Anna-Lena Brecher, M. Sc.

research associate

Research focus Health Economics and Health Policy

Phone: +49 511-532-6826

E-mail: Brecher.Anna-Lena@mh-hannover.de

Professional background

since 03/2024
Research Assistant, Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Hannover Medical School
Research focus: Health Economics and Health Policy

since 05/2023
Research Assistant, inav - private Institute for Applied Health Services Research

05/2022 - 04/2023
Working student Capabilities & Insights Healthcare, McKinsey & Company

05/2020 - 04/2022
Fitness trainer and exercise instructor for rehabilitation sports, Sports Plaza Health and Activity Center

09/2021
Intern Applied Intervention Research, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology, Applied Intervention Research

08/2020 - 09/2020
Intern Sports Therapy, Outpatient Rehabilitation Center Koblenz

07/2016 - 03/2020
Fitness trainer, Atlas Sport Bad Marienberg

Apprenticeship

2021 - 2023
Study M. Sc. Public Health, Technical University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen

2018 - 2021
B.Sc. in Exercise and Health, Justus Liebig University Giessen

Project

NADI - Benefits and Acceptance of Digital Health: International Experiences, Options for Action and Patient Preferences

Book

Brecher A-L, Urbanski-Rini D, Amelung VE (2025). Study – Hospital@Home - an innovative care concept for the healthcare of the future. Eds.: Rhön Stiftung

Book chapter

Kraft L, Brecher A-L, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2025). Germany: Integrated Care as a Competitive Strategy for Health Insurance Companies. In: Amelung V, Stein V, Suter E, Goodwin N, Balicer R, Beese AS. (eds) Handbook of Integrated Care. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25376-8_115-1

Journal articles

Chwiecko J, Brecher A-L (2025). Poland's healthcare system in the digital transformation. Health and Social Policy (G&S), pp46-53. doi.org/10.5771/1611-5821-2024-6-46

Scheuer A, Brecher A-L, Kraft L, Amelung VE (2025). Saudi Arabia: A country rebuilds. Healthcare in the fast lane? Health and Social Policy (G&S), S29-34. doi.org/10.5771/1611-5821-2024-6-29

Abstracts

Kraft L, Brecher AL, Amelung VE (2025). International case studies on tipping points in the digital transformation of healthcare systems. In: Lahmann, Nils, Sandra Strube-Lahmann, Steffen Dißmann, Nicole Freitag, Alina Unkart, Susan Vorwerg-Gall, and Pflegepraxiszentrum Berlin (eds.). Conference proceedings of the seventh Cluster Conference 2025, p. 78, Berlin. March 11-12, 2025.

Brecher AL, Kraft L, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2024). International case studies on success and failure factors in the implementation and use of digital health tools. Healthcare 2024; 86(S 05): 314-315. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1794308.

Kraft L, Brecher AL, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2024.) Digital health tools in international comparison: case studies on success and failure factors for implementation and use. Health - together. Cooperation conference of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS), German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP), German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS) and the German Society for Public Health (DGPH). Dresden, 08-13.09.2024. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2024. docAbstr. 496. doi: 10.3205/24gmds799

Kraft L, Brecher A-L, Sgraja S, Amelung VE (2024). International case studies: success and failure factors for digital transformation in healthcare. European Journal of Public Health. 2024; 34(Suppl 3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1193