About the Event

The Zi-Congress Versorgungsforschung 2026 runs September 15 and 16 at the Villa Elisabeth in Berlin, organized by the Zentralinstitut für die kassenärztliche Versorgung (Zi). This edition is themed Telemedizin, KI und Krisenresilienz im Fokus (Telemedicine, AI and crisis resilience in focus), examining current challenges and future perspectives for digitally supported outpatient care.

Audience and Attendees

The congress is aimed at professionals from science, medical practice, self-administration, the health economy and digital health who work on healthcare research and outpatient care. Experts from research, practice and self-administration explore the applications and limits of telemedicine together.

Programme Structure

The two-day congress takes place in the Villa Elisabeth, whose intimate setting the organizers say allows for intensive professional exchange and targeted conversations between experts from care, research, and self-administration. The Zi also plans to present its regionalized health-services-research science prize during the congress, giving the winning paper a public presentation.

Main Topics

The programme centers on telemedicine, the use of routine health data, AI-supported analysis, and the development of future-proof care structures, weighing the opportunities and limits of digital innovation drawn from both research and practice.

Closing Session

The congress runs through its final day, September 16, 2026, in Berlin.

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