For too long paper-based written educational material has been handed out to patients even though numerous studies have proven that visual support results in higher rates of understanding and more satisfied patients. — Before any surgery, patients must be informed about the procedure and possible side effects. For more than 60 years now, this information process has hardly changed. However, the scope and complexity of the medical information have increased massively. Nevertheless, patient education still takes place using paper-based information sheets, which consist…

User-centered design of digital tools in the healthcare sector has long been neglected — at the expense of doctors and patients. — While almost all areas of our daily life have already been digitized, a visit to a hospital feels more like a journey into the past from a technological perspective. The digitization of the health care sector lags behind even though there is a frantic effort to create digital innovations. So…

Increasing critical shortage and constant time pressure of medical staff push clinics to implement digital solutions that support doctors effectively during this process. — The process of informed consent hasn’t changed over the last 60 years. Actually surprising if we consider how much else has changed in medicine over this time. We’ve achieved to transplant organs from one body to another, 3-D print prosthetics, make life easier for diabetics with insulin pumps, and detect…

Studies have proven that patients with a comprehensive educational process before an operation are more likely to have positive (long-term) outcomes — The number of studies dealing with patient education is limited. Not many physicians and scientists have dealt with this topic sufficiently. …

The office we left will not be the office we’ll return to. — It’s been two months since we were sent into a nationwide shutdown. From one day to the next we found ourselves at home office. Now two months later a slow and sure trend can be seen: infection rates are dropping and piece by piece national restrictions are being relaxed. This…

We dare to propose a sharp hypothesis: Are crisis situations needed for humankind to develop and implement essential innovative solutions? — Plato once said: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” We currently find ourselves in a crisis that acts like a forcing mechanism to drive quick innovation at an accelerated speed. …

Overcoming numerous barriers will become a necessity of our time to ensure a viable future for healthcare — especially for further crisis situations. — In the face of the current COVID 19 situation, the digital immaturity of the healthcare system reveals itself. All of a sudden it becomes clear how important networked patient data and the use of digital health services would be to relieve hospitals on site. …

“Corona Data Donation” or “Pepp PT” — Apps that currently challenge data protection regulations in Europe — In the fight against the coronavirus, the examination and evaluation of health data have become indispensable. Figures that currently accompany us daily are the number of infected, deceased, convalescents, but also data on how many more people an infected person infects on average. The development of these figures determines the…

While it is hard for some of us to accept that our world will not be the same as before the pandemic, others are already sketching scenarios how it will look like after the crisis. — Currently, you can find numerous articles online that deal with exactly this topic. How will our world look like after the end of this crisis and above all how long will it take until we can talk about normal life again? …