Digital innovations

The BDIH – KTBW supports the development of digital innovations in healthcare through a range of projects. Its key areas of focus include leading projects and developing digital innovations, as well as supporting project consortia on their journey toward implementing digital innovations. 

The BDIH – KTBW supports the development of digital innovations in healthcare through a range of projects. Its key areas of focus include leading projects and developing digital innovations, as well as supporting project consortia on their journey toward implementing digital innovations. 

AHEAD – Application-oriented Healthcare Development Environment

IN BRIEF

About the Project

Funding period: 01.01.2024 - 30.06.2026

Brief description: The AHEAD project is developing an application-oriented digital environment that provides healthcare professionals with a data-based foundation for deciding whether treatments should be provided on an outpatient or inpatient basis. The aim is to reduce hospital admissions, use resources more efficiently, and at the same time ensure patient-centered and safe care.

Objectives/Outcomes: Development of a digital, interoperable decision-support environment that enables evidence-based recommendations for shifting suitable treatments to outpatient care through structured data collection along the entire patient journey. The solution supports the transformation toward connected, data-driven healthcare, relieves pressure on inpatient capacities, and promotes personalized care.

Project partners: Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation – Department of Clinical Health Technologies; Department of Biomedical Informatics and Mannheim Institute for Intelligent Systems in Medicine at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University; Mannheim Medical Technology Cluster; and University Medical Center Mannheim GmbH

 

The AHEAD project is creating a digital, modular development environment that brings together information from various clinical subsystems and makes it centrally available for decision support and documentation. It assists healthcare professionals in making well-informed decisions between outpatient and inpatient treatment. 

To achieve this, structured patient data is systematically collected and evaluated across sectors along the entire care pathway — from preparation and the hospital stay through to follow-up care — and automatically processed and presented in a clear and accessible format. 

AHEAD Abbildung Video
Sascha May

This creates an evidence-based foundation that takes into account both the patient’s medical condition and their home environment. The aim is to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, make inpatient capacities available for more complex cases, and at the same time make care more individualized, safer, and more efficient. 

Project partner

Tedias Fördergeber

Contact person

Dr. Stephanie Bechtel
Change processes and agile project management
Tel+49 173 6074002
e-mail to Dr. Stephanie Bechtel

Funding agency

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg

This project is funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg.