 to the doctor. Digital platforms also make work easier for doctors and care staff.
The TH360 telehealth platform links hospitals, doctors, care staff, and patients in East Saxony. For instance, patients who have suffered a stroke can be remotely monitored by their physicians and their hospital stays reduced. The platform also allows them to receive care in their home environment.
At the St. Georg hospital in Leipzig, the Antibiotikanetzwerk Sachsen (ABNW, Saxony Antibiotics Network) is being created in collaboration with general practitioners and hospital physicians. The digital diagnostic and consulting office helps doctors use antibiotics responsibly and treat infections.
The hospital information system from Telekom Healthcare, iMedOne, forms the basis for connected work in clinics. In South Africa, the international version of the system is already being used in four clinics in the Western Cape region.
Together with IBM and Capsule Technologies, we developed the first mobile digital patient record for Africa. It not only contains important patient data, it can also automatically record data from medical equipment such as ventilators or dialysis machines.
Everything is connected …
Nobody likes going to hospital, especially when medical staff are overworked and there
are long waiting times. By supporting these staff, intelligent hospital systems such as iMedOne
from Deutsche Telekom can help improve patient care. By the end of 2019, iMedOne was already
installed in some 230 hospitals, where it allows all key processes to be digitized. Treatment
and patient data is shared via secure data networks, is available to all treating physicians and
care staff at the touch of a button on the iMedOne Mobile app, and does not get lost.
The Internet of Things is also making its way into hospitals. Medical equipment such as ventilators and ECG devices are equipped with transmitters so that everyone always knows exactly where they are currently being used. That simplifies procedures – in the emergency room, for example.
All on one card …
Most of us already have one in our wallets: the electronic health card. It stores our insurance master data. Since 2019, emergency information and a medication plan have also been stored on this card. Electronic prescriptions and other health data are potential further inclusions for the future. Since 2019, Deutsche Telekom has been offering medical staff a starter package for outpatient and inpatient care. It enables them to connect to the nationwide IT infrastructure for the health card. The complete package contains everything a practice or hospital needs for a secure connection to the infrastructure. In 2019, telemedicine applications for aftercare of stroke patients were also connected to the telematics infrastructure for the first time. All products are subject to the rigorous review of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) or approval from gematik (Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH), a company dealing with the application of telematics in the public health system.
No chance of drugs interacting with one another
Anyone who has to regularly take different medicines will already know that doctors and pharmacists must always know exactly which medication is being taken in order to avoid dangerous interaction. Since July 2020, medical practices and pharmacies have been able to create and edit an electronic medication plan on the patient’s electronic health card for those who are on three or more different kinds of medication and give their permission for such a plan. The aim of the electronic medication plan is to provide more security. To exchange the digital data securely, the hospitals, practices, and pharmacies are connected to a central telematics infrastructure. Connectors coordinate and encrypt the communication and ensure a secure transmission of the sensitive patient information. “gematik”, a company controlled by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health, is responsible for establishing the new, digital structures in the healthcare sector. Deutsche Tele