MACH160 enjoys the benefits of the IPD cloud

As a specialized service provider for medical office and cooperation management, MACH160 has been offering doctors, pharmacists, therapists, nursing staff and patients an innovative holistic care concept since 2021. MACH160 is a health center and network anchored locally in Berlin that aims to offer patients the best possible medical care. The center at Marienfelder Chaussee 160 includes a modern medical center, a pharmacy, an outpatient nursing service and many other service providers.

Ideally, doctors who use the MACH160 service should be able to focus 100% on their actual core task – working with patients. To make this possible, MACH160 has created a kind of co-working space for doctors. Not only are the premises, administrative tasks and external image provided or managed centrally here, but also the IT infrastructure. Doctors can take advantage of the health center‘s complete service package on a temporary or permanent basis. All costs are covered by the rent for the doctor‘s office space.

Digitalization in the healthcare industry

In addition to creating an integrative and social offer, Nils Dehne, the founder and Managing Director of MACH160, was also particularly interested in the topic of digitalization. “In my view, something urgently needs to change in medical care. Neither the financial resources nor the personnel are available to continue as before,” says Nils Dehne. He adds: “The aim must be to enable access to medical expertise regardless of time and place.”

According to Nils Dehne‘s vision, all doctors, pharmacists, therapists, nursing staff etc. who are united under the umbrella of the health center should be able to work together in the best possible way and in the interests of the patients. When the health center was founded, it was clear that in order to meet this requirement, the facility had to have a modern and cloud-ready IT infrastructure that enables central administration, maximum flexibility and rapid scalability. All devices and all software services should be provided via the cloud or connected to the cloud. “When choosing a suitable service provider, their cloud expertise and flexibility were crucial for us,” says Nils Dehne. “IP Dynamics delivers both and met us as a partner on an equal footing.”

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IP Dynamics set up the infrastructure, including the architecture of the network for the health center in Marienfelder Chaussee, completely according to the ideas of Nils Dehne and his team. All IT services, such as the Microsoft infrastructure, were provided from the cloud. The high-performance telephone system from innovaphone is also a 100% cloud solution. IP Dynamics operates the entire system in German data centers and ensures trouble-free operation of the system and the best possible protection of all data by complying with the highest security standards.

As MACH160 does not employ its own IT staff, IP Dynamics acts as a full-service provider, taking care of setting up the infrastructure, providing the necessary hardware and running the cloud solution. From Nils Dehne‘s perspective, this is the ideal solution for MACH160: “As a service provider working in partnership, IP Dynamics provides us with everything from a single source and to our maximum satisfaction.”

The innovative concept of MACH160 is convincing both the so-called service providers and the patients. The health center and the medical care network are constantly being expanded. All functions should be available for all workstations that are added. As the system can be scaled as required, this can be achieved effortlessly and without long set-up times. The main location in Marienfelder Chaussee can be easily expanded at any time. It is also possible to integrate new locations – such as additional medical centers or pharmacies – into the health center‘s infrastructure in the future. Other features of the services used can also be activated or rolled out across the board at any time if required. For example, the diverse Unified Communications functionalities of innovaphone‘s telephony solution (myApps).

The move to the cloud was a complete success for MACH160. “In terms of scalability, the cloud solution is unbeatable,” says Nils Dehne. “And when it comes to IT security, the cloud also has many advantages over the conventional server in the basement. We have full confidence in our partner IP Dynamics and its state-of-the-art security concept.”