Stefan Walzer – författare

Digital healthcare is heterogeneous along the entire treatment pathway, ranging from monitoring applications and artificial-intelligence-based diagnostics, to support for virtual reality surgery. Since the introduction of the Digital Health Act in Germany in early 2020, there has been a push toward digital innovative solutions, especially in the outpatient sector.This book analyzes current digital health law from an economic perspective, combining theory with real-world applications. It examines both the incentives and market access pathways for digital solutions and the price effects brought about by the new regulatory framework in Germany. Further, it discusses the difficulties in pricing due to the monopolistic BfArM register and negotiations with the association of all German health insurance companies. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including incentives for innovation, specifics of digital health applications, reimbursement and financing optionsfor digital health solutions. Lastly, it presents an outlook for the future and a comparison between Germany and other countries, namely the USA and Japan. Given its scope, this book will appeal to scholars of health economics, healthcare management and public health, as well as practitioners and professionals in the public health sector.

Digital healthcare is heterogeneous along the entire treatment pathway, ranging from monitoring applications and artificial-intelligence-based diagnostics, to support for virtual reality surgery. Since the introduction of the Digital Health Act in Germany in early 2020, there has been a push toward digital innovative solutions, especially in the outpatient sector.This book analyzes current digital health law from an economic perspective, combining theory with real-world applications. It examines both the incentives and market access pathways for digital solutions and the price effects brought about by the new regulatory framework in Germany. Further, it discusses the difficulties in pricing due to the monopolistic BfArM register and negotiations with the association of all German health insurance companies. The book addresses a wide range of topics, including incentives for innovation, specifics of digital health applications, reimbursement and financing optionsfor digital health solutions. Lastly, it presents an outlook for the future and a comparison between Germany and other countries, namely the USA and Japan. Given its scope, this book will appeal to scholars of health economics, healthcare management and public health, as well as practitioners and professionals in the public health sector.

This book examines market access pathways for pharmaceuticals, drugs and medical devices, as well as reimbursement processes, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Each country study describes the key healthcare organizations and stakeholders, and analyzes outpatient and inpatient market access. The chapter on Germany highlights the implications of the Pharmaceuticals Market Reorganisation Act (AMNOG) and the Digital Health Applications (DiGA) procedures, while also examining the different market access pathways for medical devices. The chapter on Austria explores the important distinction between inpatient and outpatient systems, while the chapter on Switzerland outlines the standard procedure used by the Federal Office of Public Health and the famous Swiss Early Paid Access program.Given its scope, the book will be of interest to scholars of health economics and healthcare management, as well as healthcare professionals and business development managers.

​Pflegeinnovationen - insbesondere in Verbindung mit Digitalisierung und den Potenzialen von KI - werden als wesentlicher Hebel gesehen, um sowohl die Qualität in der Pflege anzuheben als auch den wachsenden Herausforderungen des Fachkräftemangels zu begegnen. Die Frage, welche Faktoren die Entwicklung, Auswahl und Implementierung von Pflegetechnologien befördern oder auch behindern können, ist die Aufgabe des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderten „Cluster Zukunft der Pflege“. Dabei wird das gesamte soziotechnische System Pflege (Mensch, Organisation und Technik), in dem die Technik zum Einsatz kommen soll, betrachtet.An Beispielen aus dem Pflegeinnovationszentrum (PIZ) und aus vier Pflegepraxiszentren (PPZ) werden in diesem Buch die Phasen des Technologieentwicklungsprozesses und der Implementierung von Pflegeinnovationen in diversen pflegerischen Settings des praktischen Pflegealltags vorgestellt, die Fragen nach sozialer, ethischer und ökonomischer Relevanz sowie die Bedeutung des praktischen Nutzens sowie der Akzeptanz gestellt und diskutiert. Zugleich werden Bedingungsfaktoren für gelingende Pflegeinnovationen analysiert, damit sich der pflegerische Nutzen der Pflegebedürftigen und  der Nutzen der Pflegenden verbessern lassen. Kurz: Ein profunder Einblick in die Werkstatt „Zukunft der Pflege“ mit zahlreichen praxisorientieren Erkenntnissen für den Einsatz von digitalen Innovationen im Pflegealltag und Hinweisen für den weiteren Entwicklungs- und Forschungsbedarf.