

For the 60th anniversary of the KBV many speakers warned to more unity and trust, because the KBV institution has not yet overtaken itself.

A review of the successes, an analysis of the current situation and look into the future - the imaginary assignment to celebration for the 60th anniversary of body like the Statutory Health Insurance Physician Federal Association (KBV) could not have been bigger. In his speech to the festival company in Berlin, the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) Lutz Stroppe praised the work of the KBV, but warned: “Those who stay young and active can still learn to adopt new habits and to endure contradictions. And I hope that in this sense the KBV and the KVen will remain young and active for long time to come ”.

Fairness and transparency
Even with criticism, he did not hold back: “The BMG expects fairness and mutual trust from the medical self-administration. In doing so, clarity, transparency, reliability and seriousness must be promoted. This applies to the accounting system as well as to the definition of retirement salaries, ”said Stroppe. Politicians have great confidence, “but not limitless”. He sees the “freedom of responsibility for the well-being of the patient” in many areas. So it is success of medicine and doctors that there is demographic change, people live longer. He also praised the efforts of the resident doctors and psychotherapists in caring for the refugees.

For the future, Stroppe encouraged the representatives of the KBV to return to their role as "playmakers". "Use the freedom of design and the associated responsibility."
Medical ethicist Prof. Dr. med. Giovanni Maio from the University of Freiburg. Particularly in view of the difficult role of doctors and psychotherapists between the demands of politics, society and patients, there is an opportunity for the KBV. As defender of the liberal profession, she could bring medical expertise into the political debate.
For the 60th anniversary of the KBV many speakers warned to more unity and trust, because the KBV institution has not yet overtaken itself.

A review of the successes, an analysis of the current situation and look into the future - the imaginary assignment to celebration for the 60th anniversary of body like the Statutory Health Insurance Physician Federal Association (KBV) could not have been bigger. In his speech to the festival company in Berlin, the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) Lutz Stroppe praised the work of the KBV, but warned: “Those who stay young and active can still learn to adopt new habits and to endure contradictions. And I hope that in this sense the KBV and the KVen will remain young and active for long time to come ”.

Fairness and transparency
Even with criticism, he did not hold back: “The BMG expects fairness and mutual trust from the medical self-administration. In doing so, clarity, transparency, reliability and seriousness must be promoted. This applies to the accounting system as well as to the definition of retirement salaries, ”said Stroppe. Politicians have great confidence, “but not limitless”. He sees the “freedom of responsibility for the well-being of the patient” in many areas. So it is success of medicine and doctors that there is demographic change, people live longer. He also praised the efforts of the resident doctors and psychotherapists in caring for the refugees.

For the future, Stroppe encouraged the representatives of the KBV to return to their role as "playmakers". "Use the freedom of design and the associated responsibility."
Medical ethicist Prof. Dr. med. Giovanni Maio from the University of Freiburg. Particularly in view of the difficult role of doctors and psychotherapists between the demands of politics, society and patients, there is an opportunity for the KBV. As defender of the liberal profession, she could bring medical expertise into the political debate."In order to achieve this, the KBV must be able to let the doctors speak with one voice," Maio's appeal.
For the chairman of the KBV, Dr. med. Andreas Gassen, the direction for the coming decades is clear. Although the question of meaning is being asked again and again whether one still needs an institution like the KBV, one needs organizations that organize the statutory medical care: “We need the KBV because in an increasingly complex world, outpatient care is also organized more and more expensive Must. ”One of the six decades that the KBV can look back on is that the professional and self-image of doctors has changed significantly in the past few decades: rural doctor idyll - that was once upon time. “Work until the doctor comes, the young generation no longer has this self-image,” says Gassen.
Commitment in the time of the fall of the century

With 60 years of history, the reunification 25 years ago and the upheaval in the organization of the health care system in the five East Germans Federal states are not forgotten. "A particularly great achievement is that the transition to the statutory health insurance system went almost smoothly," said KBV Vice-Dipl.-Med. Regina Feldmann. The local doctors played an important role in this and were often "thrown into the deep end" when setting up practice. "That this was possible has to do with the special commitment of the colleagues during the time of reunification and with the committed support of the KVs among themselves," says Feldmann the search for the offspring for care in the countryside. Therefore, the KBV and the KVen have already launched many projects to improve the compatibility of work in the practice and family for the young generation of doctors.
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