Current Healthcare Digitalization Landscape

Legislative Initiatives Driving Change:

• German Hospital Future Act (KHZG) providing €4.3 billion in funding
• Mandatory standards for interoperability (ISiK, HL7 FHIR)
• Digital Health Applications (DiGA) expanding the digital ecosystem

Market Developments:

• Emerging concept of "digital lead hospitals" as regional innovation hubs
• Increasing patient expectations for digital services
• Growing competition for both patients and qualified IT professionals

Example: Carl-Thiem-Klinikum (CTK) Cottbus

• Developing into "Health Lausitz" model region
• Recruiting 50 IT specialists to become a digitalization pioneer
• Aiming to join Germany's top 5 digital hospitals

"Digitalization will be the foundation to enable the medicine of the future... it is also a central answer to the shortage of skilled workers." - CTK Cottbus