PPZ-Nurnberg

Name

PPZ-Nurnberg

Legal name

Stadt Nürnberg, NürnbergStift

Website

https://ppz-nuernberg.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLACAFAH

Virtual Nursing, Telemonitoring & Command Center Platforms

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) & Connected Care Platforms

SECONDARYHLAFAEAN

Home Health Remote Patient Monitoring & Virtual Nursing Providers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Home Health & Hospice Providers

SECONDARYHLACAFAG

Medical-Grade Device Connectivity & Device Management (MDM)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) & Connected Care Platforms

SECONDARYEDAGABAF

Health Sciences & Nursing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Higher Education Textbooks & Courseware

Keywords

• Care technology testing
• Nursing research services
• Digital health evaluation
• Implementation guidance
• Knowledge transfer

Headquarters

HQ city

Nürnberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: PPZ Nürnberg operates as a publicly funded research center within the nationwide 'Cluster Zukunft der Pflege' (Future of Care Cluster), supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Revenue is derived from government research grants for testing and evaluating care technologies.
2. Knowledge Transfer Services: Revenue generated through training programs, workshops, guides, and presentations on technology implementation in care settings. Services include competency development for nursing staff and educational institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PPZ-Nurnberg (Pflegepraxiszentrum Nürnberg) operates as a publicly funded nursing practice center that tests and evaluates digital care technologies in real-world settings. It acts as a bridge between technology developers and care practitioners, providing scientific evaluation of digital solutions in collaboration with nursing staff, care recipients, families, educational institutions, and manufacturers. It also disseminates findings through implementation guides, training programs, workshops, and the annual 'Zukunft der Pflege' conference.

Product overview

PPZ-Nurnberg (Pflegepraxiszentrum Nürnberg) is a nursing practice center that tests and evaluates digital care technologies in real-world settings. Rather than operating a single product, the organization serves as a testing and demonstration hub for a portfolio of care technology products across multiple categories: AI-powered solutions (Voize voice documentation, Night Nurse fall detection, CareMates admission management), sensor-based systems (ToverTavel interactive games, Abena Nova incontinence monitoring), therapeutic devices (inmuRELAX sound pillow, Plasma Care wound treatment, Active Mobilisation System mattress), digital communication tools (myo relative communication app, Cliniserve staffing platform), immersive technologies (Magic Horizons VR, VIARRO VR games, Qwiek-Up projector), and assistive devices (Zeitkompass smartwatch, Exoskeletons). The center also publishes implementation guides for technology adoption in care settings. Technologies are tested in collaboration with NürnbergStift facilities, Diakoneo, and Klinikum Nürnberg, with findings shared through publications and presentations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Implementierungsleitfaden (Implementation Guide) A free, downloadable practice guide providing structured advice and a working aid for introducing technical innovations into nursing care, drawing on multi-year testing experience and stakeholder input from stationary and clinical care settings.
• Care Technology Testing & Evaluation Service Scientifically accompanied testing and evaluation of digital care technologies (e.g., AI-based fall detection, voice documentation, VR applications, sensor-based systems) in real nursing environments with feedback from nursing staff, care recipients, and relatives.
• Pilot Project Support & Experiment Room Access Hands-on pilot project support and access to the PPZ experiment room for care facilities, manufacturers, and startups to test and critically evaluate new technologies with guided facilitation.
• Knowledge Transfer & Competency Development Training programs, workshops, presentations, and excursion offers for nursing schools, universities, and care staff to develop digital competencies and share practical insights from technology evaluations.
• Conference 'Zukunft der Pflege' (Future of Care) Annual national conference bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry partners to share research findings and practical insights on digital transformation in nursing care.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% positive effect rate in inmuRELAX sound pillow deployments
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Cluster 'Zukunft der Pflege'coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018PPZ Nürnberg is an integral part of the nationwide 'Cluster Zukunft der Pflege' (Future of Care Cluster), a federally funded initiative by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The cluster connects multiple care practice centers across Germany, enabling cross-regional collaboration, shared learning, and coordinated research on care technology implementation. Annual cluster conferences bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry partners.
• Stadt Nürnberg, NürnbergStiftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPPZ Nürnberg is operated by Stadt Nürnberg (City of Nuremberg) through NürnbergStift, the city's care services division. NürnbergStift provides the institutional infrastructure including multiple care facilities where technologies are tested in real care environments. This partnership enables direct access to care recipients, nursing staff, and relatives for technology evaluation.
• DiakoneomajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDiakoneo serves as a key testing partner, providing access to care facilities for technology evaluation. They have tested multiple technologies including inmuRELAX sound pillows, Active Mobilisation System, and ToverTavel interactive games. Their engagement spans stationary long-term care, dementia care centers, and day care facilities.
• Klinikum NürnbergmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKlinikum Nürnberg, one of the largest hospitals in Bavaria, partners with PPZ Nürnberg for clinical technology testing. The hospital served as testing site for Night Nurse AI fall detection system and EvoCare telerehabilitation platform. Clinical staff participate in evaluation studies and provide feedback on technology integration into hospital workflows.
• Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon OhmmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Technical University of Nuremberg serves as academic partner and conference venue for the annual 'Zukunft der Pflege' conference. The university provides academic oversight for technology evaluations and hosts the 8th Conference 'Future of Care' on March 3-4, 2026.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pflegepraxiszentrum Hannover: PPZ Hannover is another sibling center in the 'Cluster Zukunft der Pflege', focused on testing nursing technologies in practice settings. Its scope, public mandate, and partner model directly mirror PPZ Nürnberg, making it a cohort peer in the same initiative.
• Pflegepraxiszentrum Berlin: PPZ Berlin is a sibling practice center in the same federally funded 'Cluster Zukunft der Pflege', testing care technologies with real nursing staff and care recipients. It shares PPZ Nürnberg's mandate, funding model, and evaluation methodology, differing mainly by geography.
• Deutsches Institut für Pflegeforschung (dip): The dip is a Cologne-based applied nursing research institute that conducts evidence-based studies on care practice and technology. Like PPZ, it serves as an intermediary between research, providers, and industry in the German care ecosystem, making it the closest functional comparator.

Others

• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): HIMSS sets digital health maturity standards (e.g., EMRAM) and operates in Europe with provider-focused benchmarking. It competes for the role of neutral assessor of digital care adoption, but globally rather than as a Germany-specific practice tester.
• McKinsey & Company (Healthcare Practice): McKinsey's healthcare practice advises hospitals, payers, and ministries on care transformation, frequently addressing digital care and workforce strategy. It competes for advisory influence on the same ecosystem decisions that PPZ informs through its evidence base.
• Roland Berger (Healthcare): Roland Berger advises German healthcare providers, payers, and public entities on care strategy and digital transformation. It addresses the same policy and adoption decisions as PPZ, but as a fee-based consultancy rather than a publicly funded evaluator.
• KPMG Healthcare: KPMG's German healthcare practice advises providers, payers, and ministries on transformation, including digital care. It targets the same decision-makers as PPZ but operates on a commercial consulting model without PPZ's practice-testing infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• Fraunhofer IAIS: Fraunhofer IAIS is a large applied AI research institute with healthcare and life science projects. It overlaps with PPZ in the digital health and applied evaluation domain but operates with much broader industrial AI scope rather than a care-specific mandate.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin: Charité conducts large-scale clinical and care research across hospital and outpatient settings. It intersects with PPZ where hospital partners like Klinikum Nürnberg conduct evaluations, but Charité's scope spans the full medical research spectrum rather than nursing technology specifically.

Emerging players

• Hochschule für Gesundheit (hsg) Bochum: hsg Bochum is a public health university running applied research and competency development for healthcare professions. It overlaps with PPZ's educational segment (nursing schools, excursions, skills lab) but is primarily academic rather than a practice testing hub.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nuernbergppz

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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