Digital prescriptions on smart phones had a soft roll out in Germany in July 2023 and since 1 January 2024 have been a standard offering at all pharmacies. The public can now access prescribed medication via a smartphone app, the gematik electronic Health Card (eGK) or may still use the paper option.
Times Of Unprecedented Change: German Medtech Readies For Challenging 2024
Hospital Payment Reforms, Digital Strategy, Place-Based Care On The German Agenda
German medtech and health care are going through a period of unprecedented change and modernization, with hospital reform on the agenda and integration of digitized functionality happening across the sector. The EU Medical Device Regulation casts a long shadow over the medtech industry and will result in a shake out among companies and products, as In Vivo learnt at Medica 2023.
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