About us: Mission

Our basic mission is to develop and to use healthcare in general and telemedicine and e-health in particular as an economic growth factor for Germany.
The German states have the potential to become the innovative and performing centers of healthcare economy, health sciences and healthcare delivery in Germany and in Europe.
DGTelemed will identify, create and advertise the fundamental prerequisites for the application and the advancement of telemedicine.

Vision

Better orientation of universities, research institutions and IT-companies to the needs of healthcare economy and healthcare delivery
More intensive use of telemedicine and e-health in order to network hospitals, clinics, physicians and homecare in the field of diagnostics and therapy as well as in the use of medical IT in hospitals