Digital Healthcare in Germany: Market Access for Innovations

Digital healthcare is diverse and includes monitoring apps, AI diagnostics, and virtual reality surgery. The Digital Health Act in Germany has spurred innovative solutions, particularly in outpatient care. This book examines current digital health law from an economic perspective, discussing incentives, market access, pricing challenges, and future outlook. It is relevant to scholars, healthcare professionals, and practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 107 pages
Publication date: 11 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Digital healthcare is a multifaceted realm that encompasses a wide range of treatment pathways, extending from monitoring applications and artificial intelligence-powered diagnostics to support for virtual reality surgery. Since the introduction of the Digital Health Act in Germany in early 2020, there has been a significant push towards the adoption of digital innovative solutions, particularly in the outpatient sector.

This comprehensive book delves into the current landscape of digital health law, offering a unique economic perspective that blends theory with real-world applications. It examines the incentives and market access pathways for digital solutions, as well as the price effects brought about by the new regulatory framework in Germany. Furthermore, it explores the challenges in pricing due to the monopolistic BfArM register and the negotiations with the association of all German health insurance companies.

The book addresses a diverse range of topics, including incentives for innovation, specific details of digital health applications, reimbursement and financing options for digital health solutions, and an outlook for the future. It also provides a comparative analysis between Germany and other countries, such as the USA and Japan. Given its broad scope, this book will appeal to scholars of health economics, healthcare management, and public health, as well as practitioners and professionals in the public health sector.

Weight: 348g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030940249
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022