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...
Dez. 10, 2020 | EN, study
The umbrella organization of the company health insurance funds generates an annual health report from data and surveys as well as from assessments following surveys of its members. This year’s BKK health report already takes into account the difficult effects...
Dez. 10, 2020 | Digitalization, EN, telemedicine
The medical profession in Germany tends to exercise restraint in prescribing health apps, as statisticians from the US service provider Iqvia recently found out. According to the analysis „The view of general practitioners in Germany on the COVID 19 crisis and...
Nov. 27, 2020 | Digitalization, EN, telemedicine
At the virtual conference of the digital association Bitkom, Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn expressed his satisfaction with the progress in digitization, which in his opinion has made decisive progress in the last two years, although according to a McKinsey...
Nov. 27, 2020 | EN, research, Studien
An American team of scientists led by epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Baker of Princeton University in the state of New Jersey has found out with the help of two simulation studies that allegedly contact restrictions and hygiene rules as well as the wearing of a mouth and...
