ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2021
[Digital health applications (DiGA) in medical and psychotherapeutic care. Opportunities and challenges from the perspective of the healthcare providers].
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Learning by observing: a systematic exploration of modulatory factors and the impact of observationally induced placebo and nocebo effects on treatment outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing the Quality of Evidence Regarding Permanently Listed Digital Health Applications (DiGAs) in Germany: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- [Access to Digital Health Applications - Prescription by Physicians vs Patient Requests Made Directly to Health Insurance Companies: Interviews with Experts].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2026Article
- Determinants of Digital Health Resource Utilization Among Individuals With Self-Reported Bipolar Disorder in Germany-A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Andersen Model.Bipolar disorders · 2026Article
- Comparing mental health professionals' willingness to use digital therapeutics: a cross-national survey in South Korea and Germany.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Perspectives on digital therapeutic prescribing: a qualitative study among German psychological psychotherapists.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Implementation Factors of Digital Health Interventions in Depression Care-The Perspective of Health Professionals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Concepts for the Integration and Implementation of mHealth Apps for Patients With Mental Disorders: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- [Digital health applications from a regulatory perspective-Experiences and current developments].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Article
- "Who blends in and why (not)?" A qualitative study on psychotherapists' patient inclusion in blended care.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- [Digital health applications for depressive disorders in Germany : A narrative review of the evidence and integration into treatment].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Review
- Acceptance of online therapy for children and adolescents with digital media use disorders: perspectives from child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychotherapists in Germany.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- From awareness to integration: a qualitative interview study on the impact of digital therapeutics on physicians' practices in Germany.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- [How to overcome barriers to care with digital health applications (DiGA)? A review of the patient pathway for unipolar depression].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025Review
- Preferences Regarding Information Strategies for Digital Mental Health Interventions Among Medical Students: Discrete Choice Experiment.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Knowledge Transfer and Networking Upon Implementation of a Transdisciplinary Digital Health Curriculum in a Unique Digital Health Training Culture: Prospective Analysis.JMIR medical education · 2024Article
- Two years of approved digital health applications in Germany - Perspectives and experiences of general practitioners with an affinity for their use.The European journal of general practice · 2023Article
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- [What potential and added value do DiGA offer for primary care?-Results of a survey of general practitioners in Germany].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2022Article
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Abstract
Since 2019, insured persons have a right by law to receive a prescription of digital health applications (DiGA). DiGA can be used in a variety of ways. Most healthcare providers are receptive to the possibilities of integration of DiGA into their treatment. In particular, the promotion of patient empowerment through DiGA is seen as a potential advantage by physicians and psychotherapists.However, from the healthcare provider's view, the preconditions for a successful integration of DiGA into the healthcare system are not yet fulfilled. The most important challenge that remains to be solved is the creation of acceptance and trust in a careful, producer-independent quality inspection of DiGA. Verified evidence on the effectiveness, interoperability, and data security of DiGA, as well as on the additional workload for providers, should be transparently available before they can be prescribed to patients. Furthermore, findings from health services research on the optimal integration of a DiGA into clinical workflow should be generated and integrated into the regulations. In addition, DiGA should be prescribed only if individual circumstances of the patient were considered.
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