Modern digital Patient Education increases efficiency, improves understanding and relieves the burden on everyday clinical practice. This benefits patients and doctors alike.
Digitalization is also advancing rapidly in ophthalmology. However, Patient Education, as it is still practiced in many places today, has considerable deficits. Prof. Dr. med. Lothar Schweigerer explains what these are, how they can be remedied and what future developments lie ahead. He is an emeritus professor of pediatrics and works as a senior medical…
Introduction Patient Education – i.e. providing patients with comprehensive information about planned procedures, risks, alternatives and legal aspects before treatment – is required by law and is a central component of medical care. In German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), a diverse market of digital solutions has developed in recent years to complement the established analog…
User-centered digitalization in everyday hospital life: How individual Patient Education relieves doctors, improves processes and enables real efficiency gains.
Efficient digitalization in everyday hospital life: How digital Patient Education optimizes processes, increases capacities and sustainably improves patient throughput.
medudoc sets a clear turning point after five years of operational market presence. November 2025 not only marks a change of ownership, but also the start of an ambitious scaling agenda. A group of investors led by the make visions Family Office has acquired a majority stake – combined with a substantial injection of capital…
Video-assisted surgical information increases efficiency, quality and legal certainty. Study shows: less clarification time, greater understanding and better outcomes.
Patient Education is a “non-negotiable” in both Austrian and German law. It is a core component of every treatment contract (Austria: ABGB in conjunction with the Patients’ Rights Act; Germany: Sections 630a-630e BGB). In operational terms, this means that without valid, complete, individual and legally compliant information, there is a massive liability risk for doctors…
The Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen (KSSG) is the central hospital in Eastern Switzerland. As one of the largest hospitals in Switzerland, it provides basic care for the population of the city of St. Gallen and the neighboring regions as well as central functions for the inhabitants of the entire canton of St. Gallen and…
The demands placed on doctors’ duty to inform patients are constantly increasing. Legislation and case law require patients to be given clear, individual and documented information before a medical procedure can be carried out. This is often difficult to implement in a busy clinic or practice. Digital tools – in particular individualized educational videos –…
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