Digitization in Healthcare: Patient-Centered, Networked, and Sustainable
In the constantly evolving field of healthcare, hospitals and clinics face many different challenges. These problems are not just complicated, but also vary a lot, affecting how health services are given and how hospitals are run in the future. Read more about:
- Current Challenges in Modern Healthcare
- United for Progress: Digitizing Healthcare Together
- Our Mission: Driving Healthcare Excellence via Digital Transformation
Current Challenges in Modern Healthcare
Demographics and Workforce Shortages
As more people are living longer, we need more healthcare professionals to care for them. Hospitals can attract and keep good staff by improving the workplace and offering ongoing training. Hiring nurses from other countries and using technology to break down language barriers are also parts of the solution.
Embracing the Digital Age and KHZG
With the support of the Hospital Future Act (KHZG), hospitals are adopting new digital tools to make patient care more personalized and efficient. But it's not just about getting new technology; we also need to update our ways of working to make the most out of these digital advancements.
Economic and Structural Changes
Laws and regulations are always changing, and hospitals need to be agile. This means rethinking how we operate, focusing on areas where we excel, and collaborating more with others in the healthcare ecosystem to deliver quality care efficiently.
Billing and Revenue Management
The ways hospitals get paid are changing, thanks to updated DRG (Diagnostic Related Groups) interpretations, more available data, and shifts in outpatient and inpatient care. We need to be precise in billing and management to navigate this complex landscape effectively.
Read More …"We did not want to delegate necessary restructuring within the group to external consultants, but rather to take it into our own hands. As mentors, the 4C consultants provided pragmatic support to responsible employees at the beginning of the change processes that were initially unfamiliar. In this way, the company's competence in project management was strengthened and can be called upon for future projects".
Hans-Joachim Lenke, Vorstandsvorsitzender, Ev. Diakoniewerk Schwäbisch-Hall
"It is difficult to agree on uniform occupancy and treatment processes across all types of service. With the support of the 4C GROUP, we have managed to fundamentally reorient the cross-disciplinary and cross-functional cooperation throughout the entire hospital towards the patient."
Dr. Gunther Essinger, Director, zfp - Klinikum Nordschwarzwald
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Kompetenznetzwerk Krankenhausmanagement
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In the aftermath, innovative topics with selected houses are further deepened and validated as far as possible in pilot projects. The findings will be proofed within the network and made availabe as soon as possible.
The work of the Kompetenznetzwerk Krankenhausmanagement (competence network hospital management) is based on a sustainable and results-oriented exchange and cooperation of individual like-minded peers and experts. The network was founded by the initiative of the Charité Berlin, the Institute of Hospital Management, TU Munich, Center for Hospital Management, the University of Rosenheim, professor of controlling and hospital management and the 4C GROUP AG, top management consulting firm for corporate management and control, and change management.
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KKM Roundtable 2023
Since 2009, the core event of the KKM has been the annual roundtable meeting, in which top executives from hospital management discuss current and future issues and their solutions in a confidential atmosphere. Afterwards, innovative topics are discussed in greater depth with selected hospitals and, if possible, tested in pilot projects. The findings will be made available to the network in a timely manner. Learn more about the topic at: kkm-netzwerk.de
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