TMF and emergency societies welcome emergency reform and call for better data linking
The Technology and Methods Platform for Networked Medical Research (TMF), together with leading emergency medical societies, welcomes the goals of the cabinet draft for the reform of emergency care. The associations see the law as an important opportunity to digitize and measurably improve emergency care across sectors, from the acute control center to the rescue service to the emergency rooms and integrated emergency centers (INZ).
In a joint statement dated 21 May 2026, the signatories emphasise that the reform will only be effective in practice if data along the entire care path is made secure, interoperable and usable for quality assurance and health services research. This requires a clear legal basis for the data protection-compliant linking of data from acute control centers, emergency services and emergency rooms.
The statement also calls for better coordination of parallel legislative projects such as GeDIG, GDNG, Medical Registry Act, Research Data Act and the European Health Data Space (EHDS). This is the only way to create consistent, secure data flows that strengthen both care and research.
The signatories are committed to a “learning health care system” that quickly makes the effects of reforms visible and learns from care – comparable regionally and nationwide. The protection of patient data must be guaranteed by appropriate technical and organizational measures.
The joint statement was signed by the following organisations:
- TMF – Technology and Methods Platform for Networked Medical Research
- DIVI – German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
- DGINA – German Society for Interdisciplinary Emergency and Acute Medicine
- DGIIN – German Society for Internal Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine
- GMDS – German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology
- DNVF – German Network for Health Services Research
- AKTIN – Action Alliance for the Improvement of Communication and Information Technology in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
The full statement is available on the TMF website.
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