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DMEA Inside - Press Briefing ‘Trend Report Health IT’
Matthias Meierhofer, Chairman of the Federal Association of Healthcare IT - bvitg e. V. and founder and CEO of Meierhofer AG, Melanie Wendling, Managing Director of the bvitg and Luisa Wasilewski, CEO and founder of Pulsewave, gave an initial insight into the most important topics of DMEA 2025. They also presented the bvitg Health IT Trend Report, which the association published in cooperation with Pulsewave.
Matthias Meierhofer: “Under no circumstances should the new German government put the brakes on digitalization in healthcare. I would like to see a clear 'digital first' approach and a healthcare system that no longer thinks in rigid sectors, but instead manages the flow of patients intelligently and digitally.”
Melanie Wendling: “The DMEA 2025 will be the best ever – with a fresh look, new stage highlights and a special focus on the medical profession. In this year of the electronic health record, we are focusing on exchange and training to advance digitalization in medical practices.”
Luisa Wasilewski: “Not all AI is the same – especially in healthcare, we have to distinguish between administrative and medical applications. While smart assistants and clinical documentation will be a reality in many practices by 2025, it will take years for them to be used in diagnostics and therapy. Technology is often faster than regulation.”
The recording of the press conference can be found on the DMEA YouTube channel. The event was held in German language.
From 8 to 10 April 2025, these and many other discussions on the digitalisation of healthcare will continue at the DMEA. In addition, 470 speakers will take to the DMEA stages to focus on the pressing issues surrounding the digitalisation of healthcare. 900 exhibitors from Germany and abroad will present innovative solutions for the future of healthcare.
Tickets for the DMEA are available in the online ticket shop.
About DMEA
DMEA is Europe's leading event for digital health, which gathers decision-makers from all areas of the healthcare sector, including IT specialists, physicians, hospital and nursing care executives as well as experts from politics, science and research.
18,600 participants attended DMEA 2024, around 800 exhibitors presented their innovative solutions and over 350 speakers took to the DMEA stages.
In 2023, around 16,200 participants, 735 exhibitors and more than 300 national and international speakers took part at the DMEA.
The DMEA is organized by the Bundesverband Gesundheits-IT - bvitg e.V. (Federal Association for Health IT) and is hosted by Messe Berlin GmbH. It is organized in cooperation with the industry associations GMDS (German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology) e.V., BVMI (Professional Association of Medical Informatics) e.V. and with the content-related participation of KH-IT (Federal Association of Hospital IT Managers) e.V. and CIO-UK (Chief Information Officers - University Hospitals).
This press release is also available on our website: www.dmea.de
Press photos are available here.
You can watch videos of DMEA on the YouTube channel of DMEA.
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