ReviewBundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz2024
[Digital health applications (DiGA) in the area of tension between progress and criticism : Discussion paper from the "Digital health" specialist group of the German Informatics Society].
Review in Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- What Users Say About Reimbursable Digital Therapeutics in Germany: Large-Scale App Store Review Analysis Using a Large Language Model.JMIR human factors · 2026Article
- Expected Competencies and Personal Attributes of Digital Health Navigators to Support Digital Mental Health Care: Focus Group and Interview Study With Patients and Health Care Professionals.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
- An online decision aid for patients with prostate cancer evaluating local treatment options reduces decisional conflict and distress and improves knowledge: Postmarket surveillance in German routine care.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- [Digital transformation in healthcare to strengthen patient autonomy].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Review
- [Implementation and benefits of healthcare apps in surgical disciplines-A Delphi expert consensus].Chirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Combined Use of Digital and Analog Physical Therapy in Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders and Indicators of Chronicity: German Claims Data Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 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
- Developing a standardized framework for evaluating health apps using natural language processing.Scientific reports · 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
- Unpacking Performance Factors of Innovation Systems and Studying Germany's Attempt to Foster the Role of the Patient Through a Market Access Pathway for Digital Health Applications (DiGAs): Exploratory Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Adoption and perception of prescribable digital health applications (DiGA) and the advancing digitalization among German internal medicine physicians: a cross-sectional survey study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- A transparent and standardized performance measurement platform is needed for on-prescription digital health apps to enable ongoing performance monitoring.PLOS digital health · 2024Review
- Preferences Regarding Information Strategies for Digital Mental Health Interventions Among Medical Students: Discrete Choice Experiment.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- [Digital health applications in urology].Urologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Review
- The three-year evolution of Germany's Digital Therapeutics reimbursement program and its path forward.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Review
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- Accessing the Digital Health Application (DiGA) Market: Key Success Factors, Market Barriers and Strategies for Sustainable Adoption.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Authors and funding
12 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Since December 2019, digital health applications (DiGA) have been included in standard care in Germany and are therefore reimbursed by the statutory health insurance funds to support patients in the treatment of diseases or impairments. There are 48 registered DiGA listed in the directory of the Federal Institute of Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), mainly in the areas of mental health; hormones and metabolism; and muscles, bones, and joints. In this article, the "Digital Health" specialist group of the German Informatics Society describes the current developments around DiGA as well as the current sentiment on topics such as user-centricity, patient and practitioner acceptance, and innovation potential. In summary, over the past three years, DiGA have experienced a positive development, characterized by a gradually increasing availability of various DiGA and coverage areas as well as prescription numbers. Nevertheless, significant regulatory adjustments are still required in some areas to establish DiGA as a well-established instrument in long-term routine healthcare. Key challenges include user-centeredness and the sustainable use of the applications.
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