discovering hands

Discovering Hands is a company that specializes in the early detection of breast cancer using an innovative and inclusive method. The company offers several core services:

• Medical-Tactile Breast Examination (TBU): Certified Medical-Tactile Examiners (MTUs), who are visually impaired or blind, conduct systematic breast examinations to detect malignant tissue changes at an early stage. These MTUs can feel lumps that are smaller than a pea, which exceeds the capabilities of doctors[3][4].
• Guidance for Breast Self-Examination (ATS): Women are trained in regular and systematic self-examinations to detect changes in the breast early[1][3].

The mission of Discovering Hands is threefold:

• Improve breast cancer early detection and chances of recovery: By early detection of breast cancer, the chances of recovery for affected women are to be increased.
• Integrate blind women into the primary labor market: The company creates professional fields for visually impaired or blind women, improving their social and professional situation and promoting inclusion.
• Reduce burden on social and health systems: Through early diagnoses and appropriate treatments, healing and follow-up costs are to be reduced[1].

Discovering Hands pursues several sustainable goals and initiatives:

• Social Inclusion: The company integrates blind women into the labor market and creates a professional field for them, which sustainably improves their living situation[1][3].
• Relieve the health system: Through early diagnoses and effective early detection, treatment costs can be significantly reduced, relieving the health system[1][4].
• Corporate Partnerships and CSR: Discovering Hands cooperates with numerous companies and health insurance providers to spread its offerings and strengthen employee motivation as well as the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) profile of partner companies[1][4].

The innovative concept of Discovering Hands has received several prestigious awards, including the Special Prize of the German Innovation Award in Healthcare 2011, the SEIF Award 2014, and the Bayer ASPIRIN Social Prize 2014[4].

Discovering Hands represents a win-win-win situation from a health, inclusive, and economic perspective by saving lives, promoting social and professional inclusion, and relieving the health system.

• 1 - https://www.discovering-hands.de/fileadmin/content/images/BGM/Kurzportrait_dh.pdf
• 2 - https://www.discovering-hands.de/initiative/team
• 3 - https://www.unternehmerverband.org/uvmagazin/ausgaben-2018/discovering-hands/
• 4 - https://www.discovering-hands.de/methodik/fuer-krankenkassen
• 5 - https://www.discovering-hands.de