Digital Healthcare in Germany

Dr. Walzer works in reimbursement and pricing since 2004 and is the founder and CEO of MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH based in Germany. He is a member of various societies including the German Head Association of Digital health Care (SVDGV) and Bitkom. Additionally, he invented a virtual reality platform to prepare price negotiations with the GKV-SV in Germany. He received a MSc in Economics from the University of Tübingen (Germany), a PhD from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) and a Diploma in Clinical Trials from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK). He teaches reimbursement and pricing for health applications at the State University Baden-Wuerttemberg, and the University of Applied Sciences Weingarten-Ravensburg (both Germany).

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Digital Healthcare in Germany—An Overview.- Chapter 3. Innovation, Incentives, and Information Technology in the Healthcare Industry.- Chapter 4. Digital Health Applications – DiGAs – Pathway to Reimbursement.- Chapter 5. Inpatient Market Access for Digital Health Care.- Chapter 6. Digitalization of Nursing to Overcome Staffing Shortages? Categorization and Market Access of Digital Applications.- Chapter 7. Reimbursement and Pricing.- Chapter 8. Telemedicine in Japan- Challenges and Opportunities.- Chapter 9. Barriers and Opportunities for Digital Therapeutics in the United States.