Inpatient treatments are becoming increasingly complex: patients often have several existing conditions simultaneously, and various medical disciplines are often involved. Good coordination, clear responsibilities, and coordinated decision-making paths are becoming increasingly important.
Against this background, Hospital Zollikerberg is deliberately advancing its organisational development. The new structure strengthens specialised expertise along patients' inpatient treatment processes and creates better conditions for interdisciplinary collaboration between medicine, nursing, therapies, social counselling, psychiatry, and other areas of care. For complex treatment courses, the newly introduced single-case management supports a holistic view of individual cases and enhances coordination among the involved professionals. The specialised disciplines' expertise remains central and is more systematically interconnected through the new organisational structure.
Specifically, the new organisational structure is no longer oriented towards specialist clinics but according to care responsibility and patient pathways. The medical and surgical disciplines are consolidated in the new Department of Emergency and Acute Medicine, and simultaneously, the fields of gynaecology and neonatology are integrated into the Department of Women's, Children's and Maternity Medicine for holistic care. Complementing this is a newly structured Department of Medical Services and the Department of Nursing Expertise, Therapies, Counselling, which further strengthens interprofessional collaboration.
"With this development, we are aligning inpatient care even more closely with the needs of our patients. Professional specialisation, clear case management, and interdisciplinary collaboration will intertwine even more effectively. This creates the conditions to continue treating patients in a high-quality and coordinated manner in the future," says Christian Etter, Director of Hospital Zollikerberg.
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