Hypothesis and scenarios of future developments in ORP and ORP research are derived. Based on an analysis of events in the past, on the content and process of research projects in the German "humanization" program, on literature analysis and expert interviews 19 anamnesis to diagnosis relationships are formulated concentrating on the following topics: 1. Innovation potentials and value systems of ORP research, 2. Fields and topics of ORP research of the future, 3. Service-oriented systems of actors in ORP, 4. Demands and limits for research transfer. So the creative potential of the ORP community in Germany was used to conclude on recommendations for ORP developments.