Digitalization is expanding into all areas of life. The health care system is no exception. For some time now, health care providers and the industry at large have been working on innovative digital solutions.

The coronavirus pandemic took the world by surprise - and would bring daunting tasks for health care systems to face. The value of new processes needed to be proven, resources were temporarily scarce.

In a crisis, we need people who step up, and take on responsibility. Who do more than is asked of them. Who support those who cannot support themselves.

B. Braun has been fighting against COVID-19, and for patients and medical professionals around the world since the start of the pandemic.

Starting May 26, 2020, the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) was expected to apply in the European Union. Due to COVID-19 it was postponed by one year.

More and more people are taking care of themselves at home, with therapies that used to involve intensive hospital stays. Many patients are regaining control over their lives – while also saving health system resources.

The coronavirus pandemic is requiring everybody involved in the health care system and beyond to share expertise and work together. That is what we do. Let us all be busy in what we are good at, fighting the virus and flattening the curve.

Technological and demographic change is confronting the healthcare system with unprecedented challenges.

At a workshop at B. Braun's innovation lab, an interdisciplinary group of experts searches for answers to the big questions of the health care system.

How will a hospital operate in the year 2040? A tour through the health care system of the future.

Widespread diseases plague millions and cost billions. Can the spread of the ailments be slowed? Five experts give their answers.

The extent of the problem is enormous and alarming. The threat is real, it‘s here to stay, and the time to act is now.

Only a few women who receive dialysis treatment can have a baby. Estimates indicate less than a thousand cases in which a dialysis patient has given birth to a child—in the entire world.

Liesa Glaess, materials scientist at B. Braun talks about a typical work day in research and development, her personal interpreter qualities and the advantages of working at a family-owned company.

This year’s World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day is being held under the motto “Tell us your story.” Madita and Sarah have done exactly that.

Following a severe motorcycle accident hardly anyone believed Marco Rossato would ever steer a sailboat again – except for Marco himself. This summer he sailed around the entire Italian peninsula accompanied by his best friend, Muttley the dog.

Hardly anyone is immune to the travel bug. Not even the people who are dependent on parenteral nutrition.

Millions of people around the world are affected by urinary tract disorders and incontinence. Barb, the protagonist of our Annual Report, has experienced what that means for those affected and their families ...

Barb from Eagle Grove, Iowa is the face of this year’s Annual Report. She has something essential in common with B. Braun.

A person can lose up to 90% of their kidney function before experiencing any symptoms. Only when typical signs such as swollen ankles, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and decreased appetite show up do they notice that something is wrong*.

Larisa Ipolitova has now donated blood 41 times. That is exactly why she was honored by the city authorities with a merit award this year.

When people manage to overcome their own limits, a special power is created that moves everything forward – including medical technology.

Klaus-Dieter Maas has lived with cystic fibrosis since birth. Initially his life expectancy was just 14 years. Find out what kept him alive and how he overcame his biggest. fear.

Every year, the World Diabetes Day (WDD) is dedicated to raising the public’s awareness of diabetes. This 14 November, the initiator IDF puts the focus on women.

After an operation, many patients complain of pain and inadequate therapy. Patient satisfaction varies from hospital to hospital. That investing in well-thought-out treatment actually does pay off is no foreign concept to doctor and MBA Dr. Joachim Erlenwein.

Our heart is a wonder in endurance. In a life span of 80 years, it beats some three-billion times. It’s never allowed to take a break though, because even a small stuttering can be life threatening.

Travelling with parenteral nutrition: Marek Lichota loves the taste of freedom. Especially when he travels to foreign countries with his family and gets close to nature by cycling or swimming.

.. a wise man once said.* Or, in other words – when we risk leaving the solid ground of our comfort zone, there is much to be gained. Is this true?

Kateřina Antošová - paralyzed from the waist down - about being a happily married mother of three boys, a sports enthusiast, and a career woman.

Sarah Jacobskötter, product developer at B. Braun, describes her personal flights of inventive fancy, reality checks and tests of patience.

It is a day like any other when Teresa learns that she became infected with a hospital germ during a routine operation. After that day, nothing will be the same.

The who, where and why behind the Annual Report

For decades, the relevance of fascial and wound closure received only cursory scientific study.

Over 75" is the fastest growing age group among dialysis patients. These patients suffer from comorbidities that not only affect survival, but also the tolerance of extracorporeal renal replacement therapy.

Hand hygiene is one of the most important measures for preventing infections. It remains a mammoth undertaking around the world.

Palliative wound care is no longer about healing a cancer-related wound, it's about holistic care and symptom relief.

Rahel Mann does not fear death – yet she should have plenty of reasons to fear it because she survived World War II as a Jew in Berlin. Nowadays, restless Ms. Mann works in a Berlin hospice as a volunteer.

As part of MedTech Week 2016, B. Braun employee Yasar Bolat tells his story and explains what medical technology means to him.

Hand hygiene is one of the most important measures for preventing hospital infections. It remains a mammoth undertaking around the world.

Blood is scarce and expensive. Additionally, current studies have shown that a blood transfusion is a risk factor for higher hospital mortality and numerous health complications.

“Get your kicks on Route 66” hum Hinrich Brek and Dr. Karl-Heinz Gnutzmann still together, then Brek dozes off on the operating table of the Kronshagen outpatient surgery clinic.

Far too often, chondral defects (defects of the cartilage) in the knee are treated by the numbers. Lasting treatment success can only be achieved by thoroughly researching the cause in conjunction with providing stage-appropriate, step-by-step treatment.

Insights into how a Swiss renal care center gains time with data management and provides satisfaction for patients, health care workers and management

B. Braun celebrates the 10th anniversary of the WHO program, which has achieved major improvements in hand hygiene to help reduce HAI.

How stents and balloon catheters impact quality of life

Marek Lichota, a Polish patient living with short bowel syndrome, gets his quality of life back with parenteral nutrition.