Our patient and health data are particularly sensitive and require protection. Not least for this reason, the healthcare system faces high regulatory requirements when it comes to digitization, as data security and data sovereignty are of the utmost priority. How these prerequisites affect the pace of digitization, what challenges need to be overcome, and what significance the electronic health record (ePA) holds for the entire health system are topics discussed by msg board member Rolf Kranz and Sandra Hoyer, head of the care management projects team at Techniker Krankenkasse.

Hospitals in Germany are coming under increasing pressure, and not just against the backdrop of the COVID 19 pandemic and the energy crisis. Rolf Kranz, member of the executive board of msg, talks about how the situation can be improved with the help of cloud technologies: For hospitals, their employees and patients.