The Hospital Future Act (Krankenhauszukunftsgesetz, KHZG) is an investment programme of the Federal Ministry of Health that serves to promote the digitalisation and modernisation of hospitals.
The funding is awarded through the Hospital Future Fund (Krankenhauszukunftsfonds, KHZF) by the Federal Office for Social Security (BAS).

Digitalisation strategy
As part of its digitalisation strategy, the Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus Freiburg has applied for the following funding categories from the Hospital Future Fund (Krankenhauszukunftsfonds, KHZF):
- Funding category 2 “Patient portal”
- Funding category 3 “Digital nursing and treatment documentation”
- Funding category 6 “Digital service requests”
- Funding category 10 “IT security”
The procurement is supported by funding from the Hospital Future Fund (KHZF), which in turn is refinanced by the European Union under the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (AFG).
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