years.