Special software could ensure that corona vaccination doses are available faster and more precisely - and vaccination appointments no longer have to be canceled or postponed.
Corona vaccination in Germany: how many doses, when and where?
Software developed by several companies could answer these questions.
According to a
Spiegel
report, Biontech could also do this - it will first be tested in Bavaria.
Berlin - "The biggest vaccination campaign in history has been managed in part with Excel tables, pens and paper," the
Spiegel
warned
in a current report.
There is a lack of comprehensive software in Germany * for the nationwide distribution of Corona * vaccines.
How and where exactly the information from the federal states should come together was only "very vaguely" recorded in the crisis plan: "Nobody is currently in a position to see the delivery from the manufacturer to the distribution centers to each of the over 400 local vaccination centers" is it [called.
According to information from the news magazine, several companies such as Siemens, SAP or Salesforce are offering ready-made “vaccination management solutions”, partly supported by artificial intelligence (AI) that “reacts dynamically to epidemiological conditions”.
Reduce vaccination chaos through software?
Biontech in conversation with the Spahn Ministry
As the
Spiegel
also reports, the Mainz-based pharmaceutical company Biontech is currently developing such software.
It will initially be tested as a pilot project together with the State of Bavaria and is largely ready.
The system should not only include Biontech deliveries, but all approved vaccines.
It should control how many doses are delivered to which vaccination center, when and where additional deliveries are required and how as many people as possible can be vaccinated despite tight doses.
The number of employees required in the vaccination centers can also be calculated.
This planning security could, among other things, prevent vaccination appointments from being missed and make hundreds of thousands of additional vaccine doses available at short notice because the doses no longer have to be withheld for the second vaccination.
According to
Spiegel
information, the Federal Ministry of Health * is in talks with Biontech.
Time is of the essence because several million doses per week are expected soon, making the organization much more complex.
Corona vaccination in Germany: Lauterbach calls organization "bad"
"We urgently need to become more professional and we need vaccination logistics with which we can reliably vaccinate more and faster," said SPD * health expert Karl Lauterbach to
Spiegel
.
He is surprised that vaccination logistics are “badly organized” and “non-transparent”.
"I even thought we can do that particularly well."
Every screw company can always see where its products are and deliver them "just in time", said Lauterbach.
Something similar is needed for vaccination management.
Especially because of the mutants * it is already clear "that we need another round of booster vaccinations this year."
“The analysis is as obvious as it is bitter.
As soon as technology is involved, little works in the high-tech country of Germany: from the Corona warning app to the allocation of vaccination appointments, ”is also the preliminary conclusion of the
Spiegel
report.
Because: time is pressing.
(frs with material from AFP)
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