Roundtable No°8 | 2024: Science or Science Fiction? The Future of Patient Monitoring
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°8 | 2024: Science or Science Fiction? The Future of Patient Monitoring

On November 28, the 8th Patient Monitoring Roundtable took place at the Einstein Center Digital Future under the inspiring theme “Science or Science Fiction? The Future of Patient Monitoring.” As the grand finale of the three-part event series “Patient Monitoring – past, present and future”, this last event of 2024 offered a platform to develop visions and ideas for the future of patient monitoring…

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Roundtable No°7 | 2024: Status Quo - Developments and Current Challenges in Patient Monitoring
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°7 | 2024: Status Quo - Developments and Current Challenges in Patient Monitoring

Patient monitoring has evolved from basic devices to indispensable, highly advanced systems that continuously measure vital parameters, analyze data in real time, and trigger alarms at deviations. These innovations were at the heart of our 7th Patient Monitoring Roundtable on October 15th, held at the Berlin Simulation and Training Center



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Roundtable No°6 | 2024: Lessons Learned from the History of Patient Monitoring
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°6 | 2024: Lessons Learned from the History of Patient Monitoring

Patient Monitoring – past, present and future. But how did it begin? At our 6th Patient Monitoring Roundtable on September 5, Prof. Ankele explored the history of Patient Monitoring in her insightful keynote. What began as an art – listening to patients, observing them with all senses – was completely transformed by the advent of increasingly advanced technologies...


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Roundtable No°5 | 2024: Seamlessly connected - SDC and the future of interoperability in healthcare
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°5 | 2024: Seamlessly connected - SDC and the future of interoperability in healthcare

On June 27, together with the esteemed Dräger team, we focused on an important topic in the field of interoperability: Service-oriented Device Connectivity (SDC).
The SDC interface enables cross-manufacturer networking of medical devices. Although many clinicians are still unfamiliar with this technology, it has become considerably more important in the last two years. SDC could soon play a central role…

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Roundtable No°4 | 2024: From Data to Decisions - AI and CDSS in healthcare
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°4 | 2024: From Data to Decisions - AI and CDSS in healthcare

After the 4th Patient Monitoring Roundtable 2024, the first roundtable half of 2024 is now behind us. What an exciting year! Once again, the evening, which was entitled “From Data to Decisions: How AI and CDSS are transforming healthcare” was dedicated to a much-discussed topic and was extremely interesting and informative…

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Roundtable No°3 | 2024: Security in focus
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°3 | 2024: Security in focus

The third Patient Monitoring Roundtable 2024 focused on the very important topic of data protection and cybersecurity. Keynote speaker Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Dierks covered legal requirements and the impact of recent legislation. The following workshops emphasized the growing cybersecurity threats in healthcare and the importance of data protection for fostering patient trust and innovation. Key findings included…

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Roundtable No°2 | 2024: Participatory implementation for a digital healthcare system
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°2 | 2024: Participatory implementation for a digital healthcare system

At the second Patient Monitoring Roundtable 2024, we have set ourselves a lot of goals under the promising motto "Together for innovation: Participatory implementation for a digital healthcare system". At a time when the digitalisation of the healthcare system is progressing rapidly we discussed new solutions through participatory implementation…

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Roundtable No°7 | 2023: Medical Smartwaches
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°7 | 2023: Medical Smartwaches

"Medical smartwatches - the future of intersectoral patient monitoring?" We addressed this question together with Masimo at this year's seventh Patient Monitoring Roundtable…

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Roundtable No°6 | 2023: User Experience Design
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No°6 | 2023: User Experience Design

For the sixth roundtable of this year, we had the pleasure of discussing a special topic close to our hearts in cooperation with denkwerk GmbH. The INALO project (Intelligent Alarm Optimization) pursues the ambitious goal of alarm prioritization in intensive care units with the help of artificial intelligence in order to minimize the currently prevailing flood of inconsequential alarms and the resulting alarm fatigue…

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Third Patient Monitoring Roundtable 2023 - Telemedicine in focus
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Third Patient Monitoring Roundtable 2023 - Telemedicine in focus

The third roundtable of the year was something special: On the occasion of the opening day of the DMEA on 25 April, together with the Healthcare Experience Meetup of IBM iX Berlin, we addressed the question "Telemedicine - panacea or means to an end?…

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Roundtable No. 2 in 2023: Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

Roundtable No. 2 in 2023: Continuous Glucose Monitoring

The second roundtable of the year (23/03/2023) focused on Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM). Dr. Katarina Braune, a specialist in pediatrics and diabetologist with proven expertise in digital health, delivered a keynote address with the following insights…

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First Patient Monitoring Roundtable of 2023: Telecardiology
Joscha Hofferbert Joscha Hofferbert

First Patient Monitoring Roundtable of 2023: Telecardiology

In the first Roundtable of the year (23/02/2023), Prof. Dr. Friedrich Köhler – head of the Center for Cardiovascular Telemedicine at Charité – held a keynote on the topic of telemedicine in the treatment of heart failure. And here is what we learned from him…

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