Wearable and health app data hold significant potential for healthcare and research, yet fragmented consent mechanisms create challenges for ethical, transparent, and user-controlled data sharing. We describe a centralised consent management system with a…
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What You Should Know:
– Digital health tech companies can now seamlessly embed trusted health content into their clinical applications and platforms with UpToDate ® Connect, a powerful API solution from Wolters Kluwer Health.
– With UpToDate Connect,…
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What You Should Know:
– HealthEx has launched a new platform that allows patients to access, retrieve, and share their health records in real time. The platform leverages Individual Access Services (IAS) under the federal…
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In Germany, statutory health insurance reimburses digital health applications (DiGAs) approved by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). Permanent approval requires evidence of positive healthcare effects, either medical benefits or patient-relevant…
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Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are highly prevalent worldwide and contribute significantly to the overall burden of disease. Regular physical therapy with trained physiotherapists is recommended in guidelines. Recently, digital physical therapy offered by digital health…
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Background: Exercise is a primary recommended treatment for knee osteoarthritis (KOA), as it helps alleviate symptoms and improves joint functionality. Personalized exercise programs, tailored to individual patient needs, have demonstrated promising results in maintaining…
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Regulated mobile health applications are called digital health applications (“DiGA”) in Germany. To qualify for reimbursement by statutory health insurance companies, DiGA have to prove positive care effects in scientific studies. Since the empirical…
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The Australian Digital Health Agency has started exploring new solutions to upgrade the maintenance of the national digital health record system. It recently issued a request for information about available “technical or process-driven advances and/or…
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DevOps platform for digital health, blueBriX has introduced new micros frontends for its Patient Support Program and Remote Patient Monitoring modules, allowing easy integration into digital health applications and improving standards of care.The company…
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