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Initiative GeBeDi posts 95 theses against the ePA at Health Ministry

The GeBeDi initiative has pinned 95 theses against Germany's electronic patient record to the Health Ministry's door, urging a federated model over a central one.

Printed theses posted on a door outside a German government building in protest against the electronic patient record.
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The initiative GeBeDi has put up 95 theses against Germany's electronic patient record (ePA) in front of the Federal Health Ministry. The campaign echoes the historic form of protest and aims to push for fundamental changes to the system.

The group's core message is contained in its slogan: federated instead of central. Rather than a single, centrally organised record, the initiative argues for a decentralised, federated approach, and it couples its criticism with concrete proposals for improvement.

Why it matters

The ePA is meant to bring patients' medical data together in one place, and it affects virtually everyone insured in Germany. How such a system is built determines who controls the data, how it is protected and how much trust patients place in it. The initiative's intervention adds to the debate over whether the current design is the right one.

The individual theses and the detailed list of required changes were not available at the time of writing, so specific points of criticism are not covered here. Whether the ministry will respond to the initiative's demands has not been stated.

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