Jan 21, 2021 | Digitalization, e-health, EN
To avoid the risk of infection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, more and more people are using telemedicine services, such as online consultations. Online medical practice Zava has taken advantage of this in this country, offering treatments 365 days a year around the clock...
Jan 14, 2021 | Digitalization, e-health, EN, physicians, statutory health insurance
The statutory health insurers are confident that insured persons will take up the offer of electronic management of their health data in the form of electronic patient files (ePA). The electronic patient file has been available since January 1 on a voluntary basis,...
Jan 14, 2021 | App, Digitalization, EN, statutory health insurance
Digital health apps (German: DiGa for short) are currently used by twelve percent of the German population. The apps on health insurance benefits, which have been approved in this way since October 6, 2020, are unique in the world. No other country has such digital...
Jan 6, 2021 | Digitalization, EN, statutory health insurance
The Scientific Advisory Board for Digital Transformation of the “AOK Nordost” suggests that a so-called „open data“ portal be conceived and implemented in a timely manner, according to a position paper by the eight experts on digitization. The independent...
Dez 10, 2020 | Digitalization, EN
The introduction and test phase of the electronic patient file (ePA) is about to begin. On January 1, 2021, it will begin on a voluntary basis as an app with gradually increasing functions. The German healthcare system is facing a major challenge, as 200,000 service...
Dez 10, 2020 | Digitalization, EN, statutory health insurance, therapy
The Federal Office for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has just approved the sixth „App on prescription“. The „Invirto“ app from the Hamburg-based company Sympatient is designed to help patients with panic attacks and anxiety disorders to get...