Digital health platform starts: Lörrachs path into the future!

Digital health platform starts: Lörrachs path into the future!

Lörrach, Deutschland - An important step in digital services of general interest was recently carried out in the Lörrach district. The new platform Gesundswealth. District Administrator Marion Dammann described the introduction of this platform as an important milestone that not only provides information to the citizens, but also aid and support offers.

The idea behind Gesund Social. Here, valuable experiences from the federal model project are also included. A joint project team, consisting of the municipal health conference and the municipal nursing conference, the Diakonie and the senior academy, has launched the platform. The funding is ensured by the Fritz Berger Foundation by the end of 2027, supplemented by supporting the AOK Hochrhein-Bodensee.

diverse offers for all

The platform has specialized in providing not only information, but also concrete offers of help. Healthy social and digitally will be expanded by the end of the year and is intended to offer a variety of functions. This includes searches for providers, an offer calendar, a regional map view as well as comprehensive health and social information. Future additions include a AI-based health assistant and telemedicine integrations.

The accessibility of the platform is very important: it is available in six languages ​​and offers targeted help for older people and people with little technology knowledge. The project management sees a modern tool to strengthen digital health competence - especially for those who have had little access to digital information so far.

challenges and solutions

The need for such a platform became clear by citizen surveys, which showed that over 50% of the population in the district has low health literacy. There are also challenges such as vacant household seats and the needs of an aging population. Health social. Digital should remedy the situation here and act as a central, low-threshold contact point for health and social information.

The platform is not only an innovative offer, but also has the potential to reduce social isolation and to promote networking between the providers and the user. In this way, bundling of existing resources is made possible, which is an advantage for both citizens and for the service providers in health and social affairs. The implementation is accompanied by a Scrum project group of the health and social department, which has also received the "Kommunal.digital.GENIAL" award.

Gesund Social. As a building block within medical care in the district, the platform offers valuable support for everyone who is looking for health and social information.