Horst Kunhardt

Prof. Dr. Horst Kunhardt, a computer scientist and human biologist, has been a professor at Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) since 2004. His teaching portfolio includes Business Application Systems and Health Management. Prof. Dr. Kunhardt has been one of DIT’s Vice Presidents since January 2015. Moreover, he has been head of the MBA programme Health Care Management since 2006 and the Institute for Cross-border Healthcare Management at DIT’s Health Care Campus in Bad Kötzting since 2010. Prof. Dr. Kunhardt is managing the project ‘Gesundheitsregion Deggendorf’ (Health Region Deggendorf), which was honoured by the Bavarian Ministry for Environment and Health. Furthermore, he was awarded the prizes ‘Innovative Solutions in Healthcare’ and ‘Teaching Excellence at DIT’ in 2011. Prof. Dr. Kunhardt offers longstanding professional experience as IT manager and quality coordinator in the clinical area and extensive experience in the fields of health management and qualifications for healthcare professionals. In addition, Prof. Dr. Kunhardt is an experienced expert in the areas of quality management, eHealth and telemedicine. His research and professional focuses lie on clinical information systems, health networks, IT security, health and medical tourism as well as compliance and risk management.

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Previously published articles in the Bavarian Journal of Applied Sciences:


Kommunale Gesundheitsförderung mit System (Issue 1 / December 2015)