Table 2.
Definitions and sample DiGA
| Positive-Care Effects | DiGA (name of digital health application) |
|---|---|
| Medical Benefits | |
| 1. Improvement of health status | Cara Care*, companion patella, deprexis, edupression*, elevida, elona therapy*, ESYSTA**, HelloBetter Diabetes und Depression, HelloBetter Panik, HelloBetter ratiopharm chronischer Schmerz*, HelloBetter Schlafen*, HelloBetter Stress und Burnout, HelloBetter Vaginismus Plus, Invirto, Kaia COPD*, Kaia Rückenschmerzen, Kalmeda, Kranus Edera, Mawendo, mebix*, Meine Tinnitus App*, Mindable, M-sense**, My7steps*, neolexon*, NeuroNation*, NichtraucherHelden-App, Novego: Ängste überwinden*, Novego: Depressionen bewältigen, Orthopy*, Oviva Direkt, PINK! Coach*, priovi*, re.flex*, Rehappy**, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei Binge-Eating-Störung, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei Bulimia Nervosa, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei chronischen Schmerzen*, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei Depression, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei Generalisierter Angststörung, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei Panikstörung**, sinCephalea*, Smoke Free – Rauchen aufhören*, somnio, velibra, Vitadio*, Vivira, vorvida, zanadio (49 minus 4) |
| 2. Improvement of quality of life | Cara Care*, Endo-App*, Kaia COPD*, Levidex*, Mika**, M-sense**, Optimune*, Rehappy**, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei Generalisierter Angststörung, Selfapys Online-Kurs bei Panikstörung**, zanadio (11 minus 4) |
| 3. Prolongation of survival | |
| 4. Reduction in the duration of illness | |
| Improvement of structure and processes | |
| 1. Coordination of treatment processes | |
| 2. Alignment of treatment with guidelines and recognized standards | ProHerz* |
| 3. Adherence | Rehappy** |
| 4. Facilitation of access to care | |
| 5. Patient safety | |
| 6. Health literacy | CANKADO**, Cara Care*, edupression*, M-sense**, Rehappy** (5 minus 2) |
| 7. Patient sovereignty/autonomy in health management | Kranus Edera, Mindable, M-sense**, Rehappy**, vorvida (5 minus 2) |
| 8. Coping with disease-related difficulties in everyday life or | Cara Care*, Meine Tinnitus App*, Rehappy** (3 minus 1) |
| 9. Reduction of therapy-related expenses and burdens for patients and their relatives | velibra |
Note: * indicates a provisional listing in the DiGA registry. ** indicates that the app was later delisted. DiGA = Digitale Gesundheitsanwendung. For full definitions of each of the positive-care effects, see Section 4.1 of the DiGA Guide (15). Source: DiGA Registry https://diga.bfarm.de/de/verzeichnis.