Bia Care teams with Imperial College to tackle women’s health inequalities
Digital menopause health start-up Bia Care is taking part in a randomised control trial which aims to tackle women’s health inequalities.
The research, in partnership with Imperial College London, brings together the work of national thought leaders on menopause inequalities, and builds on the work of social campaigners...
The reimbursement channel for digital health apps in Europe has traditionally been long and complex.
But new analysis from Research2Guidance (R2G) predicts reimbursement opportunities will improve significantly over the next few years.
An R2G report has categorised European countries into groups of leaders, fast followers, certifiers and laggards, based on their public health insurance system’s...
The German Federal Institute für Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has added a new digital therapeutic to its digital health applications (DiGA) directory for public reimbursement.
Cara Care is the first DiGA that addresses gastroenterological issues and widespread digestive health problems such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), food and reflux intolerances.
The...
HelloBetter, a German organisation focused on digital therapy courses, has announced the release of a new online programme that is a reimbursable digital health application (DiGA) for German doctors and patients.
The digital therapy course targets type 1 and type 2 diabetics with depressive symptoms.
WHY IT MATTERS
According to HelloBetter founder Dr David Ebert, Professor of Psychology and...
Pharma giant Novartis is looking for creative, digital solutions that sustainably improve German healthcare.
The company has annouced the fifth installment of the Digital Health Award, with prize money of €60,000 in total available for winners.
The awards presentation takes place in Berlin on 24 March 2022, while the call is open for applications until 30 November 2021.
WHAT’S THE IMPACT
With the...
Digital therapeutic course 'HelloBetter Stress and Burnout' has been approved by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices as a Digital Health Application (DiGA). As a result, it can now be prescribed to around 50 million adults in Germany. Recently, Emmanuel Macron announced plans to replicate Germany’s DiGA Fast Track process in France - as reported in Healthcare IT News.
WHAT'S THE...
Vienna and Berlin-based hi.health, a startup that creates an interface between private health insurers and customers by digitally enabling the reimbursement for health services, is launching Europe's first digital health expense account.
The hi.health app allows customers of private health insurances to submit their bills and prescriptions for medical services digitally to their insurance company...
Germany is set to enter an era of digital health over next few years, making it a significant market for health tech solutions.
Digital health analysis and consultancy firm Research2Guidance (R2G) has published a white paper examining the challenges and opportunities, in light of Germany’s new digital health application (DiGA) fast track approval process.
Legislative changes under the 2019...
A recent document released by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has revealed that despite the invalidated Privacy Shield there are exemptions in place for Germany to allow data storage from digital health applications, so-called DiGAs, in European and even US clouds under specific terms.
MobiHealthNews has looked into what it means for DiGA developers and startups...
Germany is the first country in the world to prescribe digital apps – DiGAs, as the Germans call them, and reimburse them through the statutory health system as reported in Healthcare IT News.
To drive innovation and speed up the regulatory process around those digital health applications, Germany has introduced a 'Fast Track' for approval, testing, piloting and evaluation of these apps – which...
%20_0b2c5.jpg?itok=AKSr2ePZ "Berlin startup addresses irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal problems with a digital therapy program.")
_11568.jpg?itok=il4oytMR "Digital care applications are among the most wanted innovations in the Germany.")
8c70.jpg?itok=hFvuw9TT "As of last July, developers of digital health apps (DiGA) in Germany could no longer host sensitive personal data on American cloud servers. Dr Philipp Kircher from the Health Innovation Hub reveals what startups and cloud providers may think.")
