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„App on Prescription“: High Prices Despite Inadequately Proven Effectiveness
Whether for smartphones, tablets, or as a web-based application on PCs: for more than four years, doctors have been allowed to prescribe so-called digital health applications (DiGAs). However, since their introduction, DiGAs, which are intended to improve healthcare, have often been the cause of conflicts between
Lower dementia risk with the digital prevention coach
With the „digiDEM Bayern Prevention Coach®,“ the Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) presents an online service for reducing personal dementia risk. The „digiDEM Bayern Prevention Coach®“ is an innovative digital guide for a healthy lifestyle and can contribute to lowering the risk of developing dementia. In addition to numerous scientifically validated
„New health data means new knowledge“
The Bavarian Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has reached a new high with 2,500 participants from all over Bavaria. This makes the dementia research project the largest dementia register in Germany and one of the most extensive projects for collecting long-term data in dementia research in the European Union (EU). In the project funded by the
Lecanemab: digiDEM Bavaria calculates initial estimates for Germany
The new Alzheimer's drug Lecanemab has raised great hopes among people with dementia and their caregivers. Just recently, an expert panel of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended the new active ingredient for treatment – with strict conditions. But which patient groups meet the criteria for
