Preoperative counseling prior to a scheduled surgery is one of the most fundamental medical procedures. It is legally required, medically necessary, and at the same time one of the most time-consuming parts of the preoperative admission process. In many hospitals, this process still largely takes place the same way it did twenty years ago: handwritten…
The structural weaknesses of preoperative processes have been known for years – and yet they persist. Fragmented processes, incomplete information at the time of pre-anaesthesia, high manual effort and legal uncertainties continue to characterize everyday life in many facilities. Especially in an area that is so sensitive in terms of medicine, organization and liability law,…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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