Stress and anxiety, feeling overwhelmed by daily life, or a lack of social support – people who care for relatives with dementia often experience a high burden. External help is often scarce. However, technology-supported home-based measures are increasingly a way to promote health, offer emotional support, and help family caregivers...
Digital health applications (DiGA) are used to detect, monitor, treat, or alleviate the symptoms of diseases. However, in Germany, only those DiGAs that have been approved by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) are reimbursed by statutory health insurance funds. Safety and data protection requirements are among the first aspects to be examined. Afterward…
Smartphone applications are increasingly supplementing traditional healthcare: they can support patients in the prevention, treatment, or healing of diseases and also help people with dementia. For many manufacturers of so-called digital health applications (DiGA), the year 2019 represented a turning point: Germany was the first country in the world to...
Germany has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to digitizing its healthcare system. At the same time, health apps are becoming increasingly popular. They can be easily downloaded from app stores and used independently of location and time. According to a study, almost 80 percent of people aged 60 to 69 are „online.“ But what about the quality of the apps, especially…
Germany has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to digitizing its healthcare system. At the same time, health apps are becoming increasingly popular. They can be easily downloaded from app stores and used regardless of location or time. According to one study, almost 80 percent of people aged 60 to 69 are „online.“ But what about the quality of the apps, especially…
Smartphones und Tablets sind aus dem Alltag kaum noch wegzudenken. Die Zahl der mobilen Apps steigt rasant, auch im Gesundheitsbereich. Spanische Forscher*innen haben Apps untersucht, die speziell für pflegende Angehörige entwickelt wurden. Sie wollten überprüfen, ob die Anwendungen wirklich auf die Bedürfnisse dieser Zielgruppe zugeschnitten sind. Diese Bedürfnisse, so Marina …
