German Digital Health Strategy And EPR Project Get A Reboot

High hopes for success after two-decade EPR journey

Digitization of the German health care system has been slow to get going, as the health ministry readily admits. A fresh start should bring different results, the ministry’s head of e-health Sebastian Zilch told Medica attendees.

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Many attempts have been made over the years by the German government to establish laws and lay the foundations of a digital health care system, but without lasting success. The responsibility now resides with the health ministry (BMG), which this year launched a new digital strategy for health and care.

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