A common misconception in the discussion about digital healthcare processes is that digitalization makes medicine less personal. The opposite is true – if you do it right. An end-to-end digital preclinical process does not create distance between doctor and patient. It creates space: space for the patients who really need personal attention. This article shows…
Many clinics have digitized Patient Education – but the medical history documentation remains on paper. What this costs, what risks it entails and how the complete preclinical process can be digitized.
What has changed legally in Patient Education in 2025/2026? Everything you need to know about informed consent, documentation obligations and digital solutions for doctors and clinics.
Eine wirksame Einwilligung setzt voraus, dass Patient:innen Art, Umfang, Risiken, Alternativen und Konsequenzen einer Maßnahme tatsächlich verstehen.
Generic informational videos have become commonplace in patient education in many places. Why this is not sufficient from a medical and legal perspective.
There is a sensitive moment between diagnosis and consent: a person has to make a complex medical decision – often under stress, time pressure and uncertainty. This is precisely where it is decided whether information was merely “provided” – or whether it was actually understood.
DMEA – Connecting Digital Health is the leading trade fair for the digitalization of healthcare in Europe. Every year in Berlin, it brings together decision-makers, medical professionals, IT experts, start-ups and established companies to shape the future of healthcare IT, interoperable systems and patient-centered processes. As an innovation platform for hospitals, MVZs and service providers…
Sufficient Patient Education is a central prerequisite for a legally compliant and ethically sound Informed Consent process. Particularly in the case of elective, high-frequency procedures such as total hip arthroplasty (THA), the question arises as to how patients can be provided with complex information on the surgical procedure, alternatives and risks in a way that…
Expert event in Vienna to increase patient throughput: Find out how digital Patient Education optimizes processes, relieves staff and creates efficiency in everyday clinical practice.
Digital Patient Education increases efficiency and legal certainty in everyday clinical practice. User-centric digitalization makes informed consent and information sheets easier to understand and reduces the workload of medical staff in the long term.
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