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The implementation of projects from the Hospital Futures Act (KHZG) is currently in full swing. The financial support for patient portals, cloud computing, digital medication management and digital documentation is intended to significantly increase the maturity of German hospitals by the end of 2024.

At this year’s DRG Forum in Berlin, there was widespread agreement that the DRG system is in need of comprehensive reform. There is no shortage of sensible proposals, such as the introduction of cross-sectoral remuneration by means of hybrid DRGs or greater consideration of input costs in hospital financing.

The long-awaited and now published report names 2,476 services in the area of outpatient surgery and inpatient replacement surgery that are recommended for expansion of the AOP catalog. Based on the 2,897 OPS services currently included in the AOP catalog (2019), this would represent an expansion of 86 percent.

In recent years, the German healthcare system has been characterized by a high number of legislative activities, which have also put a strain on the financial situation of many hospitals. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated funding shortages at all levels.

The DigitalRadar aims to provide hospitals with a tool to help them actively shape the digital future and compare themselves nationally and internationally.

The M&A competence team of Oberender AG has evaluated the most important key figures in the German hospital market.

At the beginning of October 2021, the Bundesrat and Bundestag passed the Hospital Future Act. Its contents are intended to help the German hospital system address deficits in the digital transformation. The most important contents in this regard are captured in this article.

Omics technologies provide a holistic view of the molecular characteristics and processes of a cell, tissue, or complete organism.

The healthcare sector is one of the largest labor markets in Germany. In 2012, it had 5.2 million employees. Trade journals describe the healthcare industry as a job and employment engine.