Digital Chronic Care. Does It Work?
Digital health solutions improve patient outcomes with chronic conditions mainly in three areas including symptom self-management, HCP-patient communication and mental and physical wellbeing. Positive clinical evidence on patient outcomes is available for all three domains, however the quality and maturity of clinical evidence varies significantly depending on the chronic condition type. Understanding the patient experience Learn more...
Digiburn – outsmart burnout digitally. Interview with Georgi Natchev, CEO
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019, 1 in every 8 individuals, or 970 million people globally were living with a mental health condition, most common of which are depression and anxiety. In 2019, WHO recognized burnout as an occupational phenomenon. Despite the fact that it is not classified as a medical disease, Learn more...
R2G launches a new global annual survey: Global Digital Health Business Outlook – 2023
R2G launches its Global Annual Digital Health Business Survey – 2023. The survey is an industry pulse check conducted every year uncovering major trends in the digital health industry. The survey targets digital health decision makers worldwide. Launched today, the survey will be open until mid of January 2023. The Global Annual Digital Health Business Learn more...
Eight services that digital health solutions must have to support patients with chronic diseases
Digital health solutions increasingly target patients with chronic health conditions. Over the last few years, eight groups of features/services have emerged that are necessary to improve the health of patients/users with chronic diseases. The number of app-based patient oriented digital health solutions that support patients with a chronic condition has increased in recent years to Learn more...
How do healthcare companies best organize their digital business
Healthcare companies including pharma, insurance, MedTech have used different governance models to manage their digital health business in the past. There are four main governance models and a trend towards outsourcing. The healthcare industry is using digital health solutions for multiple reasons that have also changed over time. The companies are reacting on key market Learn more...
How Trigger Points Influence The Strategies Of Thousands Of Digital Health Companies
Trigger points are events that have an impact on the development of the digital health market. Because of trigger points, company owners or managers may change their company vision, strategy, or roadmap. There are dozens of trigger points in the digital health market. The digital health market has developed at a high speed since 2010. Learn more...
Three Challenges To The Uptake Of Standardized Reimbursement Channels; DiGA
2.5 years after the launch of DiGA, 34 digital health apps made it onto the list. However, challenges to standardised reimbursement process exist, including slow acceptance process by the BfArM, prescriber barriers, clinical evidence, and high self-pricing. Overcoming these barriers will be key to significantly increasing the channel growth in the next 2-3 years. Germany Learn more...
Research2Guidance launched R2GConnect, the global scouting platform for the digital health industry
Research2Guidance launched R2GConnect, the global matching platform for the digital health industry. The platform allows efficient startup scouting and it connects, matches, and facilitates strategic partnerships between established healthcare companies and startups. The platform was tested by leading healthcare companies, investors and accelerators. Explore partnership opportunities of launch partners. R2GConnect is a matchmaking platform for Learn more...
DiGA Apps Will Generate Sales Of More Than EUR 41 Million By The End Of 2022
In 2020, Germany implemented a standardized pathway for low-risk digital health solutions into the statutory health system. 33 digital health solutions have passed the approval process. Listed companies generated more than €41 million sales. New R2G white paper published. The German Federal Parliament passed the Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) in December 2019 and launched the Learn more...