As of: 17 Could 2024 5:39 pm
The Federal Ministry of Well being has put the Federal Hospital Atlas on-line. This could make it simpler for sufferers to establish which hospital is greatest for which remedy.
On the official presentation, Well being Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) stated that the brand new listing offers one clear signal by way of the hospital jungle. That is supposed to make it simpler for residents to decide on probably the most appropriate clinic. For instance, you will discover out which hospitals supply sure procedures or how typically they’re carried out there. The atlas additionally supplies info on the frequency of issues and the variety of medical doctors and nurses on web site. Focused comparisons between presents in a area also needs to be doable, as said by the Ministry of Well being. “You may get the perfect care shortly,” stated Lauterbach on the official presentation of the clinic’s atlas.
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Lauterbach has repeatedly emphasised that he believes extra transparency is urgently wanted. A couple of third of most cancers sufferers will not be handled the place the perfect outcomes could be anticipated. The Clinic Atlas is a characteristic of the just lately handed hospital reform. The info for the atlas has been ready by the Institute for High quality and Transparency in Well being Care, which is a part of the Federal Joint Committee of Medical doctors, Clinics and Well being Insurance coverage Corporations. The atlas is “impartial and goal,” stated IQTIG director Claus-Dieter Heidecke.
65 efficiency teams since October
In an additional step, round 1,700 hospitals in Germany shall be introduced in 65 service teams from October. The service teams ought to describe in additional element medical therapies and outline ranges of care. The division of clinics by service teams has been criticized by the federal states. They worry that the federal authorities will acquire authority in hospital planning by classifying and publishing this info. Nonetheless, hospital planning is a state situation.
Criticism from Decrease Saxony
In response to the Minister of Well being of Decrease Saxony, Andreas Philippi (SPD), the medical atlas can contribute to larger transparency. Nonetheless, he considers it too early to begin. It’s a drawback that the atlas relies on efficiency teams that haven’t but been launched. “If the hospital will be reformed, solely the federal states will make the allocation of the service teams from 2025,” stated Philippi. The atlas due to this fact works with indicators that haven’t but been applied.
However one other atlas?
The Atlas Clinic shouldn’t be the one overview of German hospitals. The German Hospital Affiliation (DKG) just lately introduced its personal transparency atlas. The transparency atlas additionally supplies info on companies, caseloads, beds and employees, however doesn’t instantly examine clinics to one another. The Federal Affiliation AOK additionally operates a clinic database with present case and high quality information.
Suggestion from medical insurance corporations
The deputy head of the AOK federal affiliation, Jens Martin Hoyer, nonetheless sees the Lauterbach clinic atlas positively. He informed the German editorial community that the launch of the Federal Hospital Atlas is a proper and essential step to complement the earlier voluntary info presents from the medical insurance corporations.
Marburger Bund SH: Strengths will not be made clear
The chairman of the Marburger Bund in Schleswig-Holstein, Michael Wessendorf, welcomed the initiative to make sure extra transparency within the hospital panorama. However: “Within the new medical atlas, present databases with their strengths and weaknesses had been solely introduced collectively in a single giant database, with out making the strengths extra clear and eliminating the weaknesses. This raises the query of the added worth for sufferers.”
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