With the help of the €3 billion Hospital Future Fund, as part of German RRF funding, the investments are channeled to a better digital infrastructure, modern emergency capacities and information security of hospitals. The fund is set up by the Bundesamt für Soziale Sicherung (BAS). Until 31 December 2021, the federal states were able to submit applications to the BAS for funding of corresponding projects in the hospital authorities. A total of 6076 applications with a funding volume of 3.042 billion euros were submitted to the BAS. So far, 272 million euros in funding have been approved.
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The German Bundestag approved the new Hospital Future Act (Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz) on September 18th 2020 which is after the Digital Healthcare Act (Digitale-Versorgungs-Gesetz) another significant step towards implementing the digital change into the German healthcare system. With this new Hospital Future Act the German Federal Government will invest around 3 billion € into the German hospitals to foster their digital infrastructures. In addition, the Federal States will invest an extra 1.3 billion €. This means in total 4.3 billion € investments for German hospitals in order to improve their digital capabilities is expect by 2024. The online magazine “Krankenhaus-IT” has published a list of German companies offering the needed digital solutions for the hospitals KHZG Marktübersicht.