AfD on digital affairs

The AfD wants to make telemedicine a fixed part of standard care and to use artificial intelligence as a tool in health care. It rejects a central database for treatment data. Instead, emergency data should be stored directly on the health insurance card.

The AfD wants more treatment by video and internet. Computer programs should help doctors but not replace them. The AfD does not want one big store of patient data. Key data for emergencies should be on the insurance card.

Telemedicine networks between facilities are to be recognized and also opened up for direct contact between patient and doctor. The AfD rejects anonymous online doctors paid for by the health insurers. The card should hold the medication plan, the living will and, if the patient wishes, willingness to donate organs. According to the program, AI should take over administrative and technical tasks, relieve staff, and support care in structurally weak areas. The AfD wants a framework that builds trust without forcing people to adapt.

The AfD wants to speed up the rollout of fiber and mobile networks, giving priority to rural areas. A digital fund would support businesses, and dealings with public offices would move online.

The AfD wants faster internet and better cell phone coverage. Villages should come first. Companies should get money for new computer technology. People should be able to handle office matters online.

The platform points to dead zones and slow connections in many parts of the state. Permits for network construction are to be simplified. A digital fund would help companies automate and modernize their IT and strengthen training of their own IT specialists, to reduce dependence on outside providers. Businesses should be able to use innovations without what the AfD sees as excessive regulation. Administrative procedures are to become faster and red tape reduced.