Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein

The Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Schleswig-Holstein (KVSH) is a corporation under public law that, as a medical self-governing body, represents the interests of approximately 16,800 established contracted doctors and psychotherapists in Schleswig-Holstein. It acts as a central interface between the medical profession, health insurance companies, patients and political institutions and ensures outpatient medical care for the statutorily insured in the federal state. The KVSH also assumes sovereign tasks that have been legally assigned to it by the federal legislator, including ensuring and guaranteeing needs-based outpatient health care[2].

The core tasks of the KVSH include the organization, coordination and quality assurance of contracted medical care in Schleswig-Holstein. It offers its members comprehensive support, for example through digital services such as the modern member portal. This portal includes functions for the simple management of quality assurance procedures such as organized cancer screening, nosocomial wound infections or Disease Management Programs. The introduction of automated processes in the member portal serves to avoid errors and relieve practice procedures[3].

The KVSH attaches importance to data protection and IT security. In accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), the personal data of its members and users is treated strictly confidentially and access to digital services is via secure procedures with two-factor authentication - an important contribution to the protection of sensitive health data[4].

The KVSH's self-image is based on the mission of continuously securing and further developing the quality of medical care. The focus is on the best possible patient care. As a corporation under public law, it also assumes responsibility for sustainable structures and processes in the Schleswig-Holstein health system. Through digital modernization of its services and continuous quality controls, the KVSH contributes to efficient, transparent and sustainable outpatient care.

Overall, the KVSH sees itself as a reliable partner for outpatient medical care and enables its members to run a modern, secure and quality-oriented practice within a health care system organized on the basis of solidarity.

This description summarizes the essential aspects of the KVSH, based on the available information on its website and other sources.

• 1 - https://www.kuestenfischer.de/unternehmen/kassenaerztliche-vereinigung-schleswig-holstein
• 2 - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassen%C3%A4rztliche_Vereinigung_Schleswig-Holstein
• 3 - https://www.kvsh.de/praxis/praxisfuehrung/newsletter/mitgliederportal-3
• 4 - https://www.kvsh.de/datenschutz
• 5 - https://kreisverkehr-sha.de/aktuelles/unternehmensprofil/