Diakonie Akademie für Gesundheit und Soziales

What Diakonie Akademie für Gesundheit und Soziales does

Diakonie Akademie für Gesundheit und Soziales (DAGS) is the continuing education and training division of the Paul-Gerhardt-Stiftung, a church-affiliated foundation operating within the Johannesstift Diakonie (JSD) healthcare group in Germany. Founded in 2011 and headquartered at Kirchplatz 9 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, DAGS provides practical qualifications, continuing education, and seminars across 14 course categories covering palliative and hospice care, geriatrics, mandatory training (Pflichtunterweisungen), leadership, communication, professional qualifications, and diaconal culture and ethics. The academy serves nurses, caregivers, nursing assistants, doctors, therapists, hospice workers, social workers, and practice instructors, with primary training volume delivered to JSD employees across its hospitals, nursing homes, and home care services, supplemented by external fee-paying participants.

DAGS operates a hybrid delivery model combining in-person classroom instruction at five locations across Berlin and Lutherstadt Wittenberg with the Digitalakademie e-learning platform (digitalakademie.jsd.de) for self-paced online courses. The technology stack is conventional and outsourced: imc Learning Suite serves as the LMS, Kufer SQL manages seminar administration, Matomo provides web analytics, and Microsoft Azure (within the EEA) hosts the infrastructure under a formal data processing agreement with imc AG. Multiple courses hold DGP, DHPV, and BÄK certifications, including the 40-hour Palliative Care Basic Course, the 120-hour Palliative Care Fallseminar, and the SpECi-certified Spiritual Care Basic Course, qualifying graduates for the additional medical designation in palliative medicine.

The revenue model is a hybrid of zero-cost internal training (JSD employees receive courses free as employer-provided professional development) and fee-based external enrollment, with course prices ranging from €129 for entry-level certifications to €2,295 for the 120-hour palliative care seminar. External fees are exempt from VAT under §22a UStG. The marketing and distribution stack is light: a searchable course catalog on the website, a Facebook presence under the JSD umbrella, and email newsletters. There are no external funding rounds, no venture investment, no app, no public API, and no disclosed revenue figures, consistent with the entity's nonprofit foundation structure under state supervision by Landesverwaltungsamt Sachsen-Anhalt.

Name

Diakonie Akademie für Gesundheit und Soziales

Legal name

Paul-Gerhardt-Stiftung

Website

https://akademie.johannesstift-diakonie.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DAGS is a nonprofit continuing education academy operated by the Paul-Gerhardt-Stiftung foundation, delivering in-person and e-learning courses in palliative care, geriatrics, mandatory training, and professional development to healthcare and social services professionals, primarily serving employees of the Johannesstift Diakonie network in Germany with some external participants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Continuing Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Project, Quality & Operations (PMP PDUs, Six Sigma, Quality CE) (EDAAALAM)

Keywords

• Healthcare education
• Social care training
• Continuing education
• Palliative care training
• Professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Lutherstadt Wittenberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Course and Seminar Fees: Revenue generated from course fees charged to external participants and non-JSD employees. Employees of Johannesstift Diakonie receive courses free of charge as part of employer-provided training.
2. E-Learning Subscriptions: Digital courses available through the Digitalakademie platform, including mandatory training modules (Datenschutz, Notfallmanagement, Basishygiene, etc.) available anytime.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Diakonie Akademie für Gesundheit und Soziales (DAGS) is a continuing education provider for healthcare and social services professionals, offering accredited classroom-based courses in Berlin and Lutherstadt Wittenberg as well as online learning through its Digitalakademie. The academy delivers certified training programs in palliative care (DGP/DHPV/BÄK), spiritual care (SpECi), geriatrics, nursing management, hygiene, and other healthcare specializations. Courses are offered to employees of the Johannesstift Diakonie (JSD) group free of charge and to external participants for course fees ranging from approximately €300 to €2,295.

Product overview

Diakonie Akademie für Gesundheit und Soziales (DAGS) is a continuing education academy offering a comprehensive portfolio of training programs for healthcare and social services professionals. The academy provides both in-person classroom courses across 14 topic categories and e-learning through its Digitalakademie platform. Course categories include palliative and hospice care, geriatric care, mandatory training, leadership development, communication skills, professional qualifications, and service excellence. The academy operates under the Paul-Gerhardt-Stiftung umbrella and serves employees of the Johannesstift Diakonie network as well as external participants in the German-speaking region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DAGS Digitalakademie: E-Learning platform offering self-paced online courses for professional development and personal growth in healthcare and social sectors.

Products and services

• Digitalakademie (E-Learning Platform)
• Palliative Care Training Courses
• Spiritual Care Training (SpECi)
• Geriatric Care Courses
• Mandatory Healthcare Training
• Classroom-Based Continuing Education (Berlin and Wittenberg)

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Paul-Gerhardt-StiftungcoreOthersParent foundation that operates and funds DAGS as its educational division. Provides oversight, governance, and institutional support. Located at Kirchplatz 9, Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
• Johannesstift DiakoniecoreOthersPrimary customer and affiliated healthcare network whose employees receive free training through DAGS. DAGS serves as the internal training academy for the organization's workforce across hospitals, nursing homes, and home care services.
• imc AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology provider for the imc Learning Suite e-learning platform used by DAGS. Cloud platform operates on Microsoft Azure within the European Economic Area. DAGS has a data processing agreement (Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag) with imc AG per §30 DSG-EKD / Art. 28 DSGVO.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bildungswerk Irsee: Bavarian-based continuing education institute offering multi-week certification programs for healthcare, nursing, and social-work professionals. Comparable as a specialized CE provider serving licensed practitioners with regulated curricula.
• Evangelische Akademie (various state academies): Network of Protestant church-affiliated academies providing continuing education for social, healthcare, and ethics topics. Direct peers in church-based, values-driven CE for social and care professionals, with overlapping topics in ethics, communication, and gerontology.
• Caritas Akademie: Operates continuing education programs for healthcare and social-care professionals across Catholic-affiliated institutions in Germany. Directly comparable to DAGS in mission (church-affiliated, healthcare CE) and target learner base (nurses, caregivers, social workers).
• Malteser Akademie: Malteser Hilfsdienst's training arm delivers certified continuing education for healthcare, hospice, and emergency-services staff in Germany. Comparable in combining faith-based heritage with medical/hospice CE and serving practitioner-level certifications.

Broad incumbents

• Springer Medizin (Springer Nature): Major German medical publisher and CME provider delivering accredited online training, congress content, and certification courses for physicians and healthcare professionals. Broad incumbent competing for the same external CE spend via digital channels.
• Aesculap Akademie: B. Braun-owned medical education provider delivering accredited continuing education for physicians, nurses, and OR staff across Germany. Broader incumbent with deeper corporate training resources, overlapping in healthcare professional CE.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Fort- und Weiterbildung): Charité's continuing education division offers a wide portfolio of certified medical CE for clinicians, including palliative care. A larger incumbent in the same Berlin healthcare CE space, with stronger academic brand and broader specialty coverage.

Regional players

• Stiftung Bildung Evangelische Kindertagesstätten (and similar foundation academies): Protestant-affiliated foundation providing accredited training and qualification programs for educators and care professionals. Comparable as a non-profit foundation-run academy serving regulated social/healthcare professions, though focused on early-childhood rather than clinical care.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/diakonieakademie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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