Postu­la­te Gysi (17.3466): Impact of digi­ta­lizati­on on the heal­th­ca­re professions

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  • Fede­ral Coun­cil to draw up report on the impact of digi­ta­lizati­on on heal­th­ca­re pro­fes­si­ons in Switzerland
  • Report ana­ly­zes chan­ges in edu­ca­ti­on and trai­ning, job pro­files, working con­di­ti­ons, infras­truc­tu­re and the labor market.
  • Focus on trai­ning, data pro­tec­tion, re-ent­ry of spe­cia­list staff and avo­id­ance of ser­vice reduc­tions in nur­sing care.
  • Fede­ral Coun­cil deve­lo­ps “Stra­tegy eHe­alth Switz­er­land 2.0”; imple­men­ta­ti­on of the requi­red mea­su­res is being examined.

Postu­la­te Gysi (17.3466): Impact of digi­ta­lizati­on on the heal­th­ca­re professions

Sub­mit­ted text

The Fede­ral Coun­cil is reque­sted to sub­mit to the Coun­cil a Report on the Impact of digi­ta­lizati­on on the heal­th­ca­re pro­fes­si­ons in Switz­er­land and rela­ted mea­su­res. In par­ti­cu­lar, the report should shed light on com­ple­ted and immi­nent or neces­sa­ry chan­ges in edu­ca­ti­on and trai­ning, job pro­files, working con­di­ti­ons, infras­truc­tures and the labor mar­ket. The need for and impact on re-ente­ring skil­led workers should also be inclu­ded. The report should refer to the report on the Postu­la­te 15.3854 “Auto­ma­ti­on. Risks and Opportunities”.

Justi­fi­ca­ti­on

Digi­tizati­on is impac­ting the eco­no­my as a who­le, but also the world of work in par­ti­cu­lar, in a varie­ty of ways. In the con­text of eHe­alth the heal­th­ca­re pro­fes­si­ons are alre­a­dy affec­ted by chan­ges brought about by digi­tizati­on. More will fol­low. Digi­tizati­on undoub­ted­ly offers oppor­tu­ni­ties for the upco­ming chal­lenges in the field of nur­sing. In order to opti­mal­ly prepa­re phy­si­ci­ans, nur­ses, tech­ni­cal pro­fes­si­ons and auxi­lia­ry pro­fes­si­ons for the upco­ming inno­va­tions and to make the nur­sing pro­fes­si­ons attrac­ti­ve for the future as well as to pre­vent cut­backs in the qua­li­ty of care, com­pre­hen­si­ve trai­ning and know­ledge trans­fer are neces­sa­ry. This inclu­des, in par­ti­cu­lar, issues rela­ting to the hand­ling of sen­si­ti­ve data. Chan­ges in trai­ning and con­ti­nuing edu­ca­ti­on in par­ti­cu­lar, but also chan­ges in job pro­files, are alre­a­dy of gre­at rele­van­ce for employees, orga­nizati­ons in the world of work and for poli­tics in the short and medi­um term. Pati­ents and their rela­ti­ves are also affec­ted by digi­tizati­on and its impact on tre­at­ment and care; they need to know how this will play out in the future. In par­ti­cu­lar, digi­tizati­on must not lead to a reduc­tion in care ser­vicesOn the con­tra­ry, it should help to ensu­re that the capa­ci­ties freed up by digi­tizati­on can be used to impro­ve the qua­li­ty of care.

State­ment of the Fede­ral Coun­cil of August 30, 2017

The Fede­ral Coun­cil shares the postulant’s assess­ment that digi­tizati­on is an important dri­ver for the sus­tainable fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of heal­th­ca­re in Switz­er­land. In order to bet­ter rea­li­ze the bene­fits expec­ted from digi­tizati­on, such as impro­ving the qua­li­ty of tre­at­ment, incre­a­sing pati­ent safe­ty, and incre­a­sing effi­ci­en­cy, the Fede­ral Coun­cil, as part of the adop­ti­on of the “Digi­tal Switz­er­land” stra­tegy in April 2016, has set the Deve­lo­p­ment of the “Stra­tegy eHe­alth Switz­er­land 2.0” com­mis­sio­ned given. This is curr­ent­ly being deve­lo­ped by the fede­ral govern­ment tog­e­ther with the can­tons. As part of this work, the imple­men­ta­ti­on of the mea­su­res cal­led for in the postu­la­te will also be exami­ned.