Mental health concerns are common, and various evidence-based interventions for mental
health conditions have been developed. However, many people have difficulty accessing …

Background The provision of psychotherapy over distance using technology is a growing
market reaching many patients and therefore the risks and benefits need to be known by all …

Background: The adoption of digital health care within health systems is determined by
various factors, including pricing and reimbursement. The reimbursement landscape for …

Background Digital therapeutics are patient-facing digital health interventions that can
significantly alter the health care landscape. Despite digital therapeutics being used to …

Background: In October 2020, Germany became the first country, worldwide, to approve
certain mobile health (mHealth) apps, referred to as DiGA (Digitale …

Apart from researching large-scale infrastructural technologies like electronic health records
and health information exchanges, the field of healthcare IT is increasingly interested in …

Abstract The 2019 German Digital Healthcare Act introduced the Digital Health Application
program, known in German as 'Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen'(DiGA). The program has …

An abundant and growing supply of digital health applications (apps) exists in the
commercial tech-sector, which can be bewildering for clinicians, patients, and payers. A …

Background Mobile health applications and their subset digital therapeutics—defined as
evidence-based software interventions to prevent, manage, or treat a medical condition …

Germany introduced prescription-based mobile health (mHealth) apps in October 2020,
becoming the first country to offer them fully reimbursed by health insurance. These …