Sat.Nov 09, 2019

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Germany : the new Digital Healthcare Act (DVG)

Lloyd Price

Yesterday evening the German Parliament / Bundestag decided to pave the way for a broad usage and reimbursement of digital health applications and to improve the digitization of the German healthcare market. Until now, apps or other medical software offerings for patients could only be reimbursed by an insurance company on a case-by-case basis or under special selective agreements.

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Promoting Telehealth Across Regions and Cultures

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

I’m sitting in Winnipeg, Manitoba on a mini-vacation watching the snowfall wondering what the weather is like in the South Central region. Sunny and 46 degrees in Nashville. Partly cloudy and 52 in Little Rock. Sunny and 54 in Jackson. Thinking of the South Central region a nation away in addition to my recent travels to Philadelphia and Chicago… it’s a great thing to be able to communicate with all walks of life from all parts of the geographical landscape.

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What Do Your Patients Really Want?

Ortholive

Healthcare is facing a paradigm shift driven by consumer usage of technology. Increasing competition and compliance complexities have combined with the ever-present mobile device to change how doctors and patients interact, how we’re reimbursed, and how we compete in a crowded market. The old “if you build it they will come” strategies are gone as consumers shape new demands around transparency and convenience.