Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V.

What Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V. does

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V. (DGDM), founded in November 2020 and headquartered at Mühlenstr. 8a in Berlin, is a registered gemeinnütziger Verein (non-profit association) operating as a medizinisch-wissenschaftliche Fachgesellschaft for digital medicine. With 8 staff, it serves (dental) medical students, physicians, psychotherapists, scientists and allied healthcare professionals in Germany, advancing the field through networking, scientific exchange, health policy commentary, and standards development. Its service portfolio comprises the annual DGDM Symposium (scientific conference with keynotes, workshops and award ceremonies), DGDMtalks (continuing education), Wissenschaftliche Roundtables (expert discussions), the Promotionsstipendium doctoral scholarship (€1,000/month for 12 months, co-funded with Deutsche Ärzte Finanz) and Wissenschaftspreise for bachelor's, master's, dissertation and publication work.

DGDM is not a technology builder; rather, its 'core technology' reference (telemedicine, AI, extended reality, IoT in healthcare) describes the subject matter of its advocacy and education rather than in-house capabilities. The organization distributes content via digitale-medizin.org, social channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, X), an email newsletter, and streamed/virtual events, and it engages in health policy commentary — including on the Nationale Datenstrategie — that amplifies its scientific authority.

The business model is member-funded: DGDM charges no publicly disclosed program or membership fees, with activities underwritten by member contributions, partner co-sponsorship (notably DÄF for the scholarship program), and event-related income. Governance is exercised through a Vorstand and Beirat, and intellectual outputs include the September 2024 Impulspapier zur Definition der Digitalen Medizin and a Code of Conduct for ethical collaboration.

Name

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V.

Legal name

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V.

Website

https://digitale-medizin.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V. (DGDM) is a Berlin-based non-profit medical-scientific professional society, founded November 2020, that advances digital medicine in Germany by networking physicians, scientists, students and allied healthcare professionals and running events, training, scholarships and standards work.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Professional Society / Digital Medicine Continuing Education

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

DTx/SaMD Evidence, Outcomes & Real-World Data (RWE) Platforms (HLACANAM)

Keywords

• Digital medicine research
• Medical professional society
• Continuing medical education
• Healthcare digitalization
• Clinical research funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V. (DGDM) is a nonprofit medical-scientific professional society that serves as a networking, continuing education, and research-funding platform for physicians, psychotherapists, healthcare professionals, and medical students in the field of digital medicine. Its core offerings include the annual DGDM Symposium, DGDMtalks continuing education sessions, scientific roundtables, a doctoral scholarship (Promotionsstipendium), and scientific awards, complemented by position papers such as the Impulspapier zur Digitalen Medizin.

Product overview

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Digitale Medizin e.V. (DGDM) is a medical-scientific professional society, not a product company. It operates as a networking and educational organization focused on digital medicine. The society offers a portfolio of professional development services including the annual DGDM Symposium (scientific conference), DGDMtalks (continuing education sessions), and DGDM Wissenschaftliche Roundtables (expert discussion forums). Additionally, DGDM administers funding programs including the Promotionsstipendium (doctoral scholarship) and Wissenschaftspreise (scientific awards) for Digital Medicine research. The organization also publishes position papers such as the Impulspapier zur Digitalen Medizin and maintains ethical standards through its Code of Conduct. These offerings collectively support the society's mission of advancing digital medicine through networking, education, and research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DGDM Symposium Annual scientific conference for physicians, researchers, and students in digital medicine, featuring keynote lectures, scientific highlights, scholarship recipient recognition (Stipendiatenehrung), and workshops on AI in healthcare, digital therapeutics, and digital care.
• DGDMtalks Ongoing continuing education training series for (dental) physicians and healthcare professionals covering practical digital medicine topics such as DiGA (apps on prescription), AI-generated documentation, remote patient monitoring, and digital nursing assistance.
• DGDM Wissenschaftliche Roundtables Virtual moderated expert discussion forums on focused digital medicine topics including Hospital at Home, AI in medicine, digital medicine in nursing, and outcome measures in digital medicine.
• Promotionsstipendium Digitale Medizin Annual doctoral scholarship program in Digital Medicine, co-sponsored with Deutsche Ärzte Finanz, providing €1,000 per month for 12 months to selected medical and dental students or physicians pursuing a doctorate in Digital Medicine. Application deadline June 30 each year; scholarship starts October 1.

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual DGDM Symposium providing scientific exchange platform for digital medicine
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• HPI (Hasso-Plattner-Institut)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Collaboration on the DGDM Symposium 2024, with HPI represented in the welcoming session. HPI appears as a co-host or participant in the symposium program.
• Deutsche Ärzte Finanz (DÄF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Joint partnership for the annual Promotionsstipendium 'Digitale Medizin' awarded to medical and dental students pursuing doctorates in digital medicine. The DÄF co-sponsors this PhD scholarship program with DGDM, providing 1,000 € per month for 12 months to selected candidates.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL): European-level multi-stakeholder organization promoting digital health adoption and policy across Europe. Comparable to DGDM in mission (advancing digital health as a field) but operating at EU level and with broader stakeholder membership including industry, payers, and providers.
• European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI): European regional federation of national medical informatics associations, running annual MIE conferences and working groups. Comparable in subject matter (medical informatics) and educational/scientific mission to DGDM, but operating pan-European rather than nationally.
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA): The premier US professional society for informatics in healthcare, running annual symposia, working groups, and policy advocacy. Comparable to DGDM as a national scientific convener in health informatics and digital health, but serving the US market with substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin (DGIM): One of Germany's largest medical-scientific societies, running annual congresses, awards, and continuing education for internists. While focused on internal medicine, it serves as a structural template for what a mature German Fachgesellschaft looks like and represents a potential competitive anchor for digital medicine committees.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Telemedizin e.V. (DGTelemed): German medical-scientific professional society dedicated to telemedicine and digital healthcare delivery. Most structurally and topically comparable organization to DGDM, both being Berlin-area Fachgesellschaften advancing the digital transformation of medicine in Germany.
• TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V. German non-profit umbrella organization for networked medical research. It provides infrastructure, standards, and working groups for collaborative medical research in Germany — closely mirroring DGDM's role as a convener and standards-setter but for research IT rather than digital medicine delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS): The largest global professional society for health information and technology, running major conferences (HIMSS Global Health Conference) and credentialing programs. Represents the scale ceiling for what a digital health society can become globally — much broader scope and international reach than DGDM.
• Bundesärztekammer (German Medical Association): The national umbrella association representing all physicians in Germany. It operates across the full spectrum of medical specialties including policy advocacy, continuing education, and standards — much broader than DGDM but a benchmark for the scale and authority a Fachgesellschaft can achieve.

Others

• gematik GmbH: The German national agency responsible for the telematics infrastructure and electronic health record. While not a professional society, it is the central institutional actor shaping Germany's digital health policy — and DGDM's policy commentary work (Impulspapier, National Data Strategy response) operates in gematik's regulatory orbit.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/medizin_digital
• Facebookfacebook.com/digitalemedizin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/digitale-medizin

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