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Innovation Engine of modern healthcare: The medtech sector in Northern Germany
This November, the global medical technology community once again gathered in Düsseldorf for MEDICA – and the message was unmistakable: there is no way around the medtech sector. Digitalization, robotics, connected care, and artificial intelligence in medicine are no longer emerging trends; they are already reshaping everyday clinical practice. Today, medical technology is not merely […]
How Sustainable Are Digital Health and Precision Medicine?
New technologies are increasingly entering healthcare, such as digital procedures and precision medicine pharmaceuticals. These are technology-assisted medical approaches in which digital tools – including algorithms, data platforms, or artificial intelligence – are used for individualized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as well as targeted pharmaceuticals. But how sustainable is precision medicine? And what impact does […]
Innovation Digital health: Northern Germany on the move
Whether it’s smart diagnostics, digital therapies, or integrated care – digital health is currently transforming the healthcare sector. This shift is also taking on an ever greater significance in northern Germany, where the Hamburg metropolitan region is emerging as a key hub for digital health applications. Since January 2025, digital health has officially been established […]
Innovation Opening up health data for precision medicine
Digitization of healthcare is a major driver of precision medicine, but the generation and usage of health data is a complex task. Pharma, biotech and medtech players from Northern Germany find their way through the challenge and explore new ways of cross-sectoral collaboration.
Innovation Operating room of the future: Rise of the robots
The market for robotic surgical systems is on the move. Medical technology research projects in Lübeck and Kiel are working on the next generation of surgical robots with artificial intelligence.
Innovation|Portrait Digitalization in the healthcare sector with GAIA-X
Thanks to Dirk Schrödter and his team, northern Germany is developing into an ecosystem for medical AI with international appeal. Dirk Schrödter reports on how he and his team achieved this.
Portrait UKE CEO Christian Gerloff: The brainstormer
Brain imaging specialist Christian Gerloff has taken on the top job as Medical Director of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). He is keen on shaping the future of one of the most modern hospitals in Europe with more than 14,000 employees. His major aims include driving forward the process of digitalization and the future development of the campus – including AI-based technologies.
