With more than 80 million inhabitants, Germany is the largest healthcare market in the European Union. Ideally located to the east of the Netherlands, it is no surprise that Germany is the number one export destination for Dutch businesses and a great market for companies to start their export activities as well as to further build on already existing activities.
Germany shares a number of health challenges with the Netherlands, for example: An ageing population, rising costs of healthcare and a need to quickly and securely share medical information between healthcare providers and patients. As Germany is a large country, eHealth solutions also provide a possible answer to healthcare delivery in rural and structurally weak areas.
To anticipate on possible business opportunities the Task Force Health Care (TFHC), in cooperation with the Netherlands Business Support Office (NBSO) Stuttgart, organised a visitor programme to and during the ConhIT trade fair in Berlin from 24 – 26 April. A Dutch delegation consisting of 15 organisations enjoyed a tailor made visitor programme which gave a great insight in the German eHealth market in a short period of time and brought the delegation in contact with relevant partners. Alongside their attendance at the ConhIT the delegation visited, among others, the German Ministry of Health and the Alexianer St. Hedwig-Hospital. For more information visit on activities in Germany click here.
