Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
Aug 1, 2020
The number of interventions using robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is increasing in Germany, following the previous international development. Robot-assisted surgery provides some technical advantages and can overcome existing limitations of vi...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Jun 23, 2020
Publicly accessible databases with evidence-based information on drug dosages for children and adolescents are not available in Germany. In previous work a prototypical web-based online platform for pediatric dosing recommendation has been developed....
Studies in health technology and informatics
Jun 16, 2020
This paper discusses a study that aimed to elicit promising application areas and potential business models for social robotics in healthcare. For this goal, we conducted focus groups with care professionals and the management of elderly care organiz...
Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz
Jun 1, 2020
Digitization offers considerable potential for strengthening prevention in the healthcare system. Data from various clinical and nonclinical sources can be collected in a structured way and systematically processed using algorithms. Prevention needs ...
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
Mar 1, 2020
BACKGROUND: As in other areas, military surgery is being transformed by developments in artificial intelligence, robotics and digitalization. Although the prospect of operating with a robot-assisted surgery system in the country of deployment while t...
BACKGROUND: The digital transformation of society has a tremendous impact on both medicine and healthcare. The generation and processing of continuously growing amounts of digital data can be used to facilitate new approaches in research, particularl...
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Jul 1, 2019
Pollen allergies are considered as a global epidemic nowadays, as they influence more than a quarter of the worldwide population, with this percentage expected to rapidly increase because of ongoing climate change. To date, alerts on high-risk allerg...
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
Aug 1, 2018
Conventional laparoscopy is the gold standard in bariatric surgery. Internationally, robot-assisted surgery is gaining in importance. Up to now there are only few reports from Germany on the use of the system in bariatric surgery. Since January 2017 ...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Jan 1, 2018
Unplanned hospital readmissions are a burden to the healthcare system and to the patients. To lower the readmission rates, machine learning approaches can be used to create predictive models, with the intention to provide actionable information for c...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Jan 1, 2018
Hospital readmissions receive increasing interest, since they are burdensome for patients and costly for healthcare providers. For the calculation of reimbursement fees, in Germany there is the German-Diagnosis Related Groups (G-DRG) system. For ever...