The inav

Professorship for International Health Systems Research, Hannover Medical School ▪ Main Focus: Managed Care, Evaluation, Health Services Research, Health Economics, Innovative Healthcare Concepts

Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung has held a professorship for International Health Systems Research at the Hannover Medical School since 2001. He studied business administration at the University of St. Gallen and at the University of Paris-Dauphine and earned his doctorate at the University of St. Gallen. From 2007 to 2022, he was chairman of the board of the Bundesverband Managed Care e.V. (BMC). Professor Amelung holds many years of experience as a consultant for international and national healthcare companies as well as for the World Health Organization (WHO) and founded the inav in 2011. Through his activities, Professor Amelung can draw on a broad network of experts and is well established in academia, practice and politics.

His work and research focus on the areas of managed care and integrated care, consulting stakeholder in the health care system, the evaluation of care concepts, and the project development of innovative care concepts.

Ralph Lägel studied medicine and psychology at the University of Leipzig and completed his Executive Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management at the Universities of Salzburg, Marburg and Trier. His activities brought him into management and strategic positions at university hospitals, therapy centers, physician networks and pharmaceutical companies. Particular areas of focus have been innovative, digitally supported care models and, increasingly in recent years, work with start-ups and the development of an incubator for a major international company. Ralph Lägel was also a board member of the Bundesverband Managed Care e.V. (BMC) from 2010 to 2022 and continues to lead various working groups within the association. Since January 2019, he has been a co-owner and member of the management board of the inav.

Mr. Lägel’s main areas of focus at inav are the development of innovative care concepts, care management, and strategic consulting on the aspects of digitalization in healthcare and the market launch of digital health applications (DiGAs).

Malte Haring studied Health Communication at the University of Bielefeld and Medical Management at the University of Duisburg-Essen. In addition, he was a member of the young advisory board of a parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. After working for a B2B marketing agency, his professional career initially led him to the management consultancy KPMG. There, he focused on digitalization projects and on business process strategy development in the area of healthcare and social insurance. In 2019, he joined inav, where he took on responsibilities as Deputy Managing Director and Authorized Signatory in April 2021.

Mr. Haring holds specialized expertise in the areas of digital health and digitalization of the healthcare system, strategic consulting and business process development as well as piloting, evaluation and roll-out of new technologies and systems.

Education

• Dr. oec. publ., Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)
• MBR, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU)
• M. Sc. (Global Health and Development), University College London (UCL)
• Economist (Diploma), University of Heidelberg

Main focus

• Health economic evaluation and modeling
• Health services research and secondary data analysis
• Global health and international cooperation
• Profile on Research Gate

Education

• Doctorate, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne
• Diploma in Health Economics, University of Cologne

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts
• Project management

Main focus

• Conception of innovative care models
• (Health economic) evaluation of complex interventions
• Prevention and health promotion

Education

• M.Sc., Health Economics, University of Bayreuth

Current responsibilities

• Development of guidelines for the care of mentally ill patients
• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts
• Health economic analyses

Main focus

• (Health Economic) Evaluation of Complex Interventions
• Statistical Analyses in the field of Health Services Research
• Scientific Monitoring of Innovative Health Care Concepts and Digital Health Applications (DiGA)

Education

• PhD in Health Communication, Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) / University of Amsterdam, NL
• M. Sc. in Global Health, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, NL
• B. Sc. in Health Economics, University of Cologne

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts
• Project management

Main focus

• Conception of innovative care models
• (Health economic) evaluation of complex interventions

Education

• M. Sc. Public Health, Berlin School of Public Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• B. A. Economics, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts

Main focus

• Quantitative and Qualitative Health Services Research
• Care of People with Severe Asthma

Education

• M. A. Cultural Studies and German Literature, University of Bremen

Current responsibilities

• Quality management
• Preparation of project proposals
• Project management
• Marketing

Main focus

• Marketing
• Publications
• Applications for the Innovation Fund
• DiGA fast-track procedure

Education

• M. Sc. Public Health, Hannover Medical School
• B. A. Languages (German/French), State University of Languages and Culture, Tbilisi

Current responsibilities

• Quality management
• Data analysis
• Project controlling

Main focus

• Project controlling
• Evaluation of innovative care models

Education

• Sociologist (Diploma), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich

Current Responsibilities

• Development of study designs
• Evaluation of complex interventions of regional and nationwide prevention projects across health insurance funds

Main focus

• Qualitative and quantitative research
• Integrative research designs (mixed methods)
• Child and adolescent health in rural areas

Education

• M. Sc. Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• B. Sc. Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts
• Scientific consulting for the development of digital health applications (DiGA)

Main focus

• Quantitative health services research
• Statistical programming
• Telemedicine lifestyle interventions for Type II Diabetes mellitus
• Adherence and usage behavior in digital health applications
• (Digital) communication and information transfer in the health sector

Education

• M. A. Medical Anthropology, Free University Berlin & University of Copenhagen
• B. A. Ethnology and Political Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts
• Development of data privacy compliant survey methods
• Development of quality indicators for community care networks

Main focus

• Qualitative Health Services Research
• Integrative Research Designs (Mixed Methods)
• Patient- and Participant-Oriented Questioning
• Integrated Community Care
• Care and Case Management

Education

• M. Sc. Health Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care models
• Project management

Main focus

• Digital health
• Qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Innovative care models

Education

• M. Sc. Psychologie, Humboldt-Universität Berlin und Université Paris Nanterre (Frankreich)
• B. Sc. Psychologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg und University of Cambridge University (UK)

Current responsibilities

• Consulting for digital health and strategy projects
• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts

Main focus

• Digital health
• App development and DiGA fast-track procedure
• Care for people with mental and neurological illnesses

Education

• M. Sc. in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• B. A. in Rehabilitation Education, Humboldt University of Berlin

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts
• Health economic analyses

Main focus

• Quantitative health services research
• Statistical programming
• Digital health

Education

• M. A. Rehabilitation Science, University of Cologne
• B. Sc. Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau

Current responsibilities

• Evaluation of complex interventions of regional and nationwide prevention projects across health insurance funds

Main focus

• Child and adolescent health
• Integrative research designs (mixed methods)
• Quantitative survey and analysis methods in health services research

Education

• M. Sc. Public Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• B. Sc. Public Health and Administration, Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences

Current responsibilities

• Evaluation of complex interventions of regional and nationwide prevention projects across health insurance funds

Main focus

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts
• Qualitative and quantitative research
• Integrative research designs (mixed methods)

Education

• M. A. Public Health – Health Care Delivery, Economics and Management, University of Bremen

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care models
• Project management

Main focus

• Innovative models for health care services
• Market access for pharmaceutical manufacturers
• Market access for digital health applications (DiGA)

Education

• M. Sc. Health Economics, University of Bayreuth

Current responsibilities

• Establishment of a network for digitalized, cross-sector integrated and standardized care for Parkinson’s patients in Eastern Saxony
• Network management

Main focus

• Conception and implementation of models for health care services and networks

Education

• M. Sc. Industrial Economics, Berlin University of Technology
• B. Sc. Economics, Berlin University of Technology

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts

Main focus

• Quantitative and qualitative health services research
• Statistical programming
• Integrative research designs (mixed methods)

Education

• M. Sc. Global Health, Maastricht University
• M. Sc. Social Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
• B. A. Sociology and Political Science, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel

Current responsibilities

• Development and evaluation of innovative care concepts

Main focus

• Digital health applications (DiGA)
• Electronic patient file / electronic prescription in international comparison
• Statistical and qualitative analyses in health services research