Postu­la­te Dobler (22.4022): Exploi­ting the poten­ti­al of digi­tizati­on and data manage­ment in heal­th­ca­re. Switz­er­land needs an over­ar­ching digi­tizati­on strategy!

Sub­mit­ted text

The Fede­ral Coun­cil is ins­truc­ted to deve­lop an over­ar­ching stra­tegy on the topics of Digi­tizati­on and data manage­ment in heal­th­ca­re and sub­mit it to the parliament.

1. This stra­tegy is inten­ded to Tar­gets track 
   • Increa­sed trans­pa­ren­cy thanks to com­ple­ten­ess, time­liness, com­pa­ra­bi­li­ty and impro­ved pre­sen­ta­ti­on of rele­vant data;
   • Streng­thening free­dom of choice for patients
   • Streng­thening qua­li­ty competition;
   • Increa­se in tre­at­ment qua­li­ty (indi­ca­ti­on and out­co­me qua­li­ty) and pati­ent safety;
   • Incre­a­sing effec­ti­ve­ness and effi­ci­en­cy and redu­cing bureau­cra­cy, thus achie­ving savings;
   • Data pro­tec­tion, taking into account pro­por­tio­na­li­ty as well as the public interest;
   • The manage­ment of health cri­ses must be taken into account in the deve­lo­p­ment of the digi­tizati­on strategy.
2. The stra­tegy and its imple­men­ta­ti­on are inten­ded to pro­vi­de solu­ti­ons to con­tent (data manage­ment) and tech­ni­cal aspects bring 
   • Con­tent aspects: Regu­la­to­ry frame­works and pro­per incen­ti­ves are nee­ded so that exi­sting data can be coll­ec­ted, cura­ted, shared, and thus put to much bet­ter use;
   • Tech­ni­cal aspects: Bar­riers to data exch­an­ge must be remo­ved. This also requi­res a regu­la­to­ry frame­work and the right incen­ti­ves as well as com­mon standards.
3. For this pur­po­se, expe­ri­ence from the Abroad to be consulted.
4. The Stra­tegy should iden­ti­fy the topics to be addres­sed and ways to achie­ve the objec­ti­ves. The resour­ces requi­red for this (financial/personal) as well as the neces­sa­ry par­ti­al steps are to be described.

Justi­fi­ca­ti­on

In most poli­cy are­as, Switz­er­land has an over­ar­ching long-term stra­tegy. The poten­ti­al of digi­tizati­on and data manage­ment in heal­th­ca­re is enorm­ous and undis­pu­ted. This explains the num­e­rous par­lia­men­ta­ry initia­ti­ves that have been sub­mit­ted in recent years. Almost all of the­se initia­ti­ves are based on the same pro­blems. So that digi­tizati­on in the heal­th­ca­re sec­tor can final­ly move for­ward, An over­ar­ching digi­tizati­on stra­tegy is nee­ded. The pur­po­se of this is to ensu­re that the indi­vi­du­al pro­jects are coor­di­na­ted and brought tog­e­ther to form a holi­stic, over­ar­ching digi­tizati­on stra­tegy in the heal­th­ca­re sector.