July 5, 2018
July 5, 2018
Masters of digital healthcare: AOK NO continues Gesundheitsnetzwerk (GeN) expansion with highly valued digital service, designed to support women throughout their pregnancy.
Together with AOK Nordost’s healthcare service provider partners, such as Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum in Berlin-Schöneberg, including also three other maternity clinics in Berlin, a digital patient file for pregnant women is introduced within GeN digital platform, established on Vitaly eHealth Platform.
A digital health record developed by the AOK Nordost, one of the largest health insurance companies in Germany, built on our Vitaly eHealth Platform, is intended for patients, medical professionals and clinics who could in the nearest future access health-related data online at any time.
Within AOK’s version of Vitaly Patient Portal we are presenting an extended version designed for pregnant women, which will allow expectant mothers to provide them with their own »Digital maternity passport«, which will include the reports on their previous births as well as the results of outpatient check-ups by uploading their health data. On the other hand, their doctors will be able to upload their ultrasound and laboratory findings, surgical report, discharge letters and nursing record into their digital Maternity passport.
“The Maternity Passport is usually held by the mother. But if I can already see digitally what risks the patient brings with me, I can plan examinations and therapies much better in advance”, explains Mandy Mangler, chief physician of the Maternity Hospital at the Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum in Schöneberg. Currently, the reports were sent by the gynecologists to the clinics sometimes by e-mail, sometimes faxed. The process is chaotic. “You can not rely on getting the data at all,” says the doctor. This often leads to unnecessary duplicate examinations.
How these could be saved, has been tested since the end of 2017 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. There, the AOK started with two clinics and about 8000 insured in the test operation. Participation is voluntary in both clinics. “The AOK itself does not have access to the data at any time,” emphasizes the AOK project lead, Christian Klose.
The data are decentralized to the author, ie to the respective clinic or doctor’s office. “Patients decide for themselves which physicians can access their documents,” says Klose. Step by step, you want to establish the system nationwide and open for other funds. By the end of 2018, all six maternity hospitals and four urologies are to be taken over by the municipal clinic group Vivantes in Berlin.
It is also possible to exchange documents between the clinics. In the development of the network, attention is paid to “connectivity” also to the telematics infrastructure. “We want to contribute to promoting networking in the German healthcare system,” says Klose.
The private group, Sana Hospital in Lichtenberg, intends to connect all its 53 hospitals in Germany digitally in the next two years, as announced by board member Jens Schick. “The inclusion of prostate and breast cancer and chronic diseases is also planned.”
Using the new system, the expectant mother Christin Schlüter will save herself time and have much quicker access to results and advice.” She is also able to upload the data to her Digital maternity passport and regularly update her patient record. She also hopes to archive the ultrasound images for as permanent record rather than paper records which often fade over time.«
“The Vivantes network is a pillar of healthcare in Berlin and aspires to play a pioneering role in digitization and the digital transformation of the healthcare industry,” explains Dr. med. Andrea Grebe, president of Vivantes’ management, emphasizes, “The Digital Health Network also deliberately strengthens the role of patients by giving them better insight into their health data and deciding who should use their data and how empowering them even more than before to decide on equal treatment options. “
“Berlin is a city of health and, at the same time, the capital of digitization – it makes sense to combine both strengths and launch the digital patient file here,” says Dilek Kolat, Berlin Senator for Health, Nursing and Equal Opportunities, in a statement on the project. She was “very happy that AOK, Vivantes, and Sana are testing this in obstetrics, which is very close to my heart.” This project helps the doctors and nurses to better serve mothers and children. “I hope that soon we will have a comprehensive, digital health network to which all health insurances, medical practices, and clinics are connected!” Says Kolat.
Sources:
https://www.moz.de/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/1667365/ MOZ, Fokus Online
https://youtu.be/neqqB1XnHPM#t=3m20s TV Berlin Bericht