This year, finally, live and in colour again: from 26 - 28 April 2022, LOWTeq GmbH will be presenting the latest developments in its PDMS solutions at DMEA in Berlin, Europe's most important trade fair for digital healthcare. Also with regard to topics such as MDR and KHZG, we look forward to being able to present our solutions to you in person again, which meet all the requirements that are placed on a powerful PDMS system today and in the future. Visit us - you will find us in Hall 3.2, Stand A-105.

TÜV Süd has become LOWTeq GmbH's new partner for testing and certifying LOWTeqpdms as a medical device and for monitoring the quality management system (QMS). With TÜV Süd, LOWTeq has chosen an experienced and competent partner to ensure the timely and successful conversion of the existing MDD certificate of LOWTeqpdms into a valid MDR certificate and to meet the highest quality standards.

Claraspital Basel has already used LOWTeqpdms in anesthesiology and reception for some time. Since last week LOWTeq’s PDMS solution is now also in use in the intensive care unit of this Swiss acute care facility. Implementation of LOWteqpdms required the replacement of the former PDMS system. The process went without a hitch, thanks to a strategy that LOWTeq developed especially for this project.

The Paracelsus Clinic Marl has selected LOWTeqpdms for its intensive care unit. Go-live is planned for the first quarter of 2022, and preparations for a successful start are already well underway. The Paracelsus clinic is one of two facilities of Klinikum Vest GmbH in Recklinghausen.

The LOWTeqpdms go-live in the intensive care unit of the Hattingen Evangelical Hospital proceeded smoothly and according to plan. The Hattingen Evangelical Hospital is funded by the Evangelical Augusta Foundation in Bochum, which also funds the Augusta hospitals in Bochum and Bochum-Linden. LOWTeq is already an old friend at these two facilities, which have used LOWTeqpdms to good effect for several years now.

It’s official: LOWTeq GmbH has purchased a large lot in an industrial zone in the west of Cologne, and will build its own company building there. The new office facility will be a modern, efficient and well-designed working environment, whose architecture and atmosphere will reflect the innovative and advanced character of our software solutions.

With Andreas Prenger, the Support Team at LOWTeq GmbH has gained new strength. A degreed caregiver, Andreas’ long experience in that field will be a great help to the Support Team. His experience as a trainer and workshop leader in the implementation of computer-aided care documentation in a well-known psychiatric and psychotherapy clinic will also be a boon.

Immediately after getting her Master of Engineering in Information Technology, Suruthi Raman started her career in the LOWTeq Developer Team. In addition to her degrees, Suruthi Raman also has a certificate from an additional trainee program in software development, which she completed between her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

With Madiha Mushtaq, LOWTeq GmbH welcomes a new member to its team of developers. A degreed software developer, Madiha got her Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering in Pakistan before doing her Master’s in Germany. Prior to joining LOWTeq she worked as a freelance software developer for a few years.

LOWTeq GmbH is growing and growing and growing, and we need more people. We’re especially glad to welcome new colleagues in Sales, Marketing, Support, and Software Development. So if you’re looking for the perfect place to start your career, or are looking for a new professional challenge, if you have a thing for computers and find medical IT exciting, you’re right for us! Apply now and become part of our agile, successful team!

St. Antonius Hospital in Cleves has chosen LOWTeqpdms for its anaesthesiology and intensive care units. Go-live is planned for November of this year and preparations for on-schedule startup are already underway.

In May the annual audit of our LOWTeqpdms took place, more specifically the monitoring audit of our QMS to ISO 13485 and the audit of our MDD certificate. Once again everything went smoothly – we passed again! Simultaneously, our plans for the timely conversion of our existing MDD certification into a valid MDR certificate for LOWTeqpdms are well underway. The new European Ordinance on Medical Products requires that manufacturers of medical products make changes to their technical documentation as well as the documentation within their quality management systems.

We’re on Twitter too! On our new channel @lowteqG we share information on our PDMS solutions, new developments, and news from our company. The channel is accessible to anyone, including those who don’t have their own Twitter account. Spread the word!

The startup of LOWTeqpdms in the intensive care unit at the Kreiskrankenhaus Freiberg gGmbH proceeded successfully, on spec and on schedule. The only specialist hospital in its region of Saxony, and a member of the Sana Kliniken AG group, the facility selected LOWTeqpdms last October.

With Michael Hammesfahr, the Support team at LOWTeq GmbH has added to its capabilities. After stints at a medium-size consultancy and service provider, and a master data management software house, this IT specialist now deploys his expertise at LOWTeq primarily in backend support.

Since the start of the month, degreed economist Joal Kuate has added his capabilities to the Sales and Marketing team at LOWTeq GmbH. Here he’s responsible for implementation of sales strategies and marketing activities, and reports directly to Executive Management.

LOWTeq GmbH is teaming up with Dosing GmbH to boost patient safety through the integration of medication information system AiDKlinik® into LOWTeqpdms. As soon as a medication prescription is released in LOWTepdms, AiDKlinik® shows all known interactions between the drugs via Flycicle®. Thus, the choice and dosages of medications can be adjusted right when clinical decisions are made, for safety in drug treatment. By integrating AiDKlinik® into LOWTeqpdms, LOWTeq GmbH is continuing its commitment to high quality standards, and with AiDKlinik® it is working with a certified medical product.

After a short detour in an external IT department, Stefan Flach is back with the LOWTeq GmbH Support Department. The team there can again depend on him for project management and software training, as he has already worked for us in those areas for several years.

For a smooth workflow, LOWTeq is integrating Timerbee into LOWTeqpdms at St. Claraspital Basel, to achieve optimum use of the operating rooms. The integration of Timerbee in LOWTeqpdms is accomplished via an FHIR interface that LOWTeq GmbH developed together with Imilia GmbH.

LOWTeqpdms implementation went smoothly and on schedule in the neonatal unit of the Evangelischen Waldkrankenhaus Spandau (EWK), a company in the Johannesstift Diakonie. The 23-bed unit provides care for premature and newborn babies, now with the support of LOWTeqpdms. The implementation was notable for the extraordinarily constructive collaboration between the EWK and LOWTeq project teams.

It’s something special, so we’d like to let everyone know that this year we’re celebrating a round birthday – LOWTeq is turning 20! Since 2001, our LOWTeqpdms has been an example of the successful development of innovative and integrative patient data management solutions. Always with great employees and great customers! Congratulations!

IT service providers are required to be qualified per § 21 Para. 5 Line 1 of the Krankenhausstrukturfonds-Verordnung (KHSFV), in order to develop, apply for and implement digitalization projects for a hospital operator or clinic within the framework of the Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz (KHZG). In order to receive this qualification from the BAS (Federal German Office for Social Security), applicants must take coursework and pass a test. At LOWTeq, in addition to CEO Dr. Christoph Weigand, Bernd Bolduan, Patrick Schwermer, Michael Weigand and Kamran Awan now also have this certification from the BAS.

In a joint project with Sana IT Services GmbH, Jan Hahnisch and Fresenius Netcare GmbH, LOWTeq GmbH has successfully implemented an interface for the continuous reporting of medical services at the Sana Kliniken Duisburg. Every day at 00:00, DRG billable services for all patients in intensive care are reported to i.s.h.med and the DRG collector. Thus medical controlling can already review revenue generation during inpatient treatment.

From 17. to 18. November Dr. Christoph Weigand, CEO of LOWTeq GmbH will participate in the “Results Event of Decision Cycle 2020 / German Hospital Congress” in the “Decider Factory,” an initiative for health industry decision-makers. Via live stream he’ll present the PDMS strategy with regard to the pending Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz or KHZG. All interested parties can watch the live stream of the first day of the event at https://www.youube.com/watch?v=hKFPUriy15w

With perfect timing, LOWTeqintensiv care has gone into use in the intensive care unit of Caritas Klinik Maria Heimsuchung Berlin-Pankow. Strict corona precautions were maintained during the go-live, so that implementation could proceed smoothly and rapidly.

In the search for a high-performance PDMS for its intensive care unit, Kreiskrankenhaus Freiberg gGmbH, a member of Sana Kliniken AG, chose LOWTeqpdms from among the companies tendering bids. No time was lost once the decision to buy was made, and the project is already being implemented.

LOWTeqpdms has been in use since 2017 in the intensive care unit of the Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, a Johannesstift Diakonie gAG facility. Now the clinic has added LOWTeqpdms for its neonatal unit as well. Go-live is planned for QII 2021.

The implementation of LOWTeqpdms in the intensive care unit at the Kantonsspital Glarus was fast and focused. The facility is central to health care in Switzerland’s Glarus Canton and the adjoining region, and has used LOWTeqpdms in anaesthesia for some years now.

The Swiss company AnaesthesiaSA, formed in 2012 by anaesthesiologists, has chosen LOWTeqanaesthesia for its associated hospitals Clinique Générale de Fribourg and Clinique de Montchoisi in Lausanne. Implementation will start at the Clinique Générale de Fribourg, with go-live planned for the end of 2020. Implementation of LOWTeqanaesthesia in the Clinique de Montchoisi in Lausanne will follow. The collaboration with AnaesthesiaSA also meant another first for LOWTeq – our first PDMS module in a French version. Nous sommes très contents!

The regular recertification audit of LOWTeqpdms came up again, and we are proud to say that our patient data management system once again successfully gained certification. Well done, and keep up the good work!

The launch of LOWTeqintensive care went on time and as planned in the weaning unit for patients on artificial or assisted respiration at the Evangelischen Lungenklinik in Berlin. Part of the Johannesstift Diakonie gAG, the clinic has long used LOWTeqpdms in its intensive care unit, and so knew who to turn to for the weaning unit.

Since the beginning of March, Raimund Aßmus has been contributing his expertise to Support at LOWTeq GmbH. His previous experience includes a position at a leading provider of AI-supported automotive damage management and at a software provider in the field of master data. At LOWTeq this trained IT specialist is Support Coordinator.

Since the beginning of March, Patrick Schwermer has been with LOWTeq GmbH in Sales and Project Management. After working at a provider of online solutions for an international corporate group and a software developer, this degreed media designer is devoting his expertise to improving efficiency in our Sales structures and applying his analytical abilities to our Project Management.

After a bid tender process, the Caritas-Klinik Maria Heimsuchung Berlin-Pankow has accepted LOWTeqintensiv care for its interdisciplinary intensive therapy unit. The requirement was for a PDMS system certified as a medical product that could be linked with the existing AIS and take in data from the medical devices in the facility. LOWTeqintensiv care is a perfect fit, and go-live is planned for November of this year.

The startup of LOWTeqpdms in the intensive care unit at Haus St. Vincenz Heiligenstadt went perfectly. After Haus Reifenstein, Haus St. Vincenz Heiligenstadt is the second facility in the Eichsfeld Klinikum gGmbH to use LOWTeqpdms in its ICU.

Since February, the Development team at LOWTeq GmbH has been reinforced by Daphne Thompson. After getting her MBA she worked at a large automotive manufacturer and a technology firm in India, and at a software company. Daphne Thompson now brings her expertise in software engineering to LOWTeq for the further development and improvement of LOWTeqpdms.

Since mid-January, Fabian Frieß has been contributing his skills to our Development team. Formerly a systems developer at an international provider of integrated software solutions for the processing industry and logistics, the focus of this IT specialist’s work at LOWTeq GmbH is in interface development. 

The implementation of LOWTeqemergency at St. Claraspital Basel went as desired and as planned. Following LOWTeqanaesthesia, this is the second LOWTeqpdms module in operation in this Swiss acute care hospital. The go-live was also a successful premiere – St. Claraspital Basel is the first Swiss hospital to use LOWTeqemergency in its emergency care unit. What’s more, implementation of LOWTeqintensive care in the facility’s ICU is planned for 2021.

The implementation of LOWTeqpdms in the anaesthesiology department at the St.-Antonius-Hospital Eschweiler went quickly and smoothly. As an academic teaching hospital of the RWTH Aachen, with LOWTeqpdms the St.-Antonius-Hospital gGmbH in Eschweiler will further increase its high level of digitalization in anaesthesiology.

On 13. November 2019 Dr. Aloys Oberthür, CEO of LOWTeq GmbH, presented the flexible and integrative patient data management system LOWTeqpdms to students at an industrial colloquium held regularly at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Cologne. Afterwards Dr. Oberthür fielded students’ questions together with Kamran Awan, software developer at LOWTeq GmbH.

A perfect fit – with Kamran Awan, LOWTeq has added to the professional capacity in our developer team. Awan, a degreed mathematician, will contribute his skills to software development.

The time came for our quality management system (QMS) to be recertified, and we are proud to report that all went well. The conversion of our QMS certification to the latest 13485:2016 standard was a success.

LOWTeqpdms was taken into operation on schedule early this month in Anaesthesia at the Clara hospital in Basel. This successful go-live, which took place just two months after the contract signing, is the first of three planned implementations of LOWTeqpdms at this institution.

The Basel Clara hospital has officially decided to use modules of LOWTeqpdms. This highly specialized acute hospital will work with LOWTeqanaesthesia, LOWTeqintensive care and LOWTeqemergency. It is the first institution in Switzerland to use LOWTeqpdms in all of its acute medicine units. The go-live in Anaesthesia is planned for early June this year.

LOWTeqpdms was taken into operation in the intensive care unit of the Lichtenfels hospital right on time. The implementation process was marked by a very effective and positive collaboration.

With the Stroke Unit, Intermediate Care and Adult Intensive Care, LOWTeqpdms is now in use at three further units of the Duisburg Sana Clinics. A particular feature of the successful go-live in Adult Intensive Care was the problem-free replacement of the legacy Tachis system by LOWTeqpdms.

From 20-22 February 2019 the Hanseatic City of Bremen is hosting the 29th Symposium for Intensive Medicine + Intensive Care. Naturally, LOWTeq GmbH is again on hand to present the latest developments in PDMS solutions. Come see us in Hall 4, Booth M15 – we look forward to meeting you!

The 18th Congress of the DIVI, the Germain Interdisciplinary Intensive and Emergency Care Federation, takes place this year on 5-7 December in Leipzig. “Quality and Patient Safety” is this year’s motto, and naturally we’re there again. You’ll find us on Level 0 at Booth B55, right next to the neonatal intensive station. We look forward to showing you the newest refinements to our PDMS solutions and discussing with you the latest issues that a modern PDMS system must address.   

At short notice and on time, LOWTeqpdms was taken into service at the Paul Gerhard Foundation Evangelical Hospital in Wittenberg, the town where Luther lived and worked for much of his life. This is the sixth hospital in the Paul Gerhardt Diakonie e. V. foundation in Berlin and Wittenberg to be equipped with LOWTeqpdms. The startup process was smooth, so that all features were operational as soon as the PDMS was implemented.

The second LOWTeq User Meeting took place 13-14 Sep. 2018 in Cologne. After a relaxed cookout the evening before, the first day of the event was all business.
This year’s focus was on the topics of medication, fluid management and usability. These subjects were dealt with intensively in presentations, workshops and discussions. The extremely successful user conference ended with a look at the requirements that a modern PDMS will need to meet in the future.

Punctually in the first third of this year, LOWTeqpdms has been taken into operation at the pediatric intensive care and neonatal unit of the Wedau-Kliniken of the Sana Kliniken hospital system in Duisburg. Implementation was a success and now LOWTeq GmbH’s first project with Sana Kliniken Duisburg is up and running

Once again LOWTeq will be at the German Anaesthesia Congress in Nürnberg, the DAC 2018. In Hall 7A at Stand 27 we’ll present our latest product developments and show what a modern PDMS can do. We look forward to seeing you there and to enjoying some in-depth technical discussions!

This year again LOWTeq will naturally be at conhIT 2018 in Berlin, Europe’s leading health IT event. We look forward to discussing the latest industry developments with you and showing our solutions for digital documentation and analysis. Come see us in Hall 3.2, Stand A-107. We look forward to meeting you! 

At the West German Anaesthesia Conference 2018 at RuhrCongress Bochum LOWTeq GmbH will present the latest version of LOWTeqpdms. The event motto is “Smart decisions in anaesthesia and intensive care” for the 2nd year in a row and we look forward to welcoming you at Booth 30 for a smart discussion among professionals.   

The new year got off to a good start with the successful go-live of LOWTeqpdms at the intensive care unit of the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen. All the preparations had been completed before the end of the previous year, so that the system could be taken into use in January 2018 without issues. 

Modular structure and individual configuration - in Hall 4 M15 at the 28th Symposium for Intensive Medicine + Intensive Care in Bremen LOWTeq GmbH will show booth visitors how a first-class PDMS can look. We will also be showing new product developments and upcoming innovations. Come see us - we look forward to meeting you! 

At the start of the new year Katharina Gausmann added her capabilities to the LOWTeq GmbH developer team. Katharina Gausmann is not new to LOWTeq - before coming onboard as Junior Software Developer, Katharina Gausmann, who has a degree in media technology, proved her mettle in a several-week internship with our company.

With the start of the new year, the LOWTeq GmbH support team can look forward to knowledgeable reinforcement with Thorsten Ellebrecht. A degreed health and pediatric nurse, Ellebrecht comes directly to the LOWTeq Support Department from many years of experience in the neonatal intensive care unit of a well-known German university hospital.

The implementation of LOWTeqpdms in the intensive care units of the children’s clinic at the Wedau-Kliniken location of the Sana Kliniken Duisburg has been confirmed and will take place soon. This is the first project as part of a framework contract between Sana Kliniken Duisburg and LOWTeq GmbH.

On the heels of the intensive and intermediate care units of the Mülheim Evangelical Hospital, the intensive care unit of the Oberhausen Evangelical Hospital will now be fitted out with LOWTeqpdms. LOWTeqpdms will also be used in the anaesthesia operations of both hospitals.

From 6 to 8 December 2017, Leipzig will play host to the 17th Congress of the DIVI, the German Interdisciplinary Intensive and Emergency Care Association. We will naturally be there to present our progressive, integrative CIS solutions, including functionalities for pediatrics and neonatology. We look forward to welcoming you to our Booth 65 in Level 0 (B)!

With Klinik Amsee LOWTeqpdms is outfitting the intensive care unit at its fifth hospital in the Paul Gerhard Diakonie e.V. group. Implementation followed a framework agreement on the use of LOWTeqpdms for the intensive care units of all seven members of the group. The Evangelische Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, Evangelische Krankenhaus Hubertus, Martin-Luther-Krankenhaus and Evangelische Lungenklinik Berlin have already successfully implemented LOWTeqpdms in their IC units.

Since mid-October, preparations for the implementation of LOWTeqpdms in the intensive care unit of Haus Reifenstein have been in full swing. Haus Reifenstein is one of three hospitals of the Eichsfeld Klinikum in Thüringen. The go-live is slated for first quarter 2018.

Since early October 2017 Klinik am Park Lünen has been working with LOWTeqpdms, adding to the number of institutions in the Klinikum Westfalen Association that use LOWTeq GmbH. The Knappschaftskrankenhaus Dortmund already uses LOWTeqpdms with success for two intensive care units.

Since the beginning of July 2017 Petra van Endert has added her capabilities to the LOWTeq GmbH marketing team. Before joining us she worked at various well-known companies in project management and as an executive assistant. She has a degree in business management.

Since late June LOWTeqpdms has been in successful use in the St. Elisabeth House of the Bonn Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus (Cooperative Hospital). St. Elisabeth House follows St. Peter House as the second to use LOWTeqpdms for intensive care. The anaesthesia departments of all three houses of the hospital - St. Peter, St. Elisabeth and the St. John health center - have long been LOWTeqpdms users.

Since July 1, 2017 Daniel Scheidler has been contributing his expertise to the LOWTeq GmbH development team. Prior to joining us he worked for several years as a Java Full Stack developer for a provider of stock management software.

In mid-June 2017 LOWTeqpdms successfully went live in the anaesthesia department of the German Red Cross hospital in Sömmerda. LOWTeq has operated the facility’s communication server for some time. As further evidence of a successful relationship, the complete conversion to LOWTeqpdms took less than a week and went without issues.

LOWTeq GmbH to present innovative and integrative CIS solutions. Once again, LOWTeq GmbH will have its own booth at the Germany Anaesthesia Congress (DAC). From May 3 - 5 2017 we’ll be in Hall 7A, Stand 27 showing our innovative CIS solutions under this year’s DAC motto “Personalized Medicine - Challenge and Opportunities”. Come see us - we look forward to meeting you! 

onhIT is Europe’s leading event for Health IT. In 2017 it will celebrate its 10th year, and LOWTeq will naturally be an exhibitor again. You can find us from April 25 to 27, 2017 in Hall 3.2 / A-106 at the booth of our partner Telekom Healthcare Solutions. We’ll be presenting our newest LOWTeqpdms solutions, and giving advance information on future developments. So come see us! We look forward to talking with you. 

The Gesundheitszentrum Fricktal AG health center is adding the Rheinfelden hospital and Alta Aesthetica private clinic to the list of its facilities using LOWTeqpdms. Since 2013, LOWTeqpdms has been in successful use for anaesthesia at the company’s Laufenburg hospital. Going forward it will also support anaesthesia at the two other facilities.

This year again we’re attending the Bremen symposium on intensive medicine and care. We look forward to interesting presentations and information, and many discussions around practical issues. 

This year the Decider Factory in Düsseldorf is holding the 11th Decider Event for IT in the Health Industry. The purpose of the event is to select five key IT topics for the current calendar year. 12 finalists will present their proposals, among them LOWTeq. Together with Mark Neumann of ID Information und Dokumentation im Gesundheitswesen and PD. Dr. Jan Florian Heuer, Chief Physician of the Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt Bochum, LOWTeq CEO Dr. Christoph Weigand will present on “CIS and AMTS together for medication in the hospital - ensuring the highest possible medication therapy safety”. Good luck!

Since the start of 2017 the Knappschaftskrankenhaus (miners’ hospital) in Dortmund has used LOWTeqpdms in its intensive care unit. The iMedOne® integration design was adapted to the Citrix installation of the HIS.

With the go-live of LOWTeqpdms the Knappschaftskrankenhaus Dortmund has started a successful relationship between Knappschaft IT Services GmbH and LOWTeq GmbH based on the terms of a framework agreement.

Since January of this year the Hubertus Evangelical Hospital has been the second facility of Paul Gerhardt Diakonie e.V. to use LOWTeqpdms. A framework agreement between Paul Gerhardt Diakonie e.V. and LOWTeq GmbH provides for LOWTeqpdms use in the intensive care stations of all seven of the organization’s facilities.

Since January 2017 the Evangelical Waldkrankenhaus (Forest Hospital) in Spandau has been working with LOWTeqpdms. LOWTeqpdms is in use in the intensive care station in what is the first of seven facilities covered by a framework agreement between Paul Gerhardt Diakonie e.V. and LOWTeq GmbH.