adesso BLOG

Prevention apps are digital tools that seek to increase user awareness for health and proactively prevent diseases. They can take the form of online interventions, mobile apps or hybrid training formats. In this blog post, I explain what exactly prevention apps are, the regulatory and technical requirements associated with them and whether it makes sense to develop one in the first place.

The digital transformation is changing the healthcare sector. New technologies and advanced data collection systems are revolutionising the way that health services are provided and managed. In this blog post, I will take a look at the key legislative initiatives that will shape how the handling of digital health data will be regulated and optimised in the future.

The German Online Access Act (Onlinezugangsgesetz, OZG), which was adopted in 2017, was intended to provide support for digitalisation and make a number of the administrative services provided by the German federal government and the German states electronically accessible by the end of 2022 – including in the healthcare system. But how does this look in practice? What has already been done and where is there still room for improvement? I will answer these questions in my blog post.

Support for people in need of care is coming – the first digital care applications (DiPAs) will soon be available! These smartphone or web applications may be reimbursed by nursing care fund. But what do I need to know to be able to develop a DiPA? Answers to this question are given in this blog post.

Improve healthcare systems and promote international cooperation with adesso expertise and IT know-how: this is the goal of the CarAH Project initiated by adesso and the Tokoloho Foundation day hospital in South Africa. This blog post will explain what the project is all about and how it works. It will also give insights into the international team’s collaboration thus far.

This blog post explains why the use of data in the health sector makes sense and which concepts and framework conditions need to be created for this.