The introduction of Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) requires a thorough review and adjustment of organizational structures and processes within hospitals. Hospitals need to create conditions that enable a successful positioning on the market under DRG conditions, such as:

  • Comprehensive transparency of all services provided to patients by all those involved in the medical, nursing and functional services, and other parties involved. This requires complete and prompt recording of all services provided to patients (documentation). This also includes determining the optimized coding model that generates the optimum revenue volume within the fixed DRG framework conditions.
  • Comprehensive IT support by networking all those involved in the process
  • Internal pricing of the services provided with the costs incurred to create cost transparency (cost unit accounting)
  • Strategically oriented service planning based on an analysis of the market and competitive environment (which cases will change and how, where are the strengths and weaknesses compared to competitors?)