Minister Wanka to present a trendsetting development concept
Of course, many health technology projects have not yet become so successful. Professor Johanna Wanka, Federal Minister for Education and Research, is going to present a new trendsetting development concept for medical informatics during the MEDICA HEALTH IT FORUM. The objective of the development concept is to improve patient care and research possibilities by means of innovative IT systems. Thereby, in past years, high through-put technologies have revolutionized health research. Today, large amounts of research data are generated in a very short time span. At the same time, with the increase in digitalization in the field of medicine, more and more electronic data from the field of patient care are available. Together, these data have the potential to significantly improve the diagnosis and therapy of diseases. In order to take advantage of this potential, data from the field of research and patient care have to be merged and rendered into knowledge. A particular challenge lies in having to integrate various medical data types – for example, genetic information with a haemogram or an x-ray image. When interpreting new data, large amounts of professional literature, results and existing data deriving from biomedical and clinical research have to be taken into account. Ultimately, the newly gained knowledge must be prepared in such a way that physicians can derive the best-possible treatment for their patients.

Medical informatics is developing technical tools for all of these steps. It describes, analyses, models and simulates medical processes with the object of generating new knowledge, optimizing care and research procedures and supporting players in the field of healthcare. Innovative strength, competitiveness and the interconnection of our research and healthcare system will also continuously rely on efficient medical informatics. The development concept of medical informatics should contribute to strengthening the field of medical informatics research in Germany and sustainably improve patient care. German Federal Research Minister Wanka will be presenting the details of the development concept on November 16 at MEDICA 2015.
New opportunity for start-ups at the "eHealth Venture Summit" In addition, the "eHealth Venture Summit” is entering a new round. Last year, the international format already attracted 26 start ups, particularly from abroad, such as from the U.S. and Taiwan. Here, IT and investment are brought together. Within five minutes, start-ups presented their ideas to a high-ranking expert panel consisting of investors, industry and science. The winner received a trophy with a video on presenting the product. Last year, ideas presented included diabetes tracking as well as online physiotherapy by a young company from Israel which won the competition.

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