Health apps

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eHealth

Status

Published

Date

15 Jan 2021

Number of report

092

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Digital health is a dynamic field with a significant amount of innovation. Digital health technologies include solutions for tele-consultation, remote monitoring, connected devices, digital platforms and health apps.

Sample pages are provided for an older version of the report. Before delivery to the client, the report is updated to the current state (e.g., 2022 coding, tariffs, and policy considerations).

While health apps are becoming of high interest to patients, healthcare providers and payers, it takes time for reimbursement systems to adjust and introduce a payment mechanism for health apps.

Reimbursement is one of the key barriers for the adoption and wide dissemination of health apps.

In this report, the leading European Med Tech consultancy MTRC summarized information about current and future administrative and reimbursement landscape for health apps in the countries with the most advanced payment systems for E-health in Europe.

A syndicated 105-page report includes information on the current administrative framework for health apps, current reimbursement framework, examples of reimbursed apps, the role of health technology assessment, upcoming changes in the reimbursement systems.

Reimbursement information is provided for the following geographies:

Belgium
England
France
Germany
The Netherlands

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Mar 2023

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Mar 2023

In March 2023, a new ‘AI and Digital Regulations Service’ for developers and adopters of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies was launched in England. Four organizations provide this multi-agency advisory service: NICE, Care Quality Commission, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and Health Research Authority. The website is currently in public beta and focused on information for developers.

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Mar 2023

The Ministry of Health has commissioned the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS) to develop, with the collaboration of the various agencies that make up the Spanish Network of Agencies for the Evaluation of Health Technologies and Benefits (RedETS), a specific methodological framework for the evaluation of digital health technologies that would allow a comprehensive assessment of this type of technology. The methodological framework is in the final phase of development.

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Mar 2023

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