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Also, Northern Ireland partners with Sectra to digitise pathology. 

Germany, Belgium and France are trailblazers followed by Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, and Switzerland.

Berlin startup targets irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal problems with a digital therapy program.

Germany adds another online psychology course to its DiGA directory that complements available mental health tools.

Digital care applications are among the most wanted innovations in the Germany.

'HelloBetter Stress and Burnout', Germany’s digital therapeutic program, is now free of charge to those insured by statutory health insurance.

Armin Scheuer, VP of Business Development International at HIMSS, says Germany is prescribing apps to patients within their normal care setting, in the form of DiGAs, and France has decided to replicate the system.

Digital health technologies are connected as a group through their primary delivery model – digital – yet technologies vary widely in complexity, application and associated risk says ORCHA's Chief Operating Officer, Tim Andrews.

German Managed Care Association President Dr. Volker Amelung talks about what digital health applications (DiGA) mean for German citizens and predicts the main focus for international health systems post-COVID-19.

The hi.health app enables customers of private health insurances to submit their bills and prescriptions for medical services digitally.