Dear Colleagues,
it is an extraordinary pleasure for me to present this really interesting booklet
that was created at the occasion of the 90th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head & Neck Surgery.
The highly significant scientific contributions from nine universities discuss different
aspects of the meeting’s motto entitled “Digitization in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology” and
show important fields for developing and securing the future of our discipline.
During the last years, digitization and artificial intelligence gain increasingly in importance for the German healthcare landscape and thus also
for the field of oto-rhino-laryngology. With regard to future developments in healthcare
services it is essential to impart digital competences to physicians, medical staff,
but also to patients in a well-structured way. At the same time, the legal and ethical
issues resulting from medical-technological progresses have to be thoroughly discussed.
