The Digital Healthcare Act - a Turning Point in the German Digitisation Strategy?

In this study, it was shown that the majority of the participating German orthopaedic and trauma surgeons is not familiar with the DVG's contents. Despite a fundamentally positive attitude towards digitization, scepticism about the use of "apps on prescription" and potential risks still prevails at present. The closing of ranks between medicine, IT and the legislature via interdisciplinary expert groups and the involvement of medical societies might be obligatory. PMID: 32365397 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Zeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Z Orthop Unfall Source Type: research