title: Watchdog makes a career for itself in hospitals: guidance in working with the complicated DRG system.
abstract: At an ever-growing number of German hospitals, a computer program by the name of "DRG Watchdog" is in use. It gives significant guidance in applying the complicated DRG system and underlines the importance of the laboratory for targeted diagnostics and for solid, data-backed DRG coding of the comorbidities that are of relevance for remuneration.
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D007882:Legislation, Hospital; D012984:Software