Sven Meister, Leonard Fehring - Digital Health Applications (XtraTrack Season 2025)

02-07-2025

Mobile health apps are a modern innovation in medicine. They offer new ways to support treatment and make access to healthcare easier. Worldwide, there are many free or ad-funded apps available. However, most of them are not officially tested or approved. To ensure quality and safety, Germany introduced the concept of DiGA. DiGA stands for "Digitale Gesundheitsanwendungen" (Digital Health Applications). These are medical apps that have proven a medical benefit in official studies. Doctors in Germany can prescribe DiGA, and health insurance usually pays for them. The talk will investigate the worldwide mHealth landscape and deepdive into the field of DiGA in Germany.

Comment by the organiser: The MoCoMed workshop "Von der App zur DiGA" from 2022 gives an detailed overview of relevant processes required to established DiGA. You can review most talks here.

Prof. Dr. Sven Meister - University of Witten/Herdecke, Chair of Healthcare Informatics

Sven studied medical computer science
He is holding the Chair of Health Informatics at the medical faculty of Witten/Herdecke University
Furthermore, he is still affiliated to the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and System Engineering, working there since 2006

Priv. Doz. Dr. Leonard Fehring - University of Witten/Herdecke, Chair of Healthcare Informatics

Leonard studied medicine in Bonn, Heidelberg and New York
After medical school he worked as project lead for the business consultancy McKinsey for a couple of years. Here he supported various health care stakeholders regarding their digital strategies.
In the last years Leonard investigated the impact of DiGA in Germany on the German Healthcare System at the Witten/Herdecke University
Simultaneously he works at Helios University Hospital in Wuppertal as a Doctor in Internal Medicine

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