29.08.2024
Heinz Rothgang Continues to Be a Member of the WIdO’s Scientific Advisory Board

Heinz Rothgang Continues to Be a Member of the WIdO’s Scientific Advisory Board

Health and Long-Term Care Economist Appointed for Another Term of Office

Prof. Heinz Rothgang, Head of the Department of Health, Long-Term Care and Pensions, has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Scientific Institute of the AOK" (Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK, WIdO) for another term of office. Read more ...

01.08.2024
Technolological Innovations in Long-Term Care

Technolological Innovations in Long-Term Care

“Future of Care” Cluster enters the next round

To improve long-term care using digital solutions while at the same time reducing the workload for carers – that is the aim of the research cluster “Future of Care”, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The main focus of the second funding phase, which has now commenced, is the transfer of new technologies into practice. An important building block for this is the Nursing Care Innovation Center (Pflegeinnovationszentrum, or PIZ) in Oldenburg and Bremen. Read more ...

22.04.2024
Laura Maaß Publishes in Renowned Journal

Laura Maaß Publishes in Renowned Journal

Big Success for Early Career Researcher from the Department "Health, Long-term Care and Pensions”

Laura Maaß, PhD student in the department "Health, Long-term Care and Pensions,” has achieved great success in her scientific career early on: The paper "International perspectives on measuring national digital public health system maturity through a multidisciplinary Delphi study," which she co-authored with Hajo Zeeb and Heinz Rothgang, is published in the renowned Nature journal npj Digital Medicine. Read more ...