The health care market in Germany has been undergoing changes for several years now. Every health care reform leaves its mark and requires hospitals to adapt to new laws and regulations within a very short period. The hospitals are no longer able to secure their existence simply by existing; instead, they have to market high-quality medical and nursing care. The Sch?chtermann Clinic in Bad Rothenfelde accepts the challenges of politics and the market situation and is well-equipped for the future.

The clinic is one of the largest heart centers in Germany and is the country’s innovative pioneer in many areas of cardiovascular treatment. To maintain and even develop this position is one of our goals for the future.

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Bad Rothenfelde, 17 September 2007 - On September 17-18, specialists from several European countries met at the Schüchtermann Clinic in Bad Rothenfelde. The topic of the conference is the “Saphire” telemedicine research project sponsored by the European Union.

Due to the fact that home monitoring systems are already a research topic for several years, there are some existing systems, which are mainly designed proprietary. Basically the systems differ in the mode of signal transfer. Since the Saphire project concentrates on wireless sensors, this section focuses on wireless systems and names only few wired systems.

The first monitoring systems to be named are built up in the United States of America. These systems use wired sensors to measure blood pressure, pulse oximeter and blood glucose. These systems only measure the vital parameters of the patient a few times a day. The measured data are then sent to the homecare provider, which then can analyze the data and give feedback to the patient (i.e. well@home, HomeMed). The systems are commercially available and are already in use.