Addressing the new business opportunities in a changing hospital IT market in Germany

Hospitals in Germany are in a transition phase

After years of stagnancy, the clinical IT landscape in German hospitals is undergoing a significant transformation. Hospitals will more and more move away from proprietary Hospital Information Systems (HIS) towards non-monolithic and more flexible solutions.

In this context, hospitals are looking for flexible (often cloud-based) architectures in combination with micro-services offering a modern approach to ensure adaptable workflows, seamless integration of patient data and central data storage.

 Addressing the opportunity – workflow handling and data strategy are key

This transformation will happen over the coming few months and years and will offer a significant opportunity especially for providers of micro-services.

The following chart illustrates the emerging hospital IT set-up:

Looking ahead – how to get the changes on the road and realise the opportunities

The changing hospital IT environment offers a number of opportunities to new entrants – especially to those that are providing microservices or flexible solutions based on flexible workflows.

Beyond the technical offering, it is important for any supplier to think about how to offer support and counselling to hospitals during the whole transformation process, as many hospitals risk to be overwhelmed by the sheer number of today’s initiatives.

If you want to learn more about the changing hospital IT landscape in Germany and how to successfully address opportunities for your business, please reach out to Silver Buck or visit us at our exhibition stand at Digital Health Rewired in Birmingham from 18-19 March.