RiffReporter - wahr oder falsch? | Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen

Patient files, e-prescriptions, telemedicine - digitalization in the healthcare sector is a risk. True or false?

Healthcare costs are exploding. The shortage of doctors is worsening dramatically. At the same time, people are getting older and need more intensive and more frequent medical care than before. Digitalization is the answer. Electronic patient files with centralized data storage offer many advantages, but also security risks. What happens if data thieves spy on medical data? The first blackmail attempts with medication data have already become known.

Doctors complain about digitalization because they have to work with completely outdated technology, the so-called telematics infrastructure, which often fails. Telemedicine allows the best external specialists to be called in to help with a particular illness. But what happens if the line breaks down during telemedicine treatment, or even during an operation?

Artificial intelligence can detect tumors very specifically. But do we also want to entrust an AI tool with the decision as to whether a particular sick person should still be operated on or only treated with painkillers for cost reasons? So digitalization is either an opportunity or a risk.

Which do you think is true? What information do you have on this topic and where did you find it? Together with RiffReporter Peter Welchering, we will get to the bottom of your sources and find out which statement is true or false.

Peter Welchering has been working as a journalist for radio, television and print since 1983 (including Deutschlandradio, ZDF, various ARD stations, FAZ) and has held various teaching positions at journalism schools in Germany and other countries. He teaches journalistic practice at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (including an introduction to science journalism).

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