Corporate philosophyRHÖN-KLINIKUM AG shares the values and goals of the German health system. We aim to uphold the efficiency and social acceptability of this system in the future on the basis of the maxim of "rationalisation before rationing".
We regard rationalisation in hospitals as the creation of rational - reasonable - structures that help provide better services for patients, whilst enhancing the hospital's productivity and, thus, assuring the future of affordable patient care that does not depend on the individual patient's purchasing power. RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG has pioneered the implementation of such structures: with its proprietary flow concepts based on the division of labour, in which the patient's condition becomes the sole decisive factor. Within such structures, it's the patient who gives the beat, and the traditional doctor orientation is transformed into a clear alignment of all clinical processes towards patients' needs.Patient orientation is at the heart of our corporate code of conduct and ethics which has been adopted as the binding general guideline for our staff on all company levels. Every member of staff is required to recognise and meet the patient's requirements.
It's important to remember that we are there for our patients; they are the basis of our corporate existence and, for this reason, we structure our activities and our organisation primarily around them."The calculable success which we achieve by jointly implementing our concept is passed on to our employees by way of a profit-sharing scheme that values the contribution and encourages the personal performance of all our staff whose dedication and hard work make our success actually happen.The market also knows RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG as a pioneer of privatisation in the German hospital sector.
In the past, we have successfully demonstrated that private capital - generated from our own operations or provided by the capital market - is a key element where the challenge is to achieve rationalisation, thereby effect future-oriented innovation, ensure profitability and develop financing strength for further growth. It is this strength that enables our above-average high-level investing which, in turn, helps create precisely those structures that support our organisational concept with its emphasis on patient orientation and processes based on the division of labour.We are constantly devising new ideas for high quality and cost-efficiency in hospitals. One example is our new Teleportal Clinic model which is designed to exploit the immense potential offered by modern-day information technology.
It will not only significantly enhance the quality of hospital services for patients who live outside the big urban centres but also help prevent small local hospitals from dying out, thereby safeguarding the affordability of broad healthcare as an integral part of our social system.
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