Tag: digitalisation

The underestimated barriers to digitalisation in German medical practices

What it’s all about

Digitalisation in the German healthcare system offers considerable potential for increasing the efficiency and quality of patient care. Nevertheless, the transformation is only progressing slowly, especially in medical practices. This is why there is an intensive debate on how the benefits of digital solutions for outpatient care can be quickly and systematically realised by GPs and specialists. The central starting point here is to overcome the scepticism and reluctance of practice owners by providing targeted information and concrete use cases. However, this attitude is only the tip of the iceberg. However, two fundamental problems remain largely unnoticed, which are an extreme obstacle to effective digitalisation: inadequate organisational and organisational structures and a lack of entrepreneurial skills and knowledge among doctors.

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Digitalisation of the healthcare system in Germany: Practice management is the key to success

What it’s all about

Like all other players in the healthcare system in Germany, GPs and specialists are also facing a major challenge: digitalisation. However, the widespread reluctance of many practice owners to embrace this transformation is often misinterpreted. It’s not primarily about a rejection of the technology itself, but about a deeper, often unconscious realisation for doctors: current practice management models are reaching their limits and a comprehensive redesign of management is unavoidable.

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Digitisation: The benefit profile of digital voice assistants as a telephone replacement

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s about

As initial experience shows, work in GP and specialist practices benefits noticeably in several respects and especially in day-to-day business from the use of digital voice assistants instead of the conventional telephone.

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Digital therapeutics (DTx): Prescribers fail to provide patients with sufficient information

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

The penetration of digital health applications into the daily prescribing routine of primary care physicians and specialists is taking place only very hesitantly; moreover, many patients do not fill their prescriptions at all or discontinue the DTx use at an early stage. One reason for this lies with the prescribers.

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The three reasons that are really holding back digitization in the ambulatory sector

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

The transformation of work in primary care and specialty practices is making slow progress. Physician representatives and advocacy groups cite immature technology, unsatisfactory reimbursement and unresolved data privacy issues as the main reasons. But these aspects are not causal.

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Toxic mindsets: “Doctors who digitize their work are techies and tinkerers.”

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

For most doctors in private practice, it is clear: colleagues who are already involved with digitisation – i.e. the possibilities outside the TI specifications – are technology freaks and tinkerers. But the reality is different: they are “normal” physicians, but with foresight, innovative spirit and entrepreneurial qualities.

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GP and specialist consultations: Are doctors driving their patients online?

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

A recent study by the Bitkom umbrella organization shows that many patients are specifically looking for explanatory and further information on the Internet after their visits to the doctor. In addition to a fundamentally increased interest in health, medical professionals are responsible for this with patient conversations in Twitter format.

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