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From New York to Charité

A visit to Charité in Berlin to discuss innovation, situation awareness, patient safety, and care equality.

David TschollOriginally shared · 3 April 2025Original LinkedIn post

An outdoor lunch with colleagues during the Berlin visit. — An outdoor lunch with colleagues during the Berlin visit. · Photo 1 of 11 · Select to enlarge.

From LinkedIn

The #VisualPatientAvatar and the #SwissCheeseModel traveled on the wings of a beautiful Airbus A359 to Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital 🥰. You made us feel like coming home.🙏🙏🙏 Anette Ströh Anne Flint Martin Kreis Akira-Sebastian Poncette Stiftung Charité for the opportunity to speak for #innovation, #situationawareness #patientsafety #careequality and for building bridges.✨🌱

In pictures

11 images

An outdoor lunch with colleagues during the Berlin visit. — 01 / 11 · An outdoor lunch with colleagues during the Berlin visit.

Discussing the future of patient monitoring with the Charité team. — 02 / 11 · Discussing the future of patient monitoring with the Charité team.

Connecting clinical information overload with visual design. — 03 / 11 · Connecting clinical information overload with visual design.

04 / 11 · Presenting the avatar's visual indicators at Charité.

A group photograph after the Berlin meeting. — 05 / 11 · A group photograph after the Berlin meeting.

The travel companions in front of Charité after dark. — 06 / 11 · The travel companions in front of Charité after dark.

07 / 11 · The avatar and Swiss cheese companion buckled in for the flight.

A Lufthansa aircraft on the apron during the journey. — 08 / 11 · A Lufthansa aircraft on the apron during the journey.

A visit to the flight deck during the trip. — 09 / 11 · A visit to the flight deck during the trip.

A close view of the aircraft’s engine on the apron. — 10 / 11 · A close view of the aircraft’s engine on the apron.

The aircraft’s flight displays on the journey from New York to Europe. — 11 / 11 · The aircraft’s flight displays on the journey from New York to Europe.

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